List of Nepali literature in English
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This is a list of Nepali literature translated in the English language.[1]
| English Name | English Translator | Date of translation publication | Original Name | Original Writer | Date of original publication | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langada's Friend | Jayaraj Acharya and Don Messerschmidt | 2022 | Langadako Sathi | Lain Singh Bangdel | 1951 | Novel |
| Black Sun | Saroj Kumar Shakya | 1979 | Kalo Surya | Bharat Jangam | Novel | |
| The Wake of the White Tiger | Greta Rana | 1984 | Seto Bagh | Diamond Shumsher Rana | Novel | |
| Muna Madan | Laxmi Prasad Devkota | 1987 | Muna Madan | Laxmi Prasad Devkota | Epic | |
| Under the Sleepless Sun | Nara Pallav | 2007 | Parijat | Novel | ||
| Faulty Glasses | Keshar Lall | 1997 | Doshi Chasma | BP Koirala | Stories | |
| Narendra Dai | Jayraj Acharya | 2013 | BP Koirala | Novel | ||
| Atmabrittanta | Kanak Mani Dixit | 2001 | BP Koirala | Novel | ||
| Modiaain | Jay Raj Acharya | 2010 | Modiaain | BP Koirala | Novel | |
| Khaireni Ghat | Larry Hartsell | 1996 | Novel | |||
| Aswatthama | Padma Prasad Devkota | 1998 | Madhav Prasad Ghimire | Epic | ||
| A Handbook of Siddhicharan's Verse | Madhav Lal Karmacharya | 1998 | Siddhicharan Shrestha | Poems | ||
| Window of the House Opposite | Larry Hartsell | 1998 | Pallo Ghar ko Jhyal | Govinda Bahadur Malla Gothale | Novel | |
| Rupamati | Shanti Mishra | 1999 | Rupamati | Rudra Raj Pandey | Novel | |
| Twists and Turns | Tirtha Tuladhar | 2000 | Durga Lal Shrestha | Novel | ||
| Memoir’s of Jail | Laxmi Raj Bhandari | 2002 | Siddhicharan Shrestha | Novel | ||
| Sumnima | Tara Nath Sharma | 2005 | Sumnima | BP Koirala | Novel | |
| Terror of Flower | Philip Pears | 2005 | Dhruba Chandra Gautam | Novel | ||
| The Prison | Ann Hunkins | 2005 | Karagar | Banira Giri | 1978 | |
| Masan | Sangeeta Raymajhi | 2006 | Gopal Prasad Rimal | Play | ||
| Sugat Saurav | Todd T. Lewis
Subarna Man Tuladhar |
2007 | Chittadhar Hridaya | Novel | ||
| Anuradha | Larry Hartsell | Anuradha | Bijaya Malla | Novel | ||
| Declaration of a New God | Govinda Raj Bhattarai | 2008 | Naya Ishwar Ko Ghoshana | Gopal Parajuli | 2005 | Epic |
| Mountain Painted with Turmeric | Michael Hutt | 2008 | Basain | Lil Bahadur Chettri | Novel | |
| Twenty-first Century Sumina | Subas Ghimire | 2008 | Pradeep Nepal | Novel | ||
| Mode of Life | Dinesh Adhikari | 2009 | Robin Sharma | Poems | ||
| Socrates’ Footsteps[2] | Balaram Adhikari | 2010 | Sukaratka Paila | Govinda Raj Bhattarai | Novel | |
| Sun Showers | Manu Manjil
Mahesh Paudyal |
2010 | Poems | |||
| An Outsider in the Court of God | Kumar Nagarkoti | 2010 | Momila | Novel | ||
| The Journey’s End | Hrishikesh Upadhyay | 2011 | Rajeshwar Devkota | Essays | ||
| Last Page of My Poem | Mahesh Paudyal | 2011 | Rajeshwar Karki | Poems | ||
| The War is Breaking | Mahesh Paudyal | 2011 | Bishwambhar Chanchal | Stories | ||
| Beyond the Holy Border | Multiple translators | 2011 | Bhisma Upreti | Essays | ||
| Cry in the Wilderness and Other Short Stories | Kesar Lall
Tej R. Kansakar |
2011 | Srilaxmi Shrestha | Novel | ||
| Parallel Sky | Anuradha Sharma | 2011 | Padmavati Singh | Novel | ||
| Beyond the Frontiers: Women’s Stories from Nepal[3] | Gunjan | 2006 | Padmavati Singh | Novel | ||
| The Blue Mimosa | Tanka Vilas Varya | 2012 | Shirishko Phool | Parijat | Novel | |
| Muglan | Lekh Nath Pathak | 2012 | Govinda Raj Bhattarai | Novel | ||
| Threads of Smoke | Bal Ram Adhikari | 2013 | Niraj Bhattarai | Poems | ||
| Kathmandu Kaleidoscope | Mahesh Paudyal | 2014 | Bhisma Upreti | Poems | ||
| Selected Poems | Multiple translators | 2014 | Momila | Novel | ||
| Of a Lesser God | Damodar Sharma | 2017 | Maya Thakuri | Stories | ||
| Another Cultivation of Maize | Sanjeev Upreti | 2017 | Makai ko arko Kheti | Play | ||
| Light of the Himalayas | Mahesh Paudyal | 2017 | Kavita Ram Shrestha | Novel | ||
| Forty Years in the Mountain | Mahesh Paudyal | 2017 | Lakpa Phuti Sherpa | Memoir | ||
| Standing Alone | Bal Ram Adhikari | 2017 | Nabin Prachin | Poems | ||
| Radha | Mahesh Paudyal | 2018 | Radha | Krishna Dharabasi | Novel | |
| Never Say Goodbye | Mahesh Paudyal | 2018 | Krishna Prasai | Novel | ||
| Songs of Swallows | Multiple translators | 2018 | SP Koirala | Poems | ||
| Lunatic and Other Poems | Laxmi Prasad Devkota | Laxmi Prasad Devkota | Poems | |||
| Nepali Visions, Nepali Dreams | David Ruben | 1980 | ||||
| An Anthology of Short Stories of Nepal | Kesar Lall
Tej R. Kansakar |
1998 | ||||
| The Himalayan Voices | Michael Hutt | 1993 | ||||
| Selected Nepali Poems | Taranath Sharma | 1999 | Poems | |||
| Selected Nepali Essays | Govinda Raj Bhattarai | 2003 | Essays | |||
| Contemporary Nepali Poems | Padma Devkota | 2000 | Poems | |||
| Manao Secret Places | Manjushree ThapaSamrat Upadhyay | 2001 | ||||
| Selected Stories from Nepal | Govinda Raj Bhattarai | 2004 | Stories | |||
| Stories of Conflict and War | Govinda Raj Bhattarai | 2007 | ||||
| Rebel: Stories of Conflict and War from Nepal | Ramchandra KC | 2011 | Poems | |||
| Dancing Soul of Mountain Everest | Mahesh Paudyal | 2011 | Poems | |||
| Representative Anthology of Contemporary Nepali Poetry | Govinda Raj Bhattarai | 2014 | Poems | |||
| The Himalayan Bard | Mahesh Paudyal | 2015 | Poems | |||
| Sangam: Contemporary Nepali Poetry in Translation | Haris Adhikari | 2018 | Poems | |||
| There's a Carnival Today | Manjushree Thapa | 2017 | Aaja Ramita Chha | Indra Bahadur Rai | Novel | |
| Long Night of Storm[4] | Prawin Adhikari | 2018 | Indra Bahadur Rai | Short Stories | ||
| Night: Poems[5] | Muna Gurung | 2019 | Raat | Sulochana Manandhar | Poems | |
| The Nepal Nexus | Sanjaya Dhakal | 2019 | Prayogshala | Sudheer Sharma | 2013 | Political non-fiction |
| Song of The Soil[6] | Ajit Baral | 2021 | Faatsung | Chuden Kabimo | 2018 | Novel |
| Karnali Blues[7] | Michael Hutt | 2021 | Karnali Blues | Buddhisagar | 2010 | Novel |
