# List of Nepali-language writers

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