Kumar Nagarkoti

He was born on 2 December 1974 (17 Mangsir 2031 BS) in Lalitpur, Nepal.^[3]

He began his literary career in 1999 with an English poem titled Sorry Buddha, I Cannot Follow You.^[4] He published his first story, Nikash at the age of 21. The story was published in Sahakalam Sahitya, a literary paper that only printed works of established writers.^[2]

His first book, Mokshanta: Kathmandu Fever, a collection of short stories was published in 2011.^[5] His second short story collection, Fossil was published in 2013.^[5] He published a memoir titled Aksharganj in 2014. The memoir has 30 essays and contains various magical realism elements.^[6] In 2015, he wrote a play called Coma—A Political Sex. It was staged in Shilpee theatre and was directed by Yubraj Ghimire. The play is about a writer who goes into a coma while writing his book, because the constitution is not drafted on time.^[7]

His first novel, Mistika was published on 20 August 2015.^[8] On 2 October 2016, he published a collection of his fiction and non-fiction writings titled Ghatmandu.^[9] He published Docha, his memoir in 2017. The book was not written in first person narrative as with most memoir but used birds and inanimate objects as a narrator.^[10]

In 2018, he made a cameo in Lal Purja, a Nepali film.^[11] He also published Gya, a novel in the same year. He took 3 years to complete the book. The book was unveiled by Saguna Shah, a writer and founder of Bookaholics group, a Facebook readers group.^[12] The novel was shortlisted for the prestigious Madan Puraskar for the same year.^[13]

He wrote Bath-tub, a play in 2019. The play was staged in Shilpee theatre, directed by Yubaraj Ghimire and starred actor Neer Shah, writer Bhushita Vasistha and Brajesh.^[14]

He published his tenth book, Kalpa-Grantha on 27 March 2021. The book consisted of 63 experimental tales including typographs, postcards, screen plays, etc. The book was only sold to the preorders in a limited edition release.^[15] Many people criticise the hefty cost of the book and the limited release.^[16] The book was also shortlisted for Madan Puraskar but lost to Limbuwanko Etihasik Dastavej Sangraha by Bhagi Raj Ingnam.^[17][18]

He is also a columnist at Shilapatra online news portal. He describes himself as a fiction designer rather than fiction writer.^[19]

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Plays

Films