Nepal Literature Festival
nepal literature festival nepali नेपाल साहित्य महोत्सव annual international literary festival take place pokhara nepal previously kathmandu founded bookworm foundation notforprofit organization first edition festival held august gyan mandala jhamsikhel lalitpur festival sponsored ncell telecommunication company second edition festival held september premise nepal academy kamaladi kathmandu festival sponsored ncell telecommunication company festival participated international writer mark tully indra bahadur rai ira trivedi third edition festival held october premise nepal academy kamaladi kathmandu festival sponsored ncell telecommunication company festival participated international writersshobhaa de ravinder singh prajwal parajuly farah ghuznavi fourth edition festival held september premise nepal academy kamaladi kathmandu festival sponsored ncell telecommunication company festival participated international writer shashi tharoor farah ghuznavi tishani doshi carlo pizzati basharat peer hartosh singh bal fifth edition festival held january february premise nepal tourism board pardi pokhara festival inaugurated retired british gurkha officer festival writer like barkha dutt ira trivedi shobhaa de farah ghuznavi ned beauman vinod mehta including poet uday prakash sixth edition festival held january february premise nepal tourism board pardi pokhara festival attended author artist politician medium person intellectual economist sociologist attendee festival indian writer ramachandra guha novelist durjoy datta poet uday prakash full list festival participant aahuti aditya adhikari amar neupane amit dhakal amrit gurung amrit subedi bairagi kainla basanta basnet basanta thapa bhupal rai bhupin bibek shrestha kandara bimal acharya binod baniya birendra bahadur basnet bishwa paudel buddhisagar chaitanya mishra chandra kishore ck lal devendra bhattarai dhruba chandra gautam dipendra shrestha durjoy datta gagan thapa ganess paudel ghanashyam bhusal gunaraj luitel hari bahadur gandharba hari bahadur thapa hari sharma harihar birahi hari bansha acharya hima bista ishwor mani adhikari jiba lamichhane jiwan kshetri kalpana chiluwal kanak mani dixit kapil sharma kedar sharma kedar bhakta mathema khagendra sangraula kiran nepal kripa joshi miss moti kulman ghising kumar nagarkoti kusumakar neupane laxmi sharma lochan rijal madan krishna shrestha mahesh bikram shah narayan dhakal namgay zam narayan gandharba narayan wagle nayanraj pandey nabaraj parajuli neeva shah omprakash aryal prabha bhattarai pranika koyu pushkar shah rabindra adhikari rabindra samir rajan mukarung rajendra dahal rajendra parajuli rambhakta jojiju ramchandra guha raamesh koirala ramlal joshi richa bhattarai sabitri gautam samriddhi rai saraswoti pratikshya saraswati shrestha saru sarita tiwari shakuntla joshi shiva gaule shivani singh tharu shubha kayastha subin bhattarai sudheer sharma sujit mahat swarnim wagle tirtha shrestha upendra paudel uday prakash yangesh seventh edition festival held bank fewa lake opposite ratna mandir pokhara december december honorable minister culture tourism civil aviation rabindra adhikari chief guest event pakistani writer mohammed hanif british illustrator graphic artist nicola streeten nepaliindian author prajwal parajuly indian writer namita gokhale nepalicanadian writer manjushree thapa panelist festival festival also performance famous nepali singer dharmender sewan eighth edition festival held two location held janakpur nepal november november pokhara december december nepali मंसिर देखि गते former president nepal dr ram baran yadav chaired janakpur edition festival first day festival celebrated maithili song performance speech dr yadav author critic hari sharma journalist anil mishra province coordinator visit nepal year manish jha second day discussion held topic ranging chure range food culture madhesh literature related taraihill political dynamic session titled ‘madhesh ko bhojan’ food cultureof madesh held gayatri sharma imtiaz wafa kedar sharma gani ansari discussion pokhara edition festival inaugurated chief minister gandaki state prithivi subba gurung dsc prize south asian literature awarded indian writer amitabh bagchi novel half night gone presence shortlisted author jury panel chief guest ishwar pokhrel former deputy prime minister minister defence nepal festival pokhara ninth edition festival held december december due covid pandemic panel held virtually held isolated location sarangkot pokhara streamed digitally youtube list panelist festival bina theeng tamang ramesh bhusal chandra prakash dhakal shilshila acharya rajkumar baniya dr rolina dhital roshan mishra nischal basnet biswo poudel ayushi kc priyanka karki rabindra puri sobita gautam swechha raut hari khanal bikesh kabin chandra prakash baniya durga karki avasna pandey keshab dahal kuber chalise bhaskar dhungana aranico pandey alok tuladhar manushree mahat prithvi subba gurung kiran gurung manju devi gurung sita sundas pradip rodan amrit subedi saugat wagle bhavana tamang jagannath lamichhane illya bhattarai yangesh bonita sharma deepak pariyar sonika manandhar basanta basnet dr anup subedi milan bagale shivani singh tharu prakriti bhattarai basnet niranjan kunwar bhikku kashyap th edition nepal literature festival held pokhara december diverse session day event combination literature culture poetry music well discussion different topic included sport food nature politics literary translation creative writing many official website