List of Nepali-language poets

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

A

Abhi Subedi (born, 1945) – poet, essayist, critic, columnist and playwright
Agam Singh Giri (1927–1971) – poet, lyricist
Ali Miya (1919–2006) – folk poet
Ashesh Malla (born, 1954) – poet, playwright and theater person

B

The first–ever poet Bhanubhakta Acharya

Bhupi Sherchan

Banira Giri (1946–2021) – poet
Bhanubhakta Acharya (1814–1868) – poet and translator
Bhim Nidhi Tiwari (1911–1973) – poet
Bhola Rijal – poet, doctor
Bhupal Rai – poet
Bhupi Sherchan (1937–1990) – poet
Bhuwan Dhungana – poet and storywriter
Bidhyanath Pokhrel (1918 – 1994) - poet and politician
Bimala Tumkhewa – poet and journalist
Bijaya Malla – (1925 – 1999) poet, novelist and playwright
Buddha Sayami (1944–2016) – poet

C

Chadani Shah (nom de plume of Queen Aishwarya)

Chakrapani Chalise (1883–1958) – poet,writer of national anthem of Kingdom of Nepal.
Chandani Shah (1949–2001) – poet, queen of Nepal
Chandra Gurung - poet
Chittadhar Hridaya (1906–1982) – poet

D

Dharanidhar Koirala – (1893–1980) – poet
Dharmaraj Thapa
Dharma Ratna Yami (1915–1975)
Dharmendra Bikram Nembang (born 1976) – poet
Dharmachari Guruma (1898–1978)
Dhruba Chandra Gautam
Dibya Khaling (1952–2006) – lyricist
Dinesh Subba (born 1962)
Durga Lal Shrestha (born 1935) – poet

G

Poet Gopal Prasad Rimal

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 Bhakta Katuwal (1935–1980)
Hari Prasad Gorkha Rai (1914–2005)

I

Ishwor Ballav (1937–2008) – poet

J

Jhamak Ghimire – autobiographer

K

Kamala Sankrityayan (1920–2009)
Kedar Gurung, (born 1948) - poet, writer
Kedar Man Vyathit – poet (1914–1998)
Komalnath Adhikari
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
Kumar Nagarkoti, poet, writer

L

Kavi Siromani Lekhnath Paudyal

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

M

Rastra Kavi Madhav Prasad Ghimire

Yuva Kavi Motiram Bhatta

Madan Mohan Mishra (1931–2013) – poet
Madhav Prasad Devkota
Madhav Prasad Ghimire (1919–2020) – poet
Mahananda Sapkota (1896–1977) – poet and linguist
Mahendra of Nepal (1920–1972) – poet and King of Nepal
Motiram Bhatta (1866–1896) – poet and ghazalist
Mukunda Sharan Upadhyaya (born 1940) – poet

N

Naba Raj Lamsal – (born 1969)
Nara Nath Acharya (1906–1988)
Neelam Karki Niharika – poet and writer
Nanda Hangkhim (born 1944)
Neer Shah (born 1951)

P

Parijat

Parijat (1937–1993) – poet and novelist
Phatte Bahadur Singh (1902–1983) – poet
Pawan Chamling (born 1950) – poet
Prema Shah – (1945–2017) poet, novelist and short–story writer

R

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

S

Poet Siddhicharan Shrestha

Santosh Lamichhane (born 1983) – poet
Sanu Sharma - novelist, short story writer, poet, lyricist
Saraswati Pratikshya – poet, novelist
Sarita Tiwari (born 1980) – poet, columnist
Saru Bhakta – poet, novelist
Shrawan Mukarung – poet
Siddhicharan Shrestha (1912–1992) – poet
Siddhidas Mahaju – poet
Sulochana Manandhar (born 1955) – poet, columnist and activist
Suman Pokhrel (born 1967) – poet, lyricist, translator and artist
Swapnil Smriti (born 1981) – poet

T

Tulsiram Sharma Kashyap
Toya Gurung – poet
Tulsi Ghimire – poet
Tulsi Diwasa– poet, folklorist

U

Usha Sherchan (born 1955) – poet, lyricist and story writer
Upendra Subba (born 1971) – poet and story writer

V

Vishnu Raj Atreya (born 1944) – poet and writer

Y

Yogmaya Neupane (1867–1941) – poet
Yuddha Prasad Mishra (1964–2047 BS) – poet
Yuyutsu Sharma (born 1960) – poet

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