Sarita Tiwari
Sarita Tiwari (born 1980) is a Nepalese poet, writer and advocate. She has written three books till date and regularly writes articles and columns for many national newspapers and online portals. Her poetry collection Prashnaharuko Karkhana was shortlisted for the Madan Puraskar for the year 2015 (2072 BS). Biography 
She was born on 15 April 1979 in Pokhara, Nepal. Her mother was a ratyauli singer and used to sing in many wedding parties. Her mother's singing had an significant influence on her. Her family moved and settled in Nawalparasi where she grew up. She started writing poems since she was in 7th grade of her school. She used to participate and win in various poetry competition in school. She then joined Prithvi Narayan Campus in 1997 to study IA and received a bachelor's degree from same college. There she met many influential writers and poets. In college she was a part of a literary movement known as Samrakshan Kabita Andholan. Under the movement, the poets from Pokhara and Kathmandu went to village areas and wrote poems in nature. Her first poetry collection Buddha ra Lavaharu was published in 2001 (2057 BS). Her second poetry collection was published in 2011 (2067 BS). Her third book Prashnaharuko Karkhana, a poetry collection was published in 2016 and was shortlisted for the Madan Puraskar for the same year. The collection consists of 34 poems. It was also translated into Hindi as Sawaalon ka Karkhana by Pramod Dhital in 2018. She currently lives in Chitwan with her husband and children. Bibliography

See also 

 Neelam Karki Niharika
 Bimala Tumkhewa

References 

1980 births
21st-century Nepalese women writers
21st-century Nepalese poets
Nepalese columnists
People from Pokhara
Prithvi Narayan Campus alumni
Nepalese women poets
Nepali-language poets
Nepali-language writers from Nepal
Living people