List of Nepali literature in English
This is a list of Nepali literature translated in the English language.[1]
Nepali Literature Translated into English
| English Name | English Translator | Date of translation publication | Original Name | Original Writer | Date of original publication | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langada's Friend | Jayaraj Acharya and Don Messerschmidt | 2022 | Langadako Sathi | Lain Singh Bangdel | 1951 | Novel | |
| Black Sun | Saroj Kumar Shakya | 1979 | Kalo Surya | Bharat Jangam | Novel | ||
| The Wake of the White Tiger | Greta Rana | 1984 | Seto Bagh | Diamond Shumsher Rana | Novel | ||
| Muna Madan | Laxmi Prasad Devkota | 1987 | Muna Madan | Laxmi Prasad Devkota | Epic | ||
| Under the Sleepless Sun | Nara Pallav | 2007 | Parijat | Novel | |||
| Faulty Glasses | Keshar Lall | 1997 | Doshi Chasma | BP Koirala | Stories | ||
| Narendra Dai | Jayraj Acharya | 2013 | BP Koirala | Novel | |||
| Atmabrittanta | Kanak Mani Dixit | 2001 | BP Koirala | Novel | |||
| Modiaain | Jay Raj Acharya | 2010 | Modiaain | BP Koirala | Novel | ||
| Khaireni Ghat | Larry Hartsell | 1996 | Novel | ||||
| Aswatthama | Padma Prasad Devkota | 1998 | Madhav Prasad Ghimire | Epic | |||
| A Handbook of Siddhicharan's Verse | Madhav Lal Karmacharya | 1998 | Siddhicharan Shrestha | Poems | |||
| Window of the House Opposite | Larry Hartsell | 1998 | Pallo Ghar ko Jhyal | Govinda Bahadur Malla Gothale | Novel | ||
| Rupamati | Shanti Mishra | 1999 | Rupamati | Rudra Raj Pandey | Novel | ||
| Twists and Turns | Tirtha Tuladhar | 2000 | Durga Lal Shrestha | Novel | |||
| Memoir’s of Jail | Laxmi Raj Bhandari | 2002 | Siddhicharan Shrestha | Novel | |||
| Sumnima | Tara Nath Sharma | 2005 | Sumnima | BP Koirala | Novel | ||
| Terror of Flower | Philip Pears | 2005 | Dhruba Chandra Gautam | Novel | |||
| The Prison | Ann Hunkins | 2005 | Karagar | Banira Giri | 1978 | ||
| Masan | Sangeeta Raymajhi | 2006 | Gopal Prasad Rimal | Play | |||
| Sugat Saurav | Todd T. Lewis
Subarna Man Tuladhar |
2007 | Chittadhar Hridaya | Novel | |||
| Anuradha | Larry Hartsell | Anuradha | Bijaya Malla | Novel | |||
| Declaration of a New God | Govinda Raj Bhattarai | 2008 | Naya Ishwar Ko Ghoshana | Gopal Parajuli | 2005 | Epic | |
| Mountain Painted with Turmeric | Michael Hutt | 2008 | Basain | Lil Bahadur Chettri | Novel | ||
| Twenty-first Century Sumina | Subas Ghimire | 2008 | Pradeep Nepal | Novel | |||
| Mode of Life | Dinesh Adhikari | 2009 | Robin Sharma | Poems | |||
| Socrates’ Footsteps[2] | Balaram Adhikari | 2010 | Sukaratka Paila | Govinda Raj Bhattarai | Novel | ||
| Sun Showers | Manu Manjil
Mahesh Paudyal |
2010 | Poems | ||||
| An Outsider in the Court of God | Kumar Nagarkoti | 2010 | Momila | Novel | |||
| The Journey’s End | Hrishikesh Upadhyay | 2011 | Rajeshwar Devkota | Essays | |||
| Last Page of My Poem | Mahesh Paudyal | 2011 | Rajeshwar Karki | Poems | |||
| The War is Breaking | Mahesh Paudyal | 2011 | Bishwambhar Chanchal | Stories | |||
| Beyond the Holy Border | Multiple translators | 2011 | Bhisma Upreti | Essays | |||
| Cry in the Wilderness and Other Short Stories | Kesar Lall
Tej R. Kansakar |
2011 | Srilaxmi Shrestha | Novel | |||
| Parallel Sky | Anuradha Sharma | 2011 | Padmavati Singh | Novel | |||
| Beyond the Frontiers: Women’s Stories from Nepal[3] | Gunjan | 2006 | Padmavati Singh | Novel | |||
| The Blue Mimosa | Tanka Vilas Varya | 2012 | Shirishko Phool | Parijat | Novel | ||
| Muglan | Lekh Nath Pathak | 2012 | Govinda Raj Bhattarai | Novel | |||
| Threads of Smoke | Bal Ram Adhikari | 2013 | Niraj Bhattarai | Poems | |||
| Kathmandu Kaleidoscope | Mahesh Paudyal | 2014 | Bhisma Upreti | Poems | |||
| Selected Poems | Multiple translators | 2014 | Momila | Novel | |||
| Of a Lesser God | Damodar Sharma | 2017 | Maya Thakuri | Stories | |||
| Another Cultivation of Maize | Sanjeev Upreti | 2017 | Makai ko arko Kheti | Play | |||
| Light of the Himalayas | Mahesh Paudyal | 2017 | Kavita Ram Shrestha | Novel | |||
| Forty Years in the Mountain | Mahesh Paudyal | 2017 | Lakpa Phuti Sherpa | Memoir | |||
| Standing Alone | Bal Ram Adhikari | 2017 | Nabin Prachin | Poems | |||
| Radha | Mahesh Paudyal | 2018 | Radha | Krishna Dharabasi | Novel | ||
| Never Say Goodbye | Mahesh Paudyal | 2018 | Krishna Prasai | Novel | |||
| Songs of Swallows | Multiple translators | 2018 | SP Koirala | Poems | |||
| Lunatic and Other Poems | Laxmi Prasad Devkota | Laxmi Prasad Devkota | Poems | ||||
| Nepali Visions, Nepali Dreams | David Ruben | 1980 | |||||
| An Anthology of Short Stories of Nepal | Kesar Lall
Tej R. Kansakar |
1998 | |||||
| The Himalayan Voices | Michael Hutt | 1993 | |||||
| Selected Nepali Poems | Taranath Sharma | 1999 | Poems | ||||
| Selected Nepali Essays | Govinda Raj Bhattarai | 2003 | Essays | ||||
| Contemporary Nepali Poems | Padma Devkota | 2000 | Poems | ||||
| Manao Secret Places | Manjushree ThapaSamrat Upadhyay | 2001 | |||||
| Selected Stories from Nepal | Govinda Raj Bhattarai | 2004 | Stories | ||||
| Stories of Conflict and War | Govinda Raj Bhattarai | 2007 | |||||
| Rebel: Stories of Conflict and War from Nepal | Ramchandra KC | 2011 | Poems | ||||
| Dancing Soul of Mountain Everest | Mahesh Paudyal | 2011 | Poems | ||||
| Representative Anthology of Contemporary Nepali Poetry | Govinda Raj Bhattarai | 2014 | Poems | ||||
| The Himalayan Bard | Mahesh Paudyal | 2015 | Poems | ||||
| Sangam: Contemporary Nepali Poetry in Translation | Haris Adhikari | 2018 | Poems | ||||
| There's a Carnival Today | Manjushree Thapa | 2017 | Aaja Ramita Chha | Indra Bahadur Rai | Novel | ||
| Long Night of Storm[4] | Prawin Adhikari | 2018 | Indra Bahadur Rai | Short Stories | |||
| Night: Poems[5] | Muna Gurung | 2019 | Raat | Sulochana Manandhar | Poems | ||
| The Nepal Nexus | Sanjaya Dhakal | 2019 | Prayogshala | Sudheer Sharma | 2013 | Political non-fiction | |
| Song of The Soil[6] | Ajit Baral | 2021 | Faatsung | Chuden Kabimo | 2018 | Novel | |
| Karnali Blues[7] | Michael Hutt | 2021 | Karnali Blues | Buddhisagar | 2010 | Novel | |
| White Life | Amar Nyaupane | 2012 | Seto Dharti | Niranjan Kunwar | 2025 | Novel | |
| Alphabets In The Snow | Nayan Raj Pandey | 2016 | Sallipir | Anurag Basnet | 2025 | Novel | |
| Malati Robot | Nagendra Sharma | 2016 | Malati | Mukti Upadhyay Baral | 2011 | Novel |
Nepali Literature Written in English
| Title | Author | Publication date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| People of Nepal | Dor Bahadur Bista | 1967 | Anthropological non-fiction |
| Fatalism and Development | Dor Bahadur Bista | 1991 | Anthropological non-fiction |
| The Tutor of History | Manjushree Thapa | 2001 | Novel |
| Arresting God in Kathmandu | Samrat Upadhaya | 2001 | Short Stories |
| Forget Kathmandu | Manjushree Thapa | 2005 | Political non-fiction |
| Tilled Earth | Manjushree Thapa | 2007 | Short Stories |
| Breaking Twilight | D.B Gurung | 2013 | Novel |
| Annapurna Poems | Yuyutsu Sharma | 2008 | Poems |
| Seasons of Flight | Manjushree Thapa | 2010 | Short stories |
| Unleashing Nepal | Sujeev Shakya | 2013 | Non-fiction |
| City of Dreams | Pranaya SJB Rana | 2015 | Short Stories |
| Ayo Gorkhali: A History of the Gurkhas | Tim Gurung | 2020 | History |
| The Witch Doctor and Other Essays[8] | Laxmi Prasad Devkota | November 11, 2017 | Essays |
| Kathmandruids: Monomyths & Meanymyths | Peter J. Karthak | 2018 | Novel |
| The Wayward Daughter | Shradha Ghale | 2018 | Novel |
| Between Queens and the Cities | Niranjan Kunwar | 2020 | Memoir |
| All Roads Lead North | Amish Raj Mulmi | March 15, 2021 | Political non-fiction |
| Dandelion Snow & Verses from Other Cities, Other Worlds | Anand Gurung | 2019 | Poetry |
| Hisila: From Revolutionary to First Lady | Hisila Yami | 2021 | Memoir |
Further reading
- BHATTARAI, GOVINDA RAJ. "A Brief Survey of Translation in Nepali". History of Translation in India: 207.
References
- ↑ A Survey of Nepali Literature in English: Translated and Original by Mahesh Paudyal
- ↑ "Hard Times for Socrates' Footsteps | Online Sahitya". www.onlinesahitya.com. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
- ↑ "Reviews of the latest books from and on Southasia". Himal Southasia. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
- ↑ "The art of translating Indra Bahadur Rai". Himal Southasian. 2018-05-10. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
- ↑ @therecord. "In search of home - reading Nepali literature in translation - The Record". www.recordnepal.com. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
- ↑ Republica. "English translation of novel 'Fatsung' released". My City. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
- ↑ Daiv, Yash (9 January 2022). "'Karnali Blues': This novel from Nepal tells a tender story of a father seen through his son's eyes". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
- ↑ @therecord. "A voice from the past speaking to the present - The Record". www.recordnepal.com. Retrieved 2022-02-04.