page_title: Moti Laxmi Upasika
hierarchical_section_title: Moti Laxmi Upasika
caption_attribution_description: Portrait of Nepalese writer Moti Laxmi Upasika (1909-1997).
context_page_description: Moti Laxmi Upasika was Nepal's first woman poet and short story writer of modern times. Her first work, a short story, was published in 1935.
context_section_description: Moti Laxmi Upasika (Devanagari: मोतिलक्ष्मी उपासिका) (born Moti Laxmi Tuladhar) (30 June 1909 – 1997) was Nepal's first woman poet and short story writer of modern times. Her first work, a short story, was published in 1935.
caption: Moti Laxmi Upasika was the first woman short story writer of Nepal.
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