List of Nepali-language writers

This is a list of writers who have written in the Nepali language irrespective of their nationality.

Contents: 

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z
• See also

A

• Abhi Subedi – poet, playwright, essayist
• Agam Singh Giri (1927–1971) – poet, lyricist
• Ali Miya
• Amar Neupane – novelist
• Arbind Rimal
• Asit Rai

B

• Bairagi Kainla – poet
• Bhagi Raj Ingnam – historian
• Bhanubhakta Acharya – poet
• Basanta Basnet – writer, journalist
• Bharat Jangam – novelist
• Bhawani Bhikshu – novelist
• Bhim Nidhi Tiwari – poet
• Balkrishna Sama – playwright, poet
• Bhairav Aryal – satirist, essayist
• Bhupal Rai – poet
• Bhupi Sherchan – poet
• Bhuwan Dhungana – short story writer, poet
• Bimala Tumkhewa – poet
• Buddha Sayami – poet
• Buddhi Sagar – novelist

C

• Chandani Shah – poet, lyricist
• Chandra Prakash Baniya – writer, historian
• Chakrapani Chalise – poet
• Chhinnalata – writer
• Chittaranjan Nepali
• Chuda Mani Regmi

D

• Daya Bir Singh Kansakar
• Deepak Shimkhada
• Desh Subba
• Dharanidhar Koirala – poet
• Dharma Ratna Yami
• Dhruba Chandra Gautam
• Diamond Shumsher Rana – novelist
• Durga Lal Shrestha – lyricist

G

• G. Shah – lyricist
• Ganga Bikram Sijapati
• Ganga Prasad Pradhan
• Geeta Tripathee – poet, lyricist, essayist
• Girish Ballabh Joshi – novelist
• Gopal Parajuli – poet
• Gopal Prasad Rimal – poet
• Guman Singh Chamling – poet, novelist
• Guru Prasad Mainali – poet, playwright

H

• Hari Bansha Acharya – comedian, autobiographer
• Hari Prasad Gorkha Rai – poet
• Hari Prasad Rimal
• Harka Gurung
• Hemang Dixit
• Hari Bhakta Katuwal - Poet, Lyricist

* H.B. Khatri youth writer( poet,novelist, story)

I

• Indra Bahadur Rai – novelist, critic
• Iman Xin Chemjong – linguist, lexicographer, folklorist
• Ishwar Ballav – poet

J

• Jagadish Ghimire – autobiographer
• Jagat Lal Master
• Jhamak Ghimire – autobiographer
• Jyoti Prakash Tamang

K

• Kamal Mani Dixit – essayist
• Kamala Sankrityayan
• Kanak Mani Dixit – journalist, editor
• Karna Shakya
• Karunakar Vaidya
• Kedar Gurung
• Khagendra Sangraula
• Kesar Lall
• Kedar Nath Neupane
• Krishnahari Baral
• Krishna Bhooshan Bal
• Krishna Chandra Singh Pradhan
• Krishna Dharabasi
• Kshetra Pratap Adhikary
• Kul Bahadur KC
• Kumar Kashyap Mahasthavir
• Kumar Nagarkoti
• Kumar Pradhan

L

• Lain Singh Bangdel – painter, novelist
• Lakshmi Prasad Devkota – poet, essayist
• Lekhnath Paudyal – poet
• Lil Bahadur Chettri – novelist
• Leeladhwaj Thapa

M

• Madan Mani Dixit
• Madan Mohan Mishra – poet
• Mahananda Poudyal
• Mahananda Sapkota – poet, linguist
• Mahendra P. Lama
• Mahesh Bikram Shah – short story writer
• Mahesh Chandra Regmi
• M.B.B. Shah – lyricist
• Manjul
• Manu Brajaki - short story writer
• Motiram Bhatta – poet, ghazalist
• Mukunda Sharan Upadhyaya – poet

N

• Nanda Hangkhim – poet
• Nara Nath Acharya
• Nar Bahadur Bhandari
• Nar Bahadur Saud
• Narayan Rayamajhi
• Nar Bahadur Saud
• Narayan Rayamajhi
• Narayan Wagle – journalist, novelist
• Nawaraj Silwal
• Nayan Raj Pandey – novelist
• Neelam Karki Niharika – novelist
• Neer Shah

P

• Pancham Adhikary
• Parashu Pradhan – short story writer
• Parijat – novelist
• Phatte Bahadur Singh
• Prajwal Parajuly
• Prema Shah – short story writer
• Prithvi Narayan Shah – poet
• Pawan Chamling

R

• Radha Paudel – memoir writer
• Rajesh Gautam
• Rajeshwor Devkota – short story writer
• Ramesh Bikal – novelist
• Ramlal Joshi – novelist
• Ram Raj Pant
• Ramesh Kshitij
• Rashmila Shakya
• Rebati Ramanananda Shrestha
• Rudra Raj Pande - educator,novelist

S

• Santosh Lamichhane
• Sanu Sharma - novelist, short story writer, poet, lyricist
• Saru Bhakta – poet, novelist, playwright
• Satya Mohan Joshi – poet, playwright
• Shankar Lamichhane – essayist
• Shanta Chaudhary
• Shikhar Ghimirey
• Shiva Kumar Rai
• Shrawan Mukarung – poet, lyricist
• Siddhicharan Shrestha – poet
• Subhash Ghisingh – novelist
• Subin Bhattarai
• Suman Pokhrel – poet, lyricist, playwright, translator
• Surya Bikram Gyawali – historian
• Sushma Joshi
• Swapnil Smriti – poet

T

• Tara Devi Tuladhar
• Tara Nath Sharma – writer
• Tarini Prasad Koirala – novelist
• Tirtha Gurung - Novelist
• Toya Gurung - poet, academician
• Tulsi Diwasa – poet, folklorist
• Tulsi Ghimire
• Tulsiram Sharma Kashyap

U

• Upendra Subba (born, 1971) – poet, short story writer
• Usha Sherchan (born 1955) – poet and story writer
• Uttam Kunwar – writer, essayist

V

• Vishnu Raj Atreya – poet, writer

Y

• Yogmaya Neupane (1867–1941)
• Yuyutsu Sharma (born 1960)
• Yogbir Singh Kansakar
• Yubraj Nayaghare