List of Nepali language poets

This is a list of poets who have written in the Nepali language:

Contents: 

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z
• See also

See also: List of Nepalese poets

The first-ever poet Bhanubhakta Acharya

Poet Laxmi Prasad Devkota

Poet Siddhicharan Shrestha

Poet Gopal Prasad Rimal

Poet and playwright Abhi Subedi

Poet Krishna Bhusan Bal

Poet, translator, playwright and artist Suman Pokhrel

Poet, lyricist and literary critic Geeta Tripathee

A black and white photo of Poet Kul Bahadur KC

Poet and short-story writer Upendra Subba

A

• Abhi Subedi (born, 1945) - poet, essayist, critic, columnist and playwright
• Agam Singh Giri (1927-1971) - poet, lyricist
• Ashesh Malla (born, 1954) - poet, playwright and theater person

B

• Banira Giri (born 1946) - poet
• Bhanubhakta Acharya (1814-1868) - poet and translator
• Bhim Nidhi Tiwari (1911–1973) - poet
• Bhupal Rai - poet
• Bhupi Sherchan (1937-1990) - poet
• Buddha Sayami (1944-2016) - poet

C

• Chandani Shah (1949-2001) - poet, queen of Nepal

D

• Dharmaraj Thapa
• Dharma Ratna Yami (1915-1975)
• Dharmachari Guruma (1898-1978)
• Dhruba Chandra Gautam
• Dibya Khaling (1952-2006) - lyricist
• Dinesh Subba (born 1962)

G

• G. Shah, (born 1947)
• Gadul Singh Lama, (born 1939)
• Ganesh Lal Shrestha, (1911–1985) - poet
• Geeta Tripathee, (1972) - poet, lyricist and literary critic
• Girija Prasad Joshi, (1939–1987) - poet
• Gopal Prasad Rimal, (1918–1973) - poet
• Gopal Singh Nepali, (1911–1963)- poet
• Gyandil Das, (1821–1883)- poet

H

• Hangyug Agyat (born, 1978) - poet
• Hari Prasad Gorkha Rai (1914–2005)

I

• Ishwor Ballav (1937-2008) - poet

J

• Jhamak Ghimire - autobiographer

K

• Kamala Sankrityayan (1920–2009)
• Krishna Bhooshan Bal (1948-2012) - poet
• Krishnahari Baral (born, 1954) - poet and critic
• Kshetra Pratap Adhikary (1943-2014) - poet
• Kul Bahadur KC (1946-2013) poet, laureate

L

• Lakshmi Prasad Devkota (1909-1959) - poet, playwright and essayist
• Lekhnath Paudyal (1885–1966) - poet

M

• Madan Mohan Mishra (1931 – 2013) - poet
• Madhav Prasad Devkota
• Madhav Prasad Ghimire (born, 1919) - poet
• Mahananda Sapkota (1896–1977) - poet and linguist
• M.B.B. Shah, (born 1920) - poet and King of Nepal
• Motiram Bhatta (1866 - 1896) - poet and ghazalist
• Mukunda Sharan Upadhyaya (born, 1940) - poet

N

• Nara Nath Acharya (1906–1988)
• Neelam Karki Niharika - poet and writer
• Nanda Hangkhim (born 1944)
• Neer Shah (born 1951)

P

• Parijat (1937-1993) - poet and novelist
• Phatte Bahadur Singh (1902–1983) - poet
• Pawan Chamling (born 1950) - poet

R

• Rajendra Bhandari (born 1956)
• Ramesh Kshitij (born 1969) - poet
• Ram Man Trishit (1941–2011)

S

• Saru Bhakta - poet
• Shrawan Mukarung - poet
• Siddhicharan Shrestha (1912-1992) - poet
• Siddhidas Mahaju - poet
• Suman Pokhrel (born, 1967) - poet, lyricist, translator and artist

T

• Tulsiram Sharma Kashyap
• Toya Gurung - poet
• Tulsi Ghimire
• Tulsi Diwasa- poet

U

• Upendra Subba (born 1971) - poet & story writer

V

• Vishnu Raj Atreya (born 1944) - poet & writer

Y

• Yogmaya Neupane (1867–1941) - poet
• Yuyutsu Sharma (born 1960) - poet

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