This list of Nepalese poets consists of poets of Neplease ethnic, cultural or religious ancestry either born in Nepal or emigrated to Nepal from other regions of the world.
Nepali
- Abhi Subedi â (born 1945) â poet, essayist, critic, columnist and playwright
- Amber Gurung â (1938âÂÂ2016) â poet and musician, composer of the current national anthem
- Ashesh Malla â (born 1954) â poet, playwright and theater person
- Bhanubhakta Acharya â (1814âÂÂ1868) â poet and translator, first translation of Ramayana from Sanskrit, honored with the title of Adikavi (The First Poet)
- Banira Giri â (1946âÂÂ2021) â poet
- Bhim Nidhi Tiwari â (1911âÂÂ1973) â poet
- Bhupi Sherchan â (1937âÂÂ1990) â poet
- Bidhyanath Pokhrel â (1918âÂÂ1994) â poet and politician
- Bimala Tumkhewa â (born 1978) â poet
- Bhuwan Dhungana â (born 1947) â poet and storywriter
- Chandani Shah â (1949âÂÂ2001) â poet, queen of Nepal
- Dharanidhar Koirala â (1893âÂÂ1980) â poet
- Dharma Ratna Yami â (1915âÂÂ1975)
- Dharmachari Guruma â (1898âÂÂ1978)
- Geeta Tripathee â (1972) â poet, lyricist and literary critic
- Girija Prasad Joshi â (1939âÂÂ1987) â poet
- Gokul Joshi â (1987âÂÂ2018 BS)
- Gopal Prasad Rimal â (1918âÂÂ1973) â poet and playwright
- Gopal Yonzon â (1943âÂÂ1997) â songwriter
- Gyandil Das â (1821âÂÂ1883) â poet
- Hangyug Agyat â (born 1978) â poet
- Ishwor Ballavâ (1937âÂÂ2008) â poet
- Janak Prasad Humagain â (1937âÂÂ2006) â poet
- Kedar Man Vyathit â poet (1914âÂÂ1998)
- Krishna Bhooshan Bal â (1948âÂÂ2012) â poet
- Krishnahari Baral â (born 1954) â poet and critic
- Kshetra Pratap Adhikary â (1943âÂÂ2014) â poet
- Kul Bahadur KC â (1946âÂÂ2013) â poet, laureate
- Lakshmi Prasad Devkota â (1909âÂÂ1959) â poet, playwright and essayist
- Lekhnath Paudyal â (1885âÂÂ1966) â poet, founding Father of twentiethâÂÂcentury Nepali poetry
- Madan Mohan Mishra â (1931âÂÂ2013) â poet
- Madhav Prasad Ghimire â (1919âÂÂ2020) â poet
- Mahananda Sapkota â (1896âÂÂ1977) â poet and linguist
- Motiram Bhatta â (1866âÂÂ1896) â poet and ghazalist
- Mukunda Sharan Upadhyaya â (born 1940) â poet
- Naba Raj Lamsal â (born 1969) â poet, radio journalist, and government official
- Nara Nath Acharya â (1906âÂÂ1988)
- Neer Shah â (born 1951)
- Parijat â (1937âÂÂ1993) â Nepali novelist, poet. First woman to win Madan Puraskar
- Phatte Bahadur Singh â (1902âÂÂ1983) â poet, jailed for life for publishing a volume of poetry, before being released four years later
- Prema Shah â (1945âÂÂ2017) â poet, novelist and shortâÂÂstory writer
- Ramesh Kshitij â (born 1969) â poet
- Rudra Raj Pande â (1901âÂÂ1987) â educator, poet, novelist
- Sanu Sharma â novelist, short story writer, poet, lyricist
- Saraswati Pratikshya â poet, novelist
- Sarita Tiwari (born 1980) â poet, columnist
- Saru Bhakta â (born 20 August 1955) â poet, novelist
- Shrawan Mukarung â (born 1968) â poet and songwriter
- Siddhicharan Shrestha â (1912âÂÂ1992) â poet and dissident
- Sulochana Manandhar (born 1955) â poet, columnist and activist
- Suman Pokhrel â (born 1967) â poet, lyricist, translator and artist
- Toya Gurung â poet and member of the Nepal Academy
- Tulsi Diwasa â poet and folklorist
- Upendra Subba â (born 1971) â poet
- Vishnu Raj Atreya â (born 1944) â poet and scholar
- Yogmaya Neupane â (1867âÂÂ1941) â poet and women's rights pioneer
- Yuddha Prasad Mishra (1964âÂÂ2047 BS)
- Yuyutsu Sharma â (born 1960) â poet
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