Bhisma Upreti is a Nepali poet, essayist, translator and
novelist. His 21 books (8 books of poetry, 12 books of essays/travels and one
Novel) have been published. Four books of his translation has also been
published. Many of his works have been published in English, Hindi, Korean,
Serbian, Slovenian, Japanese, Sinhala, Cambodian, Russian, Tamil, Kannada and
Bengali languages in books, various anthologies, international literary
journals. He is a recipient of SAARC Literature Award (Two times) and other
many more awards. He is a secretary of PEN Nepal, a Nepalese chapter of PEN
International. He lives in Kathmandu with his family