Bhisma Upreti is a Nepali poet, essayist and novelist of high repute. His 19 books (9 books of poetry, 9 books of essays/travels and one Novel) have been published. Besides Nepali, many of his works have been published in English, Hindi, Korean, Serbian, Slovenian, Japanese, Sinhala, Cambodian, Russian, Tamil, Kannada and Bengali languages in books, various anthologies, international literary journals and magazines. He has represented Nepal in many international literary conclaves in Aisa and Europe. A Gold medalist of National Poetry Festival organized by Nepal Academy, Mr. Upreti is also recipient of prestigious awards like SAARC Literature Award, Gopal Prasad Rimal Rastriya Kavya Puraskar, Uttam Shanti Puraskar, Yuva Varsha Moti Puraskar, Shankar Lamichhane Youth Essay Award and many more. Life member of Nepal Writers Society, Mr. Upreti currently, is secretary of PEN Nepal, A Nepalese Center of PEN International. He can be reached at [email protected]
