Narayan Wagle
Nepali writer and journalist.
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Ganess Paudel
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Paudel studied English Literature at Tribhuwan University, and Masters in Business Administration at Pokhara University. He worked as a teacher in various school before he published his debut novel 'Paitala'. He is also columnist in various newspapers, magazines and journals in Nepal.
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Paulo Coelho
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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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Saru Bhakta
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Many consider his novel Paagal Basti, to be a classic in Nepalese literature.
He is also a member of the Royal Nepal Academy.
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Founder , Rastriya Bal Prativa Puraskar , Pokhara (National Prize for Children)
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Amar Neupane
अमर न्यौपाने युवा आख्यानकार हुन् । उनको पहिलो आख्यान पानीको घामले
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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
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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.
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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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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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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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Hari Bansha Acharya
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Parijat
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Amar Neupane
अमर न्यौपाने युवा आख्यानकार हुन् । उनको पहिलो आख्यान पानीको घामले
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२०६६ सालको पद्मश्री साहित्य सम्मान र बालकथा सङ्ग्रह कलिलो मनले २०६७
सालको पारिजात बालसाहित्य पाण्डुलिपि पुरस्कार प्राप्त गरेको थियो ।
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Lil Bahadur Chettri
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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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Madan Krishna Shrestha
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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.
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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 -
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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Dhruba Chandra Gautam
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Leeladhwaj Thapa
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Chuden Kabimo
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Indra Bahadur Rai
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He entered the field of Nepali literature around 1950 when he started publishing literary criticisms in different journals such as Aadhar, Bharati, Diyo, Diyalo, and Roop Rekha. His first novel Aaja Ramita Cha was published in 1964. After that, he entered the field of short stories. His fi -
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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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