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The Canons of Nepali writing in English

After Laxmi Prasad Devkota pioneered Nepali writing in English in the 1950s, Mani Dixit, Tek Bahadur Karki, Abhi Subedi, Padma Prasad Devkota, D.B. Gurung, Laxmi Devi Rajbhandari and a few others continued to write in English during the 1960s, 70s and 80s. But Nepali writing in English gained its momentum with the publication of Samrat Upadhyay's Arresting God in Kathmandu in 2000 and Manjushree Thapa's The Tutor of History in 2001. They were followed by a group of other aspiring Nepali writers who emerged with their works in English that took over the global readership. Therefore, this paper argues that Nepali writing in English has achieved its canonical status with Laxmi Prasad Devkota, Samrat Upadhyay and Manjushree Thapa as canons of Nepali writing in English. | THE CANONS OF NEPALI WRITING IN ENGLISH Min Pun ABSTRACT After Laxmi Prasad Devkota pioneered Nepali writing in English in the 1950s Mani Dixit Tek Bahadur Karki Abhi Subedi Padma Prasad Devkota D.B. Gurung Laxmi Devi Rajbhandari and a few others continued to write in English during the 1960s 70s and 80s. But Nepali writing in English gained its momentum with the publication of Samrat Upadhyay s Arresting God in Kathmandu in 2000 andManjushree Thapa s The Tutor of History in 2001. They were followed by a group of other aspiring Nepali writers who emerged with their works in English that took over the global readership. Therefore this paper argues that Nepali writing in English has achieved its canonical status with Laxmi PrasadDevkota Samrat Upadhyay andManjushree Thapa as canons of Nepali writing in English. Key words Nepali writing in English the 1990 political change the first generation the second generation Nepali writers literary canon INTRODUCTION With the 1990 political change in Nepal a group of enthusiastic Nepali writers emerged with significant English writings taking over the wider readership. They appeared with new themes and techniques of writing as Manjushree Thapa 2009 claims In them we glimpse the immense volatility - and the many struggles and gains - of Nepal s past fifteen years p. vii . Some examples include Sushma Joshi Rabi Thapa Sheeba Shivanagini Shah Ajit Baral Richa Bhattarai M.K. Limbu and Aditya Man Shrestha. This trend indicates that the corpus of Nepali writing in English which is a much newer phenomenon Hutt 1993 p. 5 has been rapidly expanding since the restoration of democracy in Nepal. In this way they paved a way for Nepali writing in English and inspired a group of aspiring Nepali writers to follow their footsteps. Nepali English writing now stands by itself as a body of literature and has expanded its horizons to the global arena. In particular Samrat Upadhyay and Manjushree Thapa have made important contributions to Dr. Pun .