KRISHNA BHUSAN BAL

Krishna Bhusan Bal's poetry has a distinct tone. Readers come across softest  words in his poetry. He has a book of poems Bholi Basne Bihan ( The Cock-Siren Heralding Tomorrow ).  The book was such a success that it placed him among the best Nepali poets. He has been conferred on several awards. A retired bank employee, he was born in Nauran, Ilam in 1948 AD. Currently he is vice chairman of Vaani Prakashan.

Born on 30 June 1945 in Saawala, Tehrathum, a hill district that lies in eastern Nepal, Abhi Subedi is  a celebrated poet, critic, playwright and translator. He has earned Ph.D. on the pragmatics of Poetry from Tribhuwan University. He has worked as a professor in T.U. for many years. An author of  a number of published works, he has received prestigious awards called Garima Samman Puraskar and Ganesh Bhandari Smriti Puraskar.

MARILYN  MCINTYRE

Marilyn McIntyre was born in Dundas, a small town outside of Toronto in Ontario, Canada on May 26, 1952.  Much of her poetry has appeared on the web and in the publication at McMaster University, where she currently works.  She has her own way of discovering a content for a poem and finding  an apt diction to clothe it.
 

ANNEMETTE KURE ANDERSEN

Annemette Kure Andersen (born 1962) is a poet, translator and editor (from 1996 to 2001) of the important Danish journal – a stage for first performances of poems and graphics – “Hvedekorn” (“Wheatgrains”). She was born at Ribe in South Jutland and moved on to Århus in order to study at the university. Her main subject was Italian with Danish as second language, and she published her first poems in 1991 in the volume “Dicentra spectabilis”. In her first book and the following collection “Espalier” (1993) she makes consistent use of repetition and pause. In her third collection, “Tidehverv”(“Watershed”) (1996), she follows up one of the main themes in her poetry, time and the dimensionality of time. The fourth collection, “Epifanier” (“Epiphanies”) from 1997 is Annemette Kure Andersen’s high point in poetry to date.

From Anne Born's translation of Neal Ashley Conrad's write-up on Andersen

SARADA SHARMA

Sarada Sharma is an influential contemporary Nepali poet. She was born in Syangja, a district in western Nepal. She has published two books of poems and a book of short stories. She belongs to those chosen few who take poetry as  a serious art. Her poetry leads a reader to a depth of gravity

A.J. RAO

Born in 1949, A.J. Rao is a banker by profession. He lives in Hyderabad. His interest include poetry-writing and music. He started writing poetry  just two years ago in the highly charged Presence of Lord Venkateswara in Tirupati where he was then posted on his official assignment. Some pieces of his poetry  have appeared in a few poetry portals on the web. He unravels the psychic mystery of the mythological characters in his poetry.

JACK FORGE

Surviving early life in Los Angeles, Jack Forge has been writing, and making pictures since he was thirteen.  After completing graduate study at the University of Iowa, he taught English for many years.  His poems, stories, graphic art, and novels have been published on the internet.  Regardless of the storm and stress of the world, he lives for art, nature, and love.  More about Jack at http://www.Dreamuse.com.

Parashu Pradhan, born in 1943  in Bhojpur, is one of the Nepal's leading short story writer. He draws characters in his stories from variety of Nepalese social strata. He portraits them with subtlety and vigor and delves deep into their psyche. Author of more than a dozen of books, his latest published work is 'Uttarardha' (The Latter Half ). His well acclaimed stories include Dalle Khola (The Dalle River), Tokiyoma Sano Huddha (The Little Buddha in Tokyo), Uttarardha (The Latter Half), Chesta, Chesta, Chesta (Attempts!!!), Ma Tero Logne Hu Nirmala (I am Your Husbaband, Nirmala), Tebal Mathiko Aakasbani (The Telegram on the Table). Currently he is the chairperson of  Bani Prakashan, a major publishing house and a literary circle.

Biplav Dhakal (1967) was born in Bhojpur, Nepal. An M.A. from Tribhuvan University, this young college teacher has published three collections of poems so far ( The Journey Through Snow, 1988, Unmanned Harbour, 1994 and Black Interval, 2003 ) including a book of critical study in 1992. He is chiefly known in Nepal as a poet and critic.
He is an artist in an anarchist's way. His poems are often marked by cutting indignation and compassion. Some of his poems go spinning out to the level of abstraction. Yet, they are beautiful even before they are understood.

Poet, ghazal writer and translator, Manu Manjil is  making preparation for the publication of his first collection of poems. Vice Chairman of Saahitya Sanchaar Samuha, he was born in Rautahat, Nepal. Poetry for him is a temple of art where god of faith dwells.