Mohan Koirala (
Nepali: मोहन कोइराला; 1926–2007) was a Nepalese poet, known for his
prose poems and poems against the
Rana regime.[1] Some of this poems has been translated in English. He won
Madan Puraskar in 2038
BS (c. 1981 AD).[2]
Biography
Mohan Koirala was born in
Kathmandu on 26 November 1926 (11
Mangshir 1983 BS). Due to his father's economic conditions, Koirala had to skip college education before completion. He worked on various jobs around Nepal such as schoolmaster in
Hetauda or as a transport corporation officer in
Kathmandu.
His first poem is Jada Jadai which was published in 1953. From 1999 to 2004 he became vice-chancellor of the
Royal Nepal Academy due to his contribution to the Nepali literature. [3]
^नरेन्द्रप्रसाद कोइराला, राजन भट्टराई (2011). आधुनिक नेपाली कविता-काव्य (गीत र गजल) (in Nepali). काठमाडौँ: नालन्दा पब्लिकेसन. pp. 228–229.
ISBN978-9937-8316-1-1.