ASWINI KOIRALA is a bestselling fiction writer, freelance journalist and interviewer. He has published one short story book namely Juckerberg Cafe (2016), one Haiku book Parijat (2019) and a few novels including Uni and Premalaya. He can be reached at aswinikoirala2031@gmail.com
GOVINDA GIRI PRERANA ( 1958) is Nepali poet, Essayist and Novelist. He has povlished 26 books of Poems, Novels, Essays, Travelodge, Criticism, Dramas etc. He is translator and editor too. His writings has been mentioned in major representative anthologies in Nepal . His writings has been translated in national and international languages Newari, Maithili, Hindi, English, Bengali, French etc. He has read his poems in Nepal, India, UK, USA and Japan. He has received prizes for his books and outstanding contribution to Nepali Literature. He has travelled UK, France, Germany, Belgium, France, Canada, India, Hong Kong, Singapore and USA. Currently he is dividing his time in Nepal, India and USA.
Krisu Chhetri is a Nepali poet and lyricist. He has published nine books. Of them, five are poetry collections, two researches, one Ghajal collection and one Haiku. He has received many awards for his contribution to Nepali literature including Rastriya Pratibha Puraskar, Yuva Barsha Moti Puraskar, Sadananda Pratibha Puraskar, Devkota Swarna Samman and National Poetry Competition etc. He is President of Ghajal Manch Nepal, Member Secretary of Basundhara Man Academy, Treasurer of Sirjanshil Jhapali Samaj and member of PEN Nepal (Nepalese chapter of PEN International). He can be reached at krisuchhetri@gmail.com
BHISHMA RAJ PHULARA (born 23 December 1982) is a Nepali Novelist, Litterateur,Lyricist and Documentaries writer. He is best known for his novel 'Tuhuro Kundali'. His books are the trendsetter and accepted surrounded by book lovers. He is a well-known Novelist in Nepal and his works are highly sought by National newspapers, television, and other major media of Nepal. His recognition lengthens beyond Nepal, especially in communities around the sphere. His first novel book was an intolerance community story, namely 'Nafapeko Manche' published in 2010 AD. 'Tuhuro Kundali' was Phulara's second novel that real-life story based book published in 2017AD. The intrigue of Tuhuro Kundali concerns orphan children and desolate sceneries of backward society are excavated with enthusiasm in a sensible mode. Apparently, an elegy, the novel emerges gorgeous with the coherent aspect. With the illustration, melancholy has pushed the saga of Nepali women and pain of poverty to the extreme realism with the exposure of spirit characters. Raising the issue of human attitudes like generosity, pity, justice, and sympathy in the present universal scenario has drawn the attention to the degrading social sentiments
BHISMA UPRETI is a Nepali poet, essayist and novelist of high repute. He holds Masters Degree in Economics from the University of Southampton, UK and Masters degree in Economics and Nepali language and literature from Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal. He has long experience of central banking in Nepal. His 21 books (10 books of poetry, 10 books of essays/travels and one Novel) have been published. Besides Nepali, many of his works have been published in English, Hindi, Korean, Serbian, Slovenian, Japanese, Sinhala, Cambodian, Russian, Macedonian, Tamil, Kannada, Malay, Persian and Bengali languages in books, various anthologies, international literary journals and magazines. He has represented Nepal in many international literary conclaves in Asia and Europe. A Gold medalist of National Poetry Festival organized by Nepal Academy, Upreti is also recipient of prestigious awards like SAARC Literature Award, Gopal Prasad Rimal Rastriya Kavya Puraskar, Uttam Shanti Puraskar, Yuva Varsha Moti Puraskar, Shankar Lamichhane Youth Essay Award and many more. Life member of Nepal Writers Society, Upreti currently, is secretary of PEN Nepal, A Nepalese Center of PEN International. Upreti lives in Kathmandu with his family.
Ghana Shyam Rajkarnikar, MA (Economics) is a senior writer of high repute in Nepal. His fame as a writer rests in his traveloghes and memoirs. His works foreground unexplored specificities of the locations he visited, his in-depth understanding of Buddhism and its underlying philosophy, the niches and nuances of successful entrepreneurship and the most intimate and inspiring aspects of his relations with his near and dear ones. Since Mr. Rajkarnikar is basically and entrepreneur who comes from a family that introduced bakery business in Nepal, his writing also draws prodigally from this business experiences. One of his travelogues, Yatrako Laharima Hiunphoolki Rani was awarded the best book of essay by the International Nepali Literary Society in 2019. Mother Who Tought Me How to Live captures some of the most moving moments the author spent with his mother and the life-lessons he derived from her. It is not only enlightening but also quite soothing and inspiring.
HEMANG RAJ GIRI (45) is a Nepali freelancer author. He has had Masters Degree in Political Science from the Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal. He has experienced of two decades working in Nepali film industry. His four books (Biography, Poetry, Novel and Essay) have been published and he is one of the authors whose books have been used by other authors as a reference book in Nepal. In addition, he has edited the film script of more than 50 Nepali feature films as a Nepali language expert. He has participated in SAARC film festival-2019 on behalf of Nepali film industry. He has been writing the articles for National level journals, magazines & Newspapers. He has won the first award as an ‘Author of the Year-2008’ and other prestigious national level prizes and awards of the Nepali literature field. He has been honored with the honorary, active and lifetime membership by other literature organization in Nepal. He has been working at the frontline in the Nepali literature filed. He is a Secretary of ‘Diamond Shamsher Rana Literature Foundation, Nepal’, Chairperson of National Literature Guild of Nepal, and Member of Nepal Chapter of PEN International. He has travelled; France, Switzerland, Portugal, Belgium, Netherland, Sri Lanka and India. He has been living in Kathmandu with his family.
MANJU KANCHULI (TIWARI) is a poet, fiction writer, play writer, essayist, and a free lance writer, of more than a dozen of books in literature. She is an ex-member of Nepal Academy Council and a retired college teacher of Clinical Psychology and English Literature. She has delivered her literary performances in various parts of the world and received many National and International Awards in literature including International Writer’s Award, America, Woman of the Year2002,nominated by the American Biographical Institute’ International Board of Research etc. She presented her Poetry exhibition (one man show) on sale in Beijing, 1995. She has contributed her literary works both in Nepali and English languages. Further information about her is in Google, www.uiowa.edu/~iwp (archive 2005) and www.druken boat –photo-poems.com (translation section). Mailing Address: manjukanchuli@yahoo.com
PRAKASH A. RAJ has studied at universities in India, the United States, the Netherlands, Britain and Norway. He writes in English and Nepali which is his mother tongue. He has worked for the Nepalese government and the United Nations in New York and in Pakistan. His writing is mainly non-fiction and his books were published in Australia (Lonely Planet), the United States (Hippocrene Books), India (Rupa and Harper Collins), Nepal and Germany. The topics of his books include travel guidebooks, biography, memoires, history and essays. He was one of recipients of Thomas Cook Best Guidebook of the year Award in 1982. He was secretary of Nepal chapter of PEN International between 2004 and 2017 and participated as delegate to PEN Congress held in Tromso, Norway, Bled, Slovenia, Berlin, Germany, Bogota, Colombia, Belgrade, Serbia, Lviv, Ukraine, Gyangjeu, Korea, Bishek, Kyrghizistan, Quebec city, Canada, Pune, India and Manila, Philippines. He has edited several journals including the annual journal of Nepal Council of World Affairs and journal of development published by he planning agency of Government of Nepal. Email- paraj85@hotmail.com website- www.prakashraj.com.np
RAM DAYAL RAKESH is a Nepali writer, literary critic, cultural expert and translator of high repute. He has Post Doctoral research experience of Folklores of Nepal especially Mithila Folklores from the Indiana University ,Bloomington U.S.A under FULBRIGHT Scholarship. He writes in four languages such as Nepali, Hindi, English and Maithili.He has already 45 books to his credit. He has represented Nepal in several international literary, educational and cultural conclaves such as in SAARC Countries, in Europe, in U.S.A. , in China and in Japan. He is the first Nepali recipient of Premchand Fellowship of Sahitya Academy, New Delhi, India.He is also the first Nepali recipient of Fukuoka Academic Award, Japan.He has been honoured with prestigious Vidyapati Memorial and Mahendra Narayan Nidhi Memorial prizes. He is from Province No.2 and resides in Kathmandu with his family.
Rupsingh Bhandari is a poet and social activist from Nepal. He has completed his M.ED and M.A in English from Tribhuvan University. He writes song, poetry, short stories and Novel in English, Nepali and Hindi. Published several poem, articles and translates poem and story. He was awarded as social activist HJ International Model family Award (2019) from Korea. He is author of a poetry book ‘Conscience’s Quantum’. He can be reached at dirupss44@gmail.com
SHREERAM SINGH BASNET is a Nepali writer, journalist, story writer and poet. He holds Masters Degree in Political Science from the Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal. He has three decades long experience in media as well as media teaching. His eight books ( journalism, sex issues, story, face to face interviews collection etc.) have been published in Nepali language, besides a poetry collection is under process of publication. He has been awarded by several media awards. Life member and Advisor of Manju Shree Literature Society Basnet is a member of PEN Nepal, a Nepali National Chapter of PEN International. He lives in Kathmandu with his family.
SUSHILA DEOJA, born (to father Tunga Dhoj Khand and mother Laxmi Devi Khand) in Doti, a district in the far western region of Nepal, is a renowned Nepali writer. Gifted with a keen sense of perception since childhood, along with an ability to capture her observations via writing, the author, being of a shy nature, mostly kept her writings to herself until she decided to publish an article while attending college. In that moment, the reserved author felt a sense of liberation having had the opportunity to momentary come out of her shell. This sensation would be something she would draw upon at a much later age to kick-start her career as a writer. While Sushila has explored various genres in her writing, her readership identifies with and appreciates her ability to pick out the unmentioned characters and overlooked stories in society and paint for us intertwined and very Nepali life experiences undergone by them, thus humanizing their current state of existence and giving us, dwellers of the city and society at large, a new lens by which to view the same every day. Sushila holds a degree in psychology and has published ten books to-date with an additional two undergoing final editing for publication in the very near future. Sushila's works such as "Progeny"; a collection of short stories capturing the various life experience of the Nepalese diaspora, have been translated to English and published in the U.S., while some of her children'sstories have been translated and published in China. For "Bagh and Baba", she attained the "Durga Devi Excellent Child Literature Writer" award. Sushila considers literature to be an integral part of her life as well as a real priority.
TANKA UPRETI is a Nepali poet, essayist and journalist of high repute. He holds Ph.D. Degree in Journalism and Mass Communications. Earlier he earned Master's Degree in Mass Communications from the London Metropolitan University, UK and another Master's degree in Economics from Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal. He has more than 25 years experience of television journalism. Currently he holds the position of Chief of Program Division at Nepal Television, the national broadcaster of Nepal. His 8 books (5 books of poetry, 1 book of essays and 2 books of media research) have been published. Besides Nepali, many of his works have been published in many languages such as English, Hindi and Korean in books, various anthologies, international literary journals and magazines. He has participated as speaker in many international literary and communications conclaves across the world. Dr. Upreti presented himself physically beyond his creative works in the major peaceful revolutionary political movements in Nepal. Upreti currently, is member of PEN Nepal, A Nepalese Center of PEN International. Upreti lives in Kathmandu with his family.
Born and raised in Kathmandu Nepal, Hiranya Kumary Pathak is a renowned Nepali poet and writer. Pathak is known to sketch the dilemma of contemporary Nepal into her writings in such a way that it brings out the true reflections of the society. Her stories are known to have positive messages for the community and especially children. She established a literary magazine mainly with the aim of giving women writers a forum to publish their literary work and to reach it to remote places of Nepal so people, mainly girls and women, could get quality literary reading material and also raise awareness about their rights. She has credit to publishing 16 books including one poetry collection, four books of stories collection, seven story books for children, three biographies of senior writers, one travelogue, one book on social service and one quarterly magazine Nariswor. Pathak started writing since her college days and developed a keen interest over literature since childhood. However, her career drove her to be one of the first woman bankers of Nepal where she excelled as a professional and became the first woman bank manager of Rastriya Banijya Bank. She became focused fully on literature after her retirement from the Bank. She is one of the 12 founders of Gunjan a network for women writers. She served in the executive committee since the inception and became the third President of Gunjan. Hiranya Kumary Has served on the board of several literary organisations including PENN Nepal, Nepalese Society for Children’s Literature, Basu Sashi Pratisthan. She is member of Literary Journalist Association Nepal among others. Pathak has received more than 27 awards for her contribution to literature, banking sector of Nepal, and her social service.