Suman Pokhrel
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Pokhrel reading at the SAARC Festival of Literature 2010 in New Delhi
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| Born |
September 21, 1967 Mills Area, Biratnagar, Nepal |
| Occupation | Poet, lyricist, translator, artist |
| Nationality | Nepali |
| Education | BSc, MBA, BL |
| Notable works | Hazaar Aankhaa Yee Aankhaamaa |
| Notable awards |
SAARC Literary Award 2015 SAARC Literary Award 2013 Parikalpna Award 2012 Jayandra Best Book of the Year 2009 |
| Spouse | Goma Dhungel |
| Children | Ojaswee Pokhrel and Mansun Pokhrel |
Suman Pokhrel (Nepali: ; born on September 21, 1967) is a multilingual Nepali poet, lyricist. translator, and an artist. His works have been acclaimed and are published internationally.
Suman Pokhrel is considered as one of the most important creative voices of South Asia. He is only writer to receive SAARC Literary Award twice. He received this award in 2013 and 2015 for his own poetry and his contributions to poetry and art in general in the South Asian region.
Suman Pokhrel was born on September 21, 1967, in Mills Area, Biratnagar, to Mukunda Prasad Pokhrel and Bhakta Devi Pokhrel.
Suman Pokhrel attended Bal Mandir, a government owned Kindergarten in Biratnagar, until he was five. Pokhrel got moved to his ancestral village of Kachide in Dhankuta at the age of seven and raised there by his paternal grandmother. His grandfather Bidhyanath Pokhrel was a poet and a politician. He was introduced to literature early through the influence of his grandfather's library, filled with Nepali, Hindi and classic Sanskrit literature. At the age of twelve, he moved back to Biratnagar to live with his parents. Pokhrel was mentored by his father, who was an engineer by profession and a bibliophile with a keen interest in art and literature.
Pokhrel earned his BSc, MBA and BL from the Tribhuvan University, Nepal.
Suman Pokhrel joined the Nepali civil service in Nepal Government as a Section Officer in February 1995. He left the job and joined Plan International in December 1998 as a development activist and went to the remote hilly region of the country. The job demanded visits to the more remote areas of the region.
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