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Narayan Wagle

Nepali writer and journalist.

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Lil Bahadur Chettri was an Indian writer in the Nepali language from Assam. He was a recipient of Sahitya Academy Award for his book Brahmaputrako Chheu Chhau. His other book Basain is a story of poor villagers who undergo suffering due to the exploitation of the feudal and so-called upper class of the society. It is included in the curriculum of Tribhuvan University, Nepal. In 2016, he was honoured with Jagadamba Shree Purasakar for his contribution to the Nepali literature and language. In 2020, Government of India awarded him Padmashri, the fourth highest civilian award of India for his contribution in literature and education.

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Laxmi Prasad Devkota

Laxmi Prasad Devkota is a Nepali poet. Devkota is considered the greatest poet of Nepali language—he has been given the title of "Maha Kavi" ("The Great Poet") of Nepali language. Devkota was born into a Brahman family as the third son of Pandit Til Madhav and Amar Rajya Laxmi Devi. He was born in Dilli Bazar, Kathmandu on the day of Dipawali, the Festival of Lights, which is a celebration of Laxmi, the Goddess of Wealth. His name literally means a gift "Prasad" from the goddess of wealth "Laxmi". His family was never financially well-off.

Devkota studied science at Tri Chandra College in Kathmandu. After completing the intermediate level studies at Tri Chandra College, he enrolled in Humanities and that was when he began to read English poe

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Bhairab Aryal

Bhairav Aryal was a writer of Nepali literature. His writings are based on the social, political, religious and cultural aspects of Nepali lifestyle, and his satirical essay compilation 'Jaya Bhudi ' still remains one of the most popular works of Nepali Literature.

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Hridaya Chandra Singh Pradhan

Hridya Chandra Singh Pradhan was born in 1972 B.S, at Maruhiti, Kathmandu. His childhood name was Chandra Prasad. He was white, lien and dwarf. Early in the life he was caught by asthma at the age of 5years. One day, Hridaya Chandra went to great poet Lekhanath poudel and requested the poet to teach him to write poem. But, the great poet dominated him. He said “you uneducated form Newar community with unclear pronunciation, how can you write the poem? It is not easy to be a poet. You can’t be a poet.” The domination, hate and degradation of poet Lekhanath pushed Hridaya to be a poet. He promised to be a poet in future. In fact, he was not an academically qualified student. His bad health condition compelled him to discontinue his school edu

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Hari Bansha Acharya

Hari Bansha Acharya (Nepali: हरिवंश आचार्य) is a Nepalese actor, comedian, singer and writer. He is one of the most successful and respected comedians in the Nepalese entertainment industry. He is known for his method acting. Himself and Madan Krishna Shrestha make up the comedy duo MaHa Jodi.

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Buddhisagar

Buddhisagar (Nepali: बुद्धिसागर; born 2 June 1981) is a Nepali writer. He is best known for his novel Karnali Blues and Phirphire.

Buddhisagar was born in Matera, a place in Kailali district of Nepal. Later his family moved to Katase Bazzar and finally Kalikot district. His debut and most popular novel Karnali Blues is also set in these locations. He was passionate about writing from early age. From a very early age, his poems were played on radios. He moved for Kathmandu after passing his School Level. On moving to Kathmandu, he studied journalism at RR Campus. He was a journalist of Naya Patrika and Nagarik News before he set his career as a full-time writer.

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Amar Neupane

अमर न्यौपाने युवा आख्यानकार हुन् । उनको पहिलो आख्यान पानीको घामले
२०६६ सालको पद्मश्री साहित्य सम्मान र बालकथा सङ्ग्रह कलिलो मनले २०६७
सालको पारिजात बालसाहित्य पाण्डुलिपि पुरस्कार प्राप्त गरेको थियो ।
उनको उपन्यास सेतो धरतीले २०६८ सालको मदन पुरस्कार र रामराज पन्त
स्मृति पुरस्कार प्राप्त
गरेको छ ।

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Krishna Dharabasi

Krishna Dharabasi (born in 1960) in Panchthar, Nepal is an award-winning Nepali writer and a literary critic. Dharabasi won Madan Puraskar, Nepal’s most popular literary prize, in 2005 for his bestselling novel Radha. Krishna Dharabasi moved to the United States in 2012 with his family and is said to be working on an upcoming literary project, a novel.

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Parijat

Parijat was a Nepalese writer. Her real name was Bishnu Kumari Waiba but she wrote under the pen name Parijat. Her most acclaimed publication is Shiris Ko Phool (The Blue Mimosa), which has also been adapted in the literature curriculum of some colleges in some English-speaking countries like United States, England etc.

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Bhupi Sherchan

Bhupi Sherchan was a Nepalese Poet. He is best known for poems in simple words. He was awarded Sajha Puraskar for his poem collection Ghumne Mech Mathi Andho Manche in 2026 B.S.

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Sonia Faleiro

Sonia Faleiro is the author of Beautiful Thing: Inside the Secret World of Bombay's Dance Bars and a novella, The Girl. Her new book, The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing will be published in 2021.
The New York Times hailed Beautiful Thing as ‘an intimate and valuable piece of reportage that will break your heart several times over.’ The book was an Observer, Guardian, and Economist Book of the Year, Time Out Subcontinental Book of the Year, CNN Mumbai Book of the Year, and The Sunday Times Travel Book of the Year, 2011. It has been published worldwide and translated into several languages.
She is the co-founder of Deca, a global cooperative of award-winning journalists. Her writing has received support from the Pulitzer Centre and The Investi

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Samrat Upadhyay

SAMRAT UPADHYAY is the author of Arresting God in Kathmandu, which earned him a Whiting Award, and The Guru of Love, which was a New York Times Notable Book, a San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year, a finalist for the Kiriyama Prize, and a Book Sense 76 pick. He lives in Bloomington, Indiana, and teaches creative writing and literature at Indiana University. His eight-year-old daughter Shahzadi, is a published poet.

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Buddhisagar

Buddhisagar (Nepali: बुद्धिसागर; born 2 June 1981) is a Nepali writer. He is best known for his novel Karnali Blues and Phirphire.

Buddhisagar was born in Matera, a place in Kailali district of Nepal. Later his family moved to Katase Bazzar and finally Kalikot district. His debut and most popular novel Karnali Blues is also set in these locations. He was passionate about writing from early age. From a very early age, his poems were played on radios. He moved for Kathmandu after passing his School Level. On moving to Kathmandu, he studied journalism at RR Campus. He was a journalist of Naya Patrika and Nagarik News before he set his career as a full-time writer.

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Narayan Wagle

Nepali writer and journalist.

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Hari Bansha Acharya

Hari Bansha Acharya (Nepali: हरिवंश आचार्य) is a Nepalese actor, comedian, singer and writer. He is one of the most successful and respected comedians in the Nepalese entertainment industry. He is known for his method acting. Himself and Madan Krishna Shrestha make up the comedy duo MaHa Jodi.

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Parijat

Parijat was a Nepalese writer. Her real name was Bishnu Kumari Waiba but she wrote under the pen name Parijat. Her most acclaimed publication is Shiris Ko Phool (The Blue Mimosa), which has also been adapted in the literature curriculum of some colleges in some English-speaking countries like United States, England etc.

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Amar Neupane

अमर न्यौपाने युवा आख्यानकार हुन् । उनको पहिलो आख्यान पानीको घामले
२०६६ सालको पद्मश्री साहित्य सम्मान र बालकथा सङ्ग्रह कलिलो मनले २०६७
सालको पारिजात बालसाहित्य पाण्डुलिपि पुरस्कार प्राप्त गरेको थियो ।
उनको उपन्यास सेतो धरतीले २०६८ सालको मदन पुरस्कार र रामराज पन्त
स्मृति पुरस्कार प्राप्त
गरेको छ ।

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Nayan Raj Pandey

Nayan Raj Pandey (Nepali: नयनराज पाण्डे) is a Nepali writer. He writes stories and novels, as well as screenplays for Nepali cinema. He is known for his representation of contemporary Nepalese society in his novels, in a figurative style

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Lil Bahadur Chettri

Lil Bahadur Chettri was an Indian writer in the Nepali language from Assam. He was a recipient of Sahitya Academy Award for his book Brahmaputrako Chheu Chhau. His other book Basain is a story of poor villagers who undergo suffering due to the exploitation of the feudal and so-called upper class of the society. It is included in the curriculum of Tribhuvan University, Nepal. In 2016, he was honoured with Jagadamba Shree Purasakar for his contribution to the Nepali literature and language. In 2020, Government of India awarded him Padmashri, the fourth highest civilian award of India for his contribution in literature and education.

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Upendra Subba

Upendra Subba is a poet, lyricist and story writer. He is one of the initiator of the movement called Srijanshil Arajakta (Creative anarchy) along with Rajan Mukarung and Hangyug Agyat.

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Hridaya Chandra Singh Pradhan

Hridya Chandra Singh Pradhan was born in 1972 B.S, at Maruhiti, Kathmandu. His childhood name was Chandra Prasad. He was white, lien and dwarf. Early in the life he was caught by asthma at the age of 5years. One day, Hridaya Chandra went to great poet Lekhanath poudel and requested the poet to teach him to write poem. But, the great poet dominated him. He said “you uneducated form Newar community with unclear pronunciation, how can you write the poem? It is not easy to be a poet. You can’t be a poet.” The domination, hate and degradation of poet Lekhanath pushed Hridaya to be a poet. He promised to be a poet in future. In fact, he was not an academically qualified student. His bad health condition compelled him to discontinue his school edu

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Saru Bhakta

Saru Bhakta (Nepali: सरु भक्त) is the pen name of Bhakta Raj Shrestha, a celebrated Nepalese novelist and poet and a winner of Madan puraskaar, the most prestigious literary honour in Nepal. He was born to Ganesh Bahadur Shrestha and Laxmi Shrestha in Bag Bazaar, Pokhara, Nepal and started writing around 1978.
Many consider his novel Paagal Basti, to be a classic in Nepalese literature.
He is also a member of the Royal Nepal Academy.
Associated Institutions
Founder , Rastriya Bal Prativa Puraskar , Pokhara (National Prize for Children)
Ex-Chairman , Pokhara Public Library , Pokhara
Founder , Pokhreli Yuva Sanskritik Pariwar (A cultural organization)
Founder , Yuva Natak Parivar (Younh dramatic group)
Founder , Pratibimba Natya Parivar (Dramatic gro

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Jhamak Ghimire

Jhamak Ghimire is a Nepali writer. She had been awarded with the Madan Puraskar for her auto-biography Jiwan Kada Ki Phool.

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Diamond Shumsher Rana

Diamond Shumsher Rana (डायमनशमशेर राणा) was born at Tansen Durbar in Palpa, where his grandfather, Sher Shumshere Jung Bahadur Rana, was governor. His father Buddha Shumshere Jung Bahadur Rana was a colonel in the Royal Nepal Army.Rana enjoyed a privileged upbringing and was a captain in the Royal Nepal Army. In 1948 Rana travelled to Benaras, India and had his first novel Basanti published. In Nepal, he had aligned himself with an anti-establishment faction of the Rana regime and was arrested, court-martialled and sentenced to death but was later freed after members of the Rana family pressured the regime for his release. Rana later joined the political opposition and was a member of the Nepali Congress Party from 1954 to 1987.

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Govinda Bahadur Malla

Govinda Bahadur Malla (Nepali: गोविन्दबहादुर मल्ल 'गोठाले') popularly known as 'Gothale' is one of the prominent figure in Nepali literature. He started his writing career by writing a poem "Mamata" which was published in 1992 B.S. He gave a new dimension to story writing in Nepal by adding psychoanalytical study of the characters. He is one of the prominent figure in short story writing. He served as the first editor of Awaj daily and later as an editor of Sarada, a literary magazine run by his family. He was also a member of Royal Nepal Academy. His popular works are Pallo Ghar Ko Jhyal, Kathai Katha, Chyatiyeko Parda, Bhoko Ghar etc.

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Mahesh Bikram Shah

Mahesh Bikram Shah is a Nepali short story writer. He has won prestigious award Madan Puraskar for his story collections "Chhapamar ko Choro".

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Dhruba Chandra Gautam

Dhruba Chandra Gautam (Nepali: ध्रुवचन्द्र गौतम) is a Nepalese writer who has authored over 60 stories and novels most of which addresses contemporary social issues.

He received the prestigious Madan Puraskar in 2040 B.S. for Alikhit and Sajha Puraskar in 2059 B.S. for Tathakathit

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Bijaya Malla

Bijaya Malla (Nepali: विजय मल्ल) is one of the prominent figure in Nepali literature. He started his writing career by writing a poem "Marnu Parcha Hai Dai" which was published in 1997 B.S. Bijaya Malla has followed B.P Koirala in his literature and many of his works are filled with Freudian theology, he is more renowned for his campaign for world peace. When many of the countries worldwide were denouncing the authority of the League of Nations and their pledge to support world peace by waging cold war against each other and having dedicating their resources to making numerous nuclear bombs, Bijaya Malla expressed his strong disagreement against those nations through his writings. In his classic short story “Antim Bhoj” he presented a pictu

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Banira Giri

Dr. Banira Giri became the first Nepali woman to be awarded a PhD from Tribhuvan University.
She was the first woman to receive the Sajha Award, for her
poetic fiction Shabdatit Shantanu.
She is one of the very few Nepali women writers to have established a reputation outside
Nepal.
The poems of Banira Giri are always inspiring, her strong
words and forceful logical exposition probing the depths of
human wounds and carrying the inner voice of the victim. In many ways, Giri’s poems are a
compendium of the society and cultures she lives in.
In 1997, the Japan Foundation Asia Center gave Banira Giri the Takeshi Kaiko Memorial award
for one-person poetry readings in three major cities of Japan.
Banira Giri has been decorated with Nepal’s esteemed Supraval

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Leeladhwaj Thapa

Leeladhwaj Thapa was a Nepali novelist. He was the first Novel writer to win the Madan Puraskar award in 2014 B.S. for his Novel "Mann".

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Ishwor Ballav

Ishwor Ballav (Nepali: ईश्वरवल्लभ) is one of the most influential Nepali poets. He is also a poet of a new dimension–the third dimension–meaning Tesro Ayam in the history of Nepalese literature. He, along with his contemporaries Bairagi Kaila and Indra Bahadur Rai, formed a trio in 1963 in Darjeeling to rethink and evaluate the development of Nepalese literature.

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Bhupi Sherchan

Bhupi Sherchan was a Nepalese Poet. He is best known for poems in simple words. He was awarded Sajha Puraskar for his poem collection Ghumne Mech Mathi Andho Manche in 2026 B.S.

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Krishna Dharabasi

Krishna Dharabasi (born in 1960) in Panchthar, Nepal is an award-winning Nepali writer and a literary critic. Dharabasi won Madan Puraskar, Nepal’s most popular literary prize, in 2005 for his bestselling novel Radha. Krishna Dharabasi moved to the United States in 2012 with his family and is said to be working on an upcoming literary project, a novel.

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Bhairab Aryal

Bhairav Aryal was a writer of Nepali literature. His writings are based on the social, political, religious and cultural aspects of Nepali lifestyle, and his satirical essay compilation 'Jaya Bhudi ' still remains one of the most popular works of Nepali Literature.

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Laxmi Prasad Devkota

Laxmi Prasad Devkota is a Nepali poet. Devkota is considered the greatest poet of Nepali language—he has been given the title of "Maha Kavi" ("The Great Poet") of Nepali language. Devkota was born into a Brahman family as the third son of Pandit Til Madhav and Amar Rajya Laxmi Devi. He was born in Dilli Bazar, Kathmandu on the day of Dipawali, the Festival of Lights, which is a celebration of Laxmi, the Goddess of Wealth. His name literally means a gift "Prasad" from the goddess of wealth "Laxmi". His family was never financially well-off.

Devkota studied science at Tri Chandra College in Kathmandu. After completing the intermediate level studies at Tri Chandra College, he enrolled in Humanities and that was when he began to read English poe

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Chuden Kabimo

Chuden Kabimo is an Indian Nepali language writer and journalist based in Kalimpong, India. He received the prestigious Madan Puraskar for his novel Urmaal in 2024. His books revolves around the Gorkhaland movement in India.

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Hari Bhakta Katuwal

Hari Bhakta Katuwal was born on 2 July 1935 in Dibrugarh, Assam. In India, he used to write poems under the name Prabasi (transl. Non-resident). He moved to Kathmandu to pursue his writing career after being invited by King Mahendra.
Noted for his writing style, he published many poems including Bhitri Manche Bolna Khojch, Yo Zindagi Khai Ke Zindagi, and Samjhana.
He also wrote lyrics that have been sung by Narayan Gopal, Amber Gurung, and Aruna Lama.
In 2015, documentary "Ani Hari Bhakta Farkiyenan" about Katuwal's life was released. In 2017, a play was staged at the Sarwanam Theatre based on his poems for his 82nd birth anniversary. In 2021, a life-size statue of Katuwal was erected at Jaigaon near the Indo-Bhutan border.

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Bairagi Kaila

Bairagi Kaila is one of the most influential Nepali poets. He is also a poet of a new dimension–the third dimension–meaning Tesro Ayam in the history of Nepalese literature. He, along with his contemporaries Ishwor Ballav and Indra Bahadur Rai, formed a trio in 1963 in Darjeeling to rethink and evaluate the development of Nepalese literature. He has served as Chancellor of the Nepal Academy from 2066 BS to 2070 BS.
He has won Sajha Puraskar in 2031 BS for his poem collection "Bairagi Kailaka Kabitaharu".

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Jagadish Ghimire

Jagadish Ghimire (जगदीश घिमिरे) was a Nepalese writer, political analyst and development worker.

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Gopal Prasad Rimal

Nepali: गोपालप्रसाद रिमाल

His parents were Umakanta Rimal and Aditya Kumari Rimal. His first poem, entitled "Kavi ko Gayan" was published in a monthly magazine, "Sarada".

During Rimal's adolescence, he came under the influence of revolutionaries who were aspiring to overthrow the Rana dynasty. Rimal began his career as a successful poet in 1930 and as a playwright in 1940. In 1941, after the execution of a group of political agitators, including Dashrath Chand, Rimal gathered a group of young poets to protest together by singing hymns, at Pashupatinath Temple in the mornings, and at the shrine of Shobhā Bhagavatī in the evenings.

Rimal founded a creative organization called "Praja Panchayat" to oppose the Rana rulers, and was imprisoned on sev

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Shankar Lamichhane

हरिप्रसाद लामिछाने र राजकुमारीका जेठा छोराका रूपमा शङ्करको जन्म वि.सं. १९८४ साल चैत ५ गते काठमाडौंको जैसीदेवलमा भएको थियो। उनी सानै छँदा उनको पिता तथा माताको संबन्ध चिसिएकाले आफ्नो दूधे भाइसँगै आमाका पछि लागेर मावलीघर बनारस पुगे। त्यहाँ पुग्ने वित्तिकै यिनको भाइको निधन भयो। बनारसमा आमाले स्कुलमा पढाएर छोरो पालिन्। अनि एक दशकको हाराहारीमा उनकी आमाको पनि निधन भयो। त्यसपछि किशोरावस्थाको आरम्भमा नै उनी फेरि काठमाडौं आए। लामिछानेले आइएस्सीसम्मको अध्ययन गरे। अनि उनी जागीरमा लागे। राणाकालीन युगको समाप्तिको पूर्वसन्ध्यामा उनले गुठी अड्डामा खरदारको पदमा जागीर खाए। त्यसपछि उनी नेपाल-भारत सांस्कृतिक केन्द्रको पुस्तकालयको अध्यक्ष भए। त्यहाँ उनको जागीर भएको केही समयपछि भारतीय राजदूतावासमा राजदूत र साँस्कृतिक सहचारी फेरिए। अनि त्यस ठाउँमा नयाँ मान्छेसँग

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Sanjeev Uprety

Sanjeev Uprety is an Associate Professor at the Central Department of English, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu. He is the author of notable novel Ghanchakkar, and a collection of essays, Siddhanta ka Kura.

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Daulat Bikram Bista

Daulat Bikram Bista was a prominent Nepali literary figure. He started his writing career by writing a poem "Aakha" which was published in 2004 B.S. He has received two major literary awards Madan Puraskar for his novel "Jyoti Jyoti Mahajyoti" in 2045 B.S. and Sajha Puraskar for story collections "Aansu Tyasai Tyasai Chhachalkinchha" in 2048 B.S.

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Rajan Mukarung

Rajan Mukarung is a Nepali writer and novelist. His novel Damini Bhir was awarded with Madan Puraskar for the year 2012. He is one of the initiators of the movement called Srijanshil Arajakta (Creative Anarchy) along with Upendra Subba and Hangyug Agyat.

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Dhanush Chandra Gautam

Dhanush Chandra Gautam (ध.च. गोतामे) is a Nepali literary figure. He was born on 1989 B.S. in Manharakatti village of Mahottari district to Govinda Chandra Gautam and Dipwatidevi. His genres are novels, stories and memoirs. He wrote by the pen name Dha. Cha. Gotame. He won the Madan Puraskar for his work Ghamka Pailaharu in 2035 B.S.

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Narayan Dhakal

नारायण ढकाल(२०१०) बाग्मती, काठमाडौँ,मूलपानी गा. वि. स. ५ का स्थानीय वासिन्दा हुन् । पिता नागेन्द्रप्रसाद ढकाल र माता शान्ता ढकालका दोस्रो गर्भ तथा पहिलो पुत्रका रूपमा जन्मिएका ढकालका पुर्खााको पेशा ज्योतिष रहेको थियो । हाल पत्रकार, राजनीतिज्ञ, कवि, उपन्यासकार र निबन्धकारका रूपमा आफ्नो व्यक्तित्व सबल बनाएका ढकाल २०२८ सालको ‘दमन’ साहित्यिक पत्रिकामा ‘विस्थापित’ नामक कथा प्रकाशन गरी साहित्यमा प्रवेश गरेका हुन् । उनका सहर यन्त्र(२०५०), इरफान अलि(२०५१), बहिर्गमन(२०६१) कथासङ्ग्रह, मुसे कान्छाको करामत(२०५९), गोमाको यार्लिङ्(२०५९) बालकथा सङ्ग्रह प्रकाशित रहेका छन् । त्यस्तै पीत संवाद(२०५५), दुर्भिक्ष(२०६१), प्रेतकल्प(२०६५) तीनवटा उपन्यास र तिन संवत्सर र शोकमग्न यात्री निबन्ध सङ्ग्रह प्रकाशित रहेका छन् । ‘प्रार्थना’ र ‘पहिलो घाममा प्रार्थनाको वियोगा

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Mohan Koirala

Mohan Koirala is one of the greatest poets in modern Nepali literature, specializing in prose poems. He started his writing career by publishing a poem "Bujhepachi" in 2007 B.S. His early poems showed open anger against the Rana oligarchy. His poems require extra attention, and provide especially rich emotional rewards. He has served as the Vice-Chancellor of the Royal Nepal Academy. He has won two prestigious awards Madan Puraskar and Sajha Puraskar.

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Krishna Bhusan Bal

Krishna Bhushan Bal was a Nepalese poet, best known for his poems in simple words. His most acclaimed poem collection is "Bholi Basne Bihan".

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Neelam Karki Niharika

Neelam Karki Niharika is a Nepali novelist, poet and story writer. She is best known for writing Cheerharan and Yogmaya. She has won Madan puraskar for her novel 'Yogmaya' in 2074 B.S.

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