Nepal Literature Festival

Nepal Literature Festival
नेपाल साहित्य महोत्सव
Status Active
Genre Literary festival
Date(s) 2011
Frequency Annually
Venue Nepal Tourism Board, Pardi, Pokhara[1]
Location(s) Pokhara
Country Nepal
Years active 2011-present
Founder Bookworm Foundation
Most recent 27–30 January 2017[2]
Previous event 29 January-1 February 2016[3]
Organised by Bookworm Foundation, Random Readers’ Society
Sponsor Nepal Telecom, Nepal Tourism Board
Website Official website

Nepal Literature Festival (Nepali: नेपाल साहित्य महोत्सव) is an annual international literary festival which takes place in Pokhara, Nepal. It was founded in 2011 by Bookworm Foundation, a not-for-profit organization.[4]

Timeline

2011

The first edition of festival was held from 18–21 August in Gyan Mandala in Jhamsikhel, Lalitpur. The festival was sponsored by Ncell, a telecommunication company.[5]

2012

The second edition of festival was held from 20–23 September in the premises of the Nepal Academy at Kamaladi, Kathmandu The festival was sponsored by Ncell, a telecommunication company. The festival had participated by international writers: Mark Tully, Indra Bahadur Rai and Ira Trivedi.[6]

2013

The third edition of festival was held from 25–28 October in the premises of the Nepal Academy at Kamaladi, Kathmandu. The festival was sponsored by Ncell, a telecommunication company. The festival had participated by international writers:Shobhaa De, Ravinder Singh, Prajwal Parajuly and Farah Ghuznavi.[7]

2014

The fourth edition of festival was held from 19–22 September in the premises of the Nepal Academy at Kamaladi, Kathmandu. The festival was sponsored by Ncell, a telecommunication company. The festival had participated by international writers: Shashi Tharoor, Farah Ghuznavi, Tishani Doshi, Carlo Pizzati, Basharat Peer, and Hartosh Singh Bal.[8]

2016

The fifth edition of festival was held from 29 January-1 February 2016 in premises of Nepal Tourism Board, Pardi, Pokhara. The festival was inaugurated by retired British Gurkha officer.[9] The festival had writers like Barkha Dutt, Ira Trivedi, Shobhaa De, Farah Ghuznavi, Ned Beauman, Vinod Mehta including Poet Uday Prakash.[10][11]

2017

The sixth edition of festival was held from 29 January-1 February 2017 in premises of Nepal Tourism Board, Pardi, Pokhara .[12] The festival was attended by authors, artists, politicians, media persons, intellectuals, economists, sociologists and attendees.The festival had Indian writer Ramachandra Guha, novelist Durjoy Datta and poet Uday Prakash.[13][14]

  • Full list of festival participants:

Aahuti, Aditya Adhikari, Amar Nyaupane, 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, C.K. 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, 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.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "Nepal Literature Festival 2017 to start today". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Nepal Lit Fest kicks off in Pokhara". 4. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Lit-Fest in Laketown". Nepali Times. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Nepal Literature Festival to be held in Pokhara". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "Nepal Literature Festival: Day 1". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "Ncell Nepal Literature festival 2012". Ncell. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  7. ↑ "Ncell Literature Festival-2013". Ncell. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  8. ↑ "Ncell Literature Festival-2014". Ncell. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  9. ↑ "Literature Festival draws writers, readers to Pokhara". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  10. ↑ "Nepal Lit Fest continues to captivate Pokhara". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  11. ↑ "Lit-Fest in Laketown". Nepali Times. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  12. ↑ "6th Nepal Literature Festival to kick off from Friday". The Rising Nepal. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  13. ↑ "Nepal Literature Festival". Nepali Times. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  14. ↑ "6th Nepal Literature Festival to kick off". Republca. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  15. ↑ "Nepal Literature Festival 2017" (PDF). Nepal Literature Festival. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
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