Mohan Koirala
मोहन कोइराला
Born(1926-11-26)26 November 1926
Kathmandu
Died22 February 2007(2007-02-22) (aged 80)
NationalityNepalese
OccupationPoet
Notable work
Parent
  • Iswori Prasad Koirala (father)
Awards

Mohan Koirala (Nepali: मोहन कोइराला; 1926–2007) was a Nepalese poet, known for his prose poems and poems against the Rana regime.[1] Some of this poems has been translated in English. He won Madan Puraskar in 2038 BS (c. 1981 AD).[2]

Biography

Mohan Koirala was born in Kathmandu on 26 November 1926 (11 Mangshir 1983 BS). Due to his father's economic conditions, Koirala had to skip college education before completion. He worked on various jobs around Nepal such as schoolmaster in Hetauda or as a transport corporation officer in Kathmandu.

His first poem is Jada Jadai which was published in 1953. From 1999 to 2004 he became vice-chancellor of the Royal Nepal Academy due to his contribution to the Nepali literature. [3]

Awards

Works

Some of his published books are:[4]

Personal life

He Married to Sabitri Koirala, he had five children.[5] He died on 22 February 2007 (10 Falgun 2063 BS).

See also

References

  1. ^ "Mohan Koirala -- Nepali poet: The South Asian Literary Recordings Project (Library of Congress New Delhi Office)". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
  2. ^ Hutt, Michael; Koirala, Mohan (1994). "The Poetry of Mohan Koirala". Journal of South Asian Literature. 29 (1): 155–174. ISSN 0091-5637. JSTOR 25797505. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
  3. ^ "Mohan Koirala: A Trend-Setting Modernist". The Gorkha Times. 2021-02-23. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
  4. ^ नरेन्द्रप्रसाद कोइराला, राजन भट्टराई (2011). आधुनिक नेपाली कविता-काव्य (गीत र गजल) (in Nepali). काठमाडौँ: नालन्दा पब्लिकेसन. pp. 228–229. ISBN 978-9937-8316-1-1.
  5. ^ "Himalayan Voices". Retrieved 2021-06-18.
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