Suman Pokhrel
Suman Pokhrel (Nepali: सुमन पोखरेल; born September 21, 1967) is a Nepali poet, lyricist, playwright, translator and artist. Universities in Nepal and India have included his poetry in their syllabus.[1][2][3][4]
Suman Pokhrel | |
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Pokhrel in 2018 in New Delhi | |
| Born | September 21, 1967 Mills Area, Biratnagar, Nepal |
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| Nationality | Nepali |
| Education | BSc, MBA, BL |
| Notable works | Jeevanko Chheubaata Hazaar Aankhaa Yee Aankhaamaa |
| Notable awards | SAARC Literary Award 2015 SAARC Literary Award 2013 Parikalpna Award 2012 Jayandra Best Book of the Year 2009 |
| Spouse | Goma Dhungel |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Bidhyanath Pokhrel (Paternal grandfather) Ganesh Prasad Rijal (Maternal grandfather) |
Pokhrel is the sole writer to receive the SAARC Literary Award twice.[5] He received this award in 2013[6] and 2015 for his own poetry and his contributions to poetry and art in general in the South Asian region.
Early life edit
Pokhrel was born on September 21, 1967, in Mills Area, Biratnagar, to Mukunda Prasad Pokhrel and Bhakta Devi Pokhrel.[7]
Pokhrel attended Bal Mandir, a government owned Kindergarten in Biratnagar, until he was five. Pokhrel got moved to his ancestral village of Kachide in Dhankuta at the age of seven and raised there by his paternal grandmother. His paternal grandfather Bidhyanath Pokhrel was a poet and a politician. He was introduced to literature early through the influence of his grandfather's library, filled with Nepali, Hindi and classic Sanskrit literature. At the age of twelve, he moved back to Biratnagar to live with his parents. Pokhrel was mentored by his father, who was an engineer by profession and a bibliophile with a keen interest in art and literature.[7][8][9]
Education edit
Pokhrel earned his BSc, MBA and BL from the Tribhuvan University, Nepal.[10]
Career edit
Pokhrel joined the Nepali civil service in Nepal Government as a Section Officer in February 1995. He left the job and joined Plan International in December 1998 as a development activist and went to the remote hilly region of the country. The job demanded visits to the more remote areas of the region.[10]
A multilingual poet, Pokhrel has written in Nepali, English, Hindi and Urdu languages. Whereas, his works have been translated into several other languages, and are published in magazines and journals from across the countries. Many of his works have been translated into other languages by various translators including himself.[citation needed]
Pokhrel has read his poems for both national and international audiences. He has read his poems in SAARC Festivals of Literature in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2015. He read his poem in SAARC Charter Day Celebrations on December 8, 2013, in New Delhi, India as an especial invitee. He recited his poems in Nepali during a monthly two-poet poetry recital program in Kathmandu in March 2015.[11] He read his poems at All India Poets' Meet in Orissa, India in February 2016 as a special invitee poet from a foreign country.[12]
Works edit
As a translator, Pokhrel has translated works of several poets and writers from around the world into Nepali. He has translated William Shakespeare's play The Tempest into Nepali as Aandhibehari which was published by Nepal Academy in 2018. His translations of poetry of Anna Akhmatova, Anna Swir, Allen Ginsberg, Delmira Agustini, Forough Farrokhzad, Gabriela Mistral, Jacques Prévert, Mahmoud Darwish, Nazik Al Malaika,[13] Nazim Hikmet,[14] Nizar Qabbani,[15] Octavio Paz,[16] Pablo Neruda, Yehuda Amichai. and Sylvia Plath, are collected in Manpareka Kehi Kavita, an anthology of poetry in Nepali translation. His translations of fifty one of Kannada Language poets including Kuvempu, G. S. Shivarudrappa, D. R. Bendre, V. K. Gokak, U. R. Ananthamurthy, Siddalingaiah, P. Lankesh, K. S. Nissar Ahmed, Chandrashekhar Patil, Baraguru Ramachandrappa, Doddarange Gowda, Chennaveera Kanavi, Sumatheendra R Nadig, H. S. Venkateshamurthy, Gopalakrishna Adiga, Allama Prabhu, Manu Baligar, S. R. Ekkundi and Jayant Kaikini are collected in anthology titled Shashwat Awaj. Other prominent poets that he has translated into Nepali include Faiz Ahmad Faiz,[17] Sahir Ludhiyanvi, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, Gulzar and Uday Prakash among others. Ajit Cour, Indira Dangi,[18][19] Sheema Kalbasi, Anamika, Kalpna Singh-Chitnis Azita Ghahreman and Hélène Cardona[9][10] are other contemporary writers and poets whom he has translated into Nepali. Pokhrel's Nepali translations have been considered as among a few best literary translations brought into Nepali.[9]
Pokhrel has translated works of many of Nepali-language poets and writers, including Laxmi Prasad Devkota, Gopal Prasad Rimal, Bhupi Sherchan, Ishwar Ballav, Abhi Subedi and Krishna Bhooshan Bal into English, Hindi and Urdu.
Poetry edit
- Shoonya Mutuko Dhadkanbhitra
- Hazaar Aankhaa Yee Aankhaamaa
- Jeevanko Chheubaata
- Malai Zindagi Nai Dukhdachha
- Soundryako Sangeet
Play edit
Translation edit
- Aandhibehari
- Manpareka Kehi Kavita
- One Zero One
- Bharat Shashwat Aawaz
Awards edit
International edit
- SAARC Literary Award 2015 – conferred by Foundation of SAARC Writers and Literature[5]
- SAARC Literary Award 2013 – conferred by Foundation of SAARC Writers and Literature[6]
National edit
- Aarohan Bishesh Samman 2013 - conferred by Aarohan Gurukul[20]
References edit
- ^ "Suman Pokhrel". Foundation of SAARC Wirters and Literature. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
- ^ K. Satchidanandan & Ajeet Cour, ed. (2011), The Songs We Share, Foundation of SAARC Wirters and Literature, pp. 88, 179, 255, ISBN 978-8188703210
- ^ Art of Being Human, An Anthology of International Poetry – Volume 9 p.144, 145, Canada Editors- Daniela Voicu & Brian Wrixon, ISBN 9781927682777
- ^ Ghimire, Madhav (May 26, 2018). "फ्रान्सेली पाखुरामा नेपाली कविता" [Nepali Poetry in French Arm]. kantipurdaily.com. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
- ^ a b Hindustan Times, New Delhi, Saturday, February 14, 2015
- ^ a b "Five writers honoured at SAARC Literature Festival". Hindustan Times. March 11, 2013. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
- ^ a b Rai, Deepak (2017). आमाको आशीर्वाद [Mother's Blessings] (M.A.) (in Nepali). Tribhuvan University. p. 27.
- ^ बानियाँ, प्रवीण (September 26, 2015). [Poetry is My Second Passion – Suman Pokhrel]. nagariknews.com (in Nepali). Archived from the original on October 7, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
- ^ a b c Subedi, Abhi (2013). साहित्य र आमवृत्त [Literature and Common Sphere] (in Nepali). Kathmandu: Mother Publication. p. 189. ISBN 978-9937-852531. OCLC 867694631.
- ^ a b c Putra, Gandaki (April 26, 2013), सुमन एक : सुवास अनेक [Suman: A Multiple Talent] (in Nepali), Nagarik National Daily
- ^ मुक्त अनुभूतिमा रमेश-सुमन [Ramesh and Suman in 'Mukta Anubhuti'] (in Nepali). Kathmandu. March 28, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
- ^ Anwesha Ambaly (February 6, 2016). . Konark: The Telegraph. Archived from the original on February 6, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
- ^ Al Malaika, Nazik (October 29, 2016). पीडाको वन्दना [Hymns to Pain]. setopati.com (in Nepali). Translated by Suman Pokhrel. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
- ^ Hikmet, Nazim (October 22, 2016). मैले थाहा नपाएका मलाई मनपर्ने चिजहरू [Things I Didn'T Know I Loved]. setopati.com (in Nepali). Translated by Suman Pokhrel. सेतोपाटी. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
- ^ Qabbani, Nizar (November 12, 2016). दु:खको महाकाव्य [The Epic Of Sadness]. setopati.com (in Nepali). Translated by Suman Pokhrel. सेतोपाटी. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
- ^ Paz, Octavio (November 12, 2016). मैथुन [Maithuna]. setopati.com (in Nepali). Translated by Suman Pokhrel. सेतोपाटी. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
- ^ Faiz, Faiz Ahmad (December 3, 2016). फैज अहमद फैजका दुई कविता [Two Poems of Faiz Ahmad Faiz]. setopati.com (in Nepali). Translated by Suman Pokhrel. सेतोपाटी. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
- ^ Dangi, Indira (April 21, 2018). दाहिने आँखो. annapurnapost.com (in Nepali). Translated by Suman Pokhrel. Annapurna Post. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
- ^ Dangi, Indira (December 10, 2016). बोतलको पानी [Bottled Water]. annapurnapost.com (in Nepali). Translated by Suman Pokhrel. Annapurna Post. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
- ^ सुमनलाई सम्मान (in Nepali), Kantipur National Daily, March 24, 2013, p. 11
External links edit
- Suman Pokhrel on Facebook
- Official Website of Suman Pokhrel