BIO Bhupi Sherchan (1937-1990) is one of the most read iconic poets of Nepal, who started the trend of free verses in Nepali literature. He was born in the Mustang district in northern Nepal and studied in Nepal and India. His poetry collection, “Ghumne Mech Mathi Andho Manche” (Blind man on a Revolving Chair) published…
Nepali Literature: Dialogic Relation between Criticism and History, by Abhi Subedi
“Nepali Literature: Dialogic Relation between Criticism and History,” paper was presented by Prof Abhi Subedi (Ph.D.) at the 2018 SAARC Literary Festival taken place from October 4th-7th in New Delhi. “This paper is an attempt to capture the tension between the shifting, and fleeting moments in the history of literary criticism. Such moments shape what the…
Holly Day
. BIO: Holly Day has taught writing classes at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, since 2000. Her poetry has recently appeared in Tampa Review, SLAB, and Gargoyle, while her newest nonfiction book, Tattoos FAQ, is coming out from Backbeat Books at the end of 2017. . The End of All Plans I…
Michael Salcman
BIO Michael Salcman is a poet, physician, and art historian. His poems have appeared in Alaska Quarterly Review, Arts & Letters, Hopkins Review, The Hudson Review, New Letters, Notre Dame Review, Poet Lore and Ontario Review. Salcman is the author of four chapbooks. His books include The Clock Made of Confetti (Orchises, 2007), nominated for The Poets’…
Rich Murphy
BIO Rich Murphy’s poetry collections have won two national book awards: Gival Press Poetry Prize 2008 for Voyeur and in 2013 the Press Americana Poetry Prize for Americana. Asylum Seeker is the third in a trilogy out now (2018) Press Americana. First in the trilogy was Americana, Body Politic, the second, published by Prolific Press…
Abhi Subedi
BIO Born in Terathum of eastern Nepal, Dr. Abhi Subedi (अभि सुवेदी) received his higher education in Nepal and Britain. He is an essayist, critic, linguist, playwright, translator, and poet. He has over two- dozen books on different subjects to his credit. Among his over ten plays, strong theatre groups in Nepal and abroad have…
Durga Lal Shrestha
BIO Known as a people’s poet of Nepal, Durga Lal Shrestha is an essential name in contemporary Nepali and Newari literature. He has written over a dozen books many great lyrics. Some of his works written in the Newari language are Gvinnila, Inkalabaya palahsah, Ji svayambhu tvathah: nyecyapu kavitaya chajhvah and Phyakham pica. His poem “Phool…
Abhay K.
BIO Abhay K. is a poet and editor. He has published six collection of poems including The Eight-Eyed Lord of Kathmandu (Bloomsbury India) and The Seduction of Delhi (Bloomsbury). He is the editor of CAPITALS (Bloomsbury) and 100 Great Indian Poems (Bloomsbury). He received the SAARC Literary Award 2013. His Earth Anthem has been translated…
Sedat Umran: Translated by Aron Aji, Gülsen Beyatli, Zack Rogow
BIO Sedat Umran (1925–2013, real name Osman Sedat Öcal) was a Turkish poet who spent his youth in Istanbul. He studied German language and literature, and worked as a commercial translator for various companies in the city of Izmir. He authored many books of poetry, culminating in 2000 with the publication of his collected poems,…
Tulasi Acharya
BIO Tulasi Acharya is a Nepali Poet. Born and raised in Nepal, he moved to the United States in 2008 to pursue a master’s degree in creative writing. His interests are poetry writing and translation.He has published a number of short stories, poems and articles. In 2014, he published a novel “Running from the Dreamland”…
Tulsi Diwasa
BIO Tulasi Diwasa is a prominent name in modern Nepali poetry. He has authored a dozen books on literature, folk culture and folklore of various tribes in Nepal. He served as professor of Nepali Literature at Tribhuwan University for several years. He has also served as Cultural Secretary at the Nepalese Embassy in the USA…
Huzaifa Pandit
BIO Huzaifa Pandit (MA, SET) was born and raised in Kashmir. He is pursuing a PhD on “Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Agha Shahid Ali and Mahmoud Darwish – Poetics of Resistance” at University of Kashmir. His poems, translations, essays and papers have been published in various journals like Indian Literature, PaperCuts, CLRI, Punch and Muse India….