List of Nepali-language writers

This is a list of writers who have written in the Nepali language irrespective of their nationality.

A
• Abhi Subedi – poet, playwright, essayist

• Agam Singh Giri (1927–1971) – poet, lyricist

• Ali Miya

• Amar Neupane – novelist

• Arbind Rimal

• Asit Rai

B
• Bairagi Kainla – poet

• Bhagi Raj Ingnam – historian

• Bhanubhakta Acharya – poet

• Basanta Basnet – writer, journalist

• Bharat Jangam – novelist

• Bhawani Bhikshu – novelist

• Bhim Nidhi Tiwari – poet

• Balkrishna Sama – playwright, poet

• Bhairav Aryal – satirist, essayist

• Bhupal Rai – poet

• Bhupi Sherchan – poet

• Bhuwan Dhungana – short story writer, poet

• Bimala Tumkhewa – poet

• Buddha Sayami – poet

• Buddhi Sagar – novelist

C
• Chandani Shah – poet, lyricist

• Chandra Prakash Baniya – writer, historian

• Chakrapani Chalise – poet

• Chhinnalata – writer

• Chittaranjan Nepali

• Chuda Mani Regmi

D
• Daya Bir Singh Kansakar

• Deepak Shimkhada

• Desh Subba

• Dharanidhar Koirala – poet

• Dharma Ratna Yami

• Dhruba Chandra Gautam

• Diamond Shumsher Rana – novelist

• Durga Lal Shrestha – lyricist

G
• G. Shah – lyricist

• Ganga Bikram Sijapati

• Ganga Prasad Pradhan

• Geeta Tripathee – poet, lyricist, essayist

• Girish Ballabh Joshi – novelist

• Gopal Parajuli – poet

• Gopal Prasad Rimal – poet

• Guman Singh Chamling – poet, novelist

• Guru Prasad Mainali – poet, playwright

H
• Hari Bansha Acharya – comedian, autobiographer

• Hari Prasad Gorkha Rai – poet

• Hari Prasad Rimal

• Harka Gurung

• Hemang Dixit

• Hari Bhakta Katuwal - Poet, Lyricist* H.B. Khatri youth writer( poet,novelist, story)

I
• Indra Bahadur Rai – novelist, critic

• Iman Xin Chemjong – linguist, lexicographer, folklorist

• Ishwar Ballav – poet

J
• Jagadish Ghimire – autobiographer

• Jagat Lal Master

• Jhamak Ghimire – autobiographer

• Jyoti Prakash Tamang

K
• Kamal Mani Dixit – essayist

• Kamala Sankrityayan

• Kanak Mani Dixit – journalist, editor

• Karna Shakya

• Karunakar Vaidya

• Kedar Gurung

• Khagendra Sangraula

• Kesar Lall

• Kedar Nath Neupane

• Krishnahari Baral

• Krishna Bhooshan Bal

• Krishna Chandra Singh Pradhan

• Krishna Dharabasi

• Kshetra Pratap Adhikary

• Kul Bahadur KC

• Kumar Kashyap Mahasthavir

• Kumar Nagarkoti

• Kumar Pradhan

L
• Lain Singh Bangdel – painter, novelist

• Lakshmi Prasad Devkota – poet, essayist

• Lekhnath Paudyal – poet

• Lil Bahadur Chettri – novelist

• Leeladhwaj Thapa

M
• Madan Mani Dixit

• Madan Mohan Mishra – poet

• Mahananda Poudyal

• Mahananda Sapkota – poet, linguist

• Mahendra P. Lama

• Mahesh Bikram Shah – short story writer

• Mahesh Chandra Regmi

• M.B.B. Shah – lyricist

• Manjul

• Manu Brajaki - short story writer

• Motiram Bhatta – poet, ghazalist

• Mukunda Sharan Upadhyaya – poet

N
• Nanda Hangkhim – poet

• Nara Nath Acharya

• Nar Bahadur Bhandari

• Nar Bahadur Saud

• Narayan Rayamajhi

• Nar Bahadur Saud

• Narayan Rayamajhi

• Narayan Wagle – journalist, novelist

• Nawaraj Silwal

• Nayan Raj Pandey – novelist

• Neelam Karki Niharika – novelist

• Neer Shah

P
• Parashu Pradhan – short story writer

• Parijat – novelist

• Phatte Bahadur Singh

• Prajwal Parajuly

• Prema Shah – short story writer

• Prithvi Narayan Shah – poet

• Pawan Chamling

R
• Radha Paudel – memoir writer

• Rajesh Gautam

• Rajeshwor Devkota – short story writer

• Ramesh Bikal – novelist

• Ramlal Joshi – novelist

• Ram Raj Pant

• Ramesh Kshitij

• Rashmila Shakya

• Rebati Ramanananda Shrestha

• Rudra Raj Pande - educator,novelist

S
• Santosh Lamichhane

• Sanu Sharma - novelist, short story writer, poet, lyricist

• Saru Bhakta – poet, novelist, playwright

• Satya Mohan Joshi – poet, playwright

• Shankar Lamichhane – essayist

• Shanta Chaudhary

• Shikhar Ghimirey

• Shiva Kumar Rai

• Shrawan Mukarung – poet, lyricist

• Siddhicharan Shrestha – poet

• Subhash Ghisingh – novelist

• Subin Bhattarai

• Suman Pokhrel – poet, lyricist, playwright, translator

• Surya Bikram Gyawali – historian

• Sushma Joshi

• Swapnil Smriti – poet

T
• Tara Devi Tuladhar

• Tara Nath Sharma – writer

• Tarini Prasad Koirala – novelist

• Tirtha Gurung - Novelist

• Toya Gurung - poet, academician

• Tulsi Diwasa – poet, folklorist

• Tulsi Ghimire

• Tulsiram Sharma Kashyap

U
• Upendra Subba (born, 1971) – poet, short story writer

• Usha Sherchan (born 1955) – poet and story writer

• Uttam Kunwar – writer, essayist

V
• Vishnu Raj Atreya – poet, writer

Y
• Yogmaya Neupane (1867–1941)

• Yuyutsu Sharma (born 1960)

• Yogbir Singh Kansakar

• Yubraj Nayaghare