Author
Suman Pokhrel
21 September 1967
Suman Pokhrel is a Nepali poet, lyricist, playwright, translator, and artist. He writes primarily in Nepali, and also in English, Hindi, and other South Asian languages. His poetry has been translated into multiple languages and featured in prominent literary journals worldwide. His theatrical and lyrical works have been performed in the United States, Asia, and Europe. Pokhrel’s poetry is part of the literature curricula at universities in Nepal and India. In Nepal, his poem Taj Mahal ra Mero Prem (“The Taj Mahal and My Love”) and the English translation of Standing in the Market are included in undergraduate and B.Ed. programs at Purbanchal University and Tribhuvan University, respectively. In India, his English poems You Are as You Are and the English version of Taj Mahal ra Mero Prem are studied in M.A. and B.A. programs at Kerala University, G.D. Goenka University, Mar Ivanios College, and Cauvery College for Women. He has translated and published works of over a hundred international poets and writers into Nepali, English, Hindi, and Urdu, and has authored eight books, including three collections of translations. Pokhrel has received multiple awards, including the SAARC Literary Award in 2013 and 2015 (the only recipient to earn it twice), the Asia’s Inspiring Poet Award in 2023, and the Shaluk International Literature Award. He was also named Author of the Month by Spillwords Press in 2023 and 2025.
Bibliography
Books
24 books
Amaravati Poetic Prism - 2017
2017
Suman Pokhrel, Laxmi Prasad Devkota, Ishwar Ballav, Haribhakta Katuwal
City
2018
Suman Pokhrel, Abhi Subedi, Krishna Bhooshan Bal, Ishwar Ballav, Dinesh Adhikari , Seema Aavas, Haribhakta Katuwal, Sophia Naz, Ajmal Kamal
कविता का विश्व रंग
2019
Suman Pokhrel, Ko Ko Thett, Obayed Akash , Igor Sid, Khujasta Elham , Cheran Rudramoorthy , Marra PL Lanot, Lebogang Mashile, Tenzin Tsundue, Obayed Akash , Igor Sid, Khujasta Elham , Cheran Rudramoorthy , Tenzin Tsundue, R. Cheran, Igor Sid, Obayed Akash, Igor Sid, Obayed Akash, Igor Sid, Obayed Akash
Poetry of South Asia
2017
Pratibha Ray, Suman Pokhrel, Sitakant Mahapatra, Kamala Wijeratne, Abhi Subedi, Sigma G R, Perugu Ramakrishna
Itthamvidha Chitra
2023
Suman Pokhrel, Geeta Tripathee, Govinda Raj Binodi, Gopī Sāpakoṭā, Sudesh Satyal
Kavyaarohan
2025
Suman Pokhrel, Bairāgī Kāim̐lā, Tulasī Divasa, Bam Dewan, Momilā, Mañju Kān̐culī, Badrīprasāda Bhikhārī, Shravaṇa Mukāruṅga, Bhupal Rai, Tīrtha Śreshṭha
SYNESTHESIA
2025
Katie Manning, Suman Pokhrel, Bina Sarkar Ellias, Dennis Maloney, Nina Ansary, Martine L. Jacquot, Gabriel Arnou-Laujeac, Éric Sarner, Tess Gallagher, David Mason Jones
विश्व कविता संचयन
2023
Maya Angelou, Gabriela Mistral, Suman Pokhrel, Les A. Murray, Wole Soyinka, Lebogang Mashile, Nikola Madžirov, Valerio Magrelli, George Szirtes, Wisława Szymborska, Tomas Tranströmer, W. S. Merwin, Hollie McNish, Igor Sid, Nâzım Hikmet, Derek Walcott, Mahmoud Darwish, Bei Dao, Wang ping, R. Cheran, Shirani Rajapakse, Najīb Bārvar, Khujasta Elham , Ko Ko Thett, Mozid Mahmud, Obayed Akash , Tenzin Tsundue, Marra PL Lanot, Ra Heeduk, Moon Chung-hee
Bards of a Feather (Wings of Golden Syllables) Book #2
2025
Suman Pokhrel, Kavita Ezekiel Mendonca, Maria Miraglia, Kenneth Lumpkin, Kuei-Shien Lee, Mark Heathcote, Kushal Poddar, Malachi Edwin Vethamani, Michele Baron, Mai Van Phan, Santosh Bakaya, Lauren Roberts, Stephen Cole, Mark Heinzl, Malsawmi Jacob, Pratima Apte, Mehmet Rrema Shqiperi, Setaluri Padmavathi, San Lin Tun, Matthew Hupert, Russell Buker, Mridula Menon, Moumita Alam, Scott Thomas Outlar
