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Hazaar Aankhaa Yee Aankhaamaa
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| parents = Mukunda Prasad Pokhrel (Father), Bhakta Devi Pokhrel (Mother)
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[[Ganesh Prasad Rijal]] (Maternal grandfather)
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'''Suman Pokhrel''' ({{lang-ne|[[:ne:सुमन पोखरेल|सुमन पोखरेल]]}}; born on [[September 21]], [[1967]]) is a [[Nepali people|Nepali]] poet, lyricist, playwright, translator and artist. Universities in Nepal and India have included his poetry in their syllabus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foundationsaarcwriters.com/add_peot_table_des.php?table_id=8&poet_id=1&des_id=140 |title=Suman Pokhrel |publisher=Foundation of SAARC Wirters and Literature|access-date=2017-08-04}}</ref><ref name="satchidanandna1">{{citation|title=The Songs We Share|editor=[[K. Satchidanandan]] & [[Ajeet Cour]]|publisher=Foundation of SAARC Wirters and Literature|date=2011|pages=88, 179, 255|isbn=978-8188703210}}</ref><ref>Art of Being Human, An Anthology of International Poetry – Volume 9 p.144, 145, Canada Editors- Daniela Voicu & Brian Wrixon, {{ISBN|9781927682777}}</ref><ref name="tattoo">{{cite web|url=https://www.kantipurdaily.com/koseli/2018/05/26/152730500228431183.html |title=फ्रान्सेली पाखुरामा नेपाली कविता|trans-title=Nepali Poetry in French Arm |first=Madhav |last=Ghimire |website=kantipurdaily.com|date=26 May 2018|access-date=2018-07-06}}</ref>

Suman Pokhrel is the sole writer to receive the [[SAARC Literary Award]] twice.<ref name="ReferenceA">Hindustan Times, New Delhi, Saturday, February 14, 2015</ref> He received this award in 2013<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2013-03-11|title=Five writers honoured at SAARC Literature Festival|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/five-writers-honoured-at-saarc-literature-festival/story-Il4rKRokFAD1IFGMzRapfI.html|access-date=2020-11-17|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> and 2015 for his own poetry and his contributions to poetry and art in general in the [[South Asian]] region.

== Early life ==
Suman Pokhrel was born on September 21, 1967 in Mills Area, [[Biratnagar]], to Mukunda Prasad Pokhrel and Bhakta Devi Pokhrel.<ref name="DeepakRai1">{{cite thesis |type=M.A.|last=Rai |first=Deepak|date=2017 |script-title=ne:आमाको आशीर्वाद|trans-title=Mother's Blessings|page=27|publisher=[[Tribhuvan University]] |language=ne}}</ref>
[[File:Kachide.jpg|thumb|right| A view of Pokhrel's ancestral village Kachide]]

Suman Pokhrel attended Bal Mandir, a government owned [[Kindergarten]] in [[Biratnagar]], until he was five. Pokhrel got moved to his ancestral village of Kachide in [[Dhankuta]] at the age of seven and raised there by his paternal grandmother. His paternal grandfather [[Bidhyanath Pokhrel]] was a poet and a politician. He was introduced to literature early through the influence of his grandfather's library, filled with [[Nepali literature|Nepali]], [[Hindi]] and classic [[Sanskrit]] literature. At the age of twelve, he moved back to [[Biratnagar]] to live with his parents. Pokhrel was mentored by his father, who was an engineer by profession and a bibliophile with a keen interest in art and literature.<ref name="DeepakRai1"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nagariknews.com/nagarik-sanibar/story/46121.html|language=ne |script-title=ne:मेरो दोस्रो अम्मल कविता - सुमन पोखरेल|trans-title=Poetry is My Second Passion – Suman Pokhrel |first=प्रवीण |last=बानियाँ |website=nagariknews.com|date=26 Sep 2015|access-date=2017-08-03}}</ref><ref name="AbhiSubedi1">{{cite book |last=Subedi |first=Abhi|author1-link=Abhi Subedi|date= 2013 |script-title=ne:साहित्य र आमवृत्त |trans-title=Literature and Common Sphere |page=189 |language=ne |location=Kathmandu |publisher=Mother Publication |isbn=978-9937-852531|oclc=867694631}}</ref>

== Education ==
Pokhrel earned his [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]], MBA and [[Bachelor of Law|BL]] from the [[Tribhuvan University]], Nepal.<ref name="autogenerated2">{{citation|language=ne |script-title=ne:सुमन एक : सुवास अनेक|trans-title=Suman: A Multiple Talent|first=Gandaki |last=Putra |publisher= Nagarik National Daily|date=26 April 2013}}</ref>

== Career ==
Suman Pokhrel joined the Nepali civil service in [[Nepal Government]] as a Section Officer in February 1995. He left the job and joined [[Plan International]] in December 1998 as a development activist and went to the remote hilly region of the country. The job demanded visits to the more remote areas of the region.<ref name="autogenerated2"/>

A Multilingual poet, Suman Pokhrel has written in [[Nepali language|Nepali]], [[English language|English]], [[Hindi]] and [[Urdu]] languages. Whereas, his works have been translated into several other languages, and are published in magazines and journals from across the countries. Many of his works have been translated into other languages by various translators including himself.{{Citation needed|date=October 2019}}

Pokhrel has read his poems for both national and international audiences. He has read his poems in [[South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation|SAARC]] Festivals of Literature in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2015. He read his poem in SAARC Charter Day Celebrations on December 8, 2013 in New Delhi, [[India]] as an especial invitee. He recited his poems in [[Nepali language|Nepali]] during a monthly two-poet poetry recital program in [[Kathmandu]] in March 2015.<ref>{{cite news| author=|language=ne |script-title=ne:मुक्त अनुभूतिमा रमेश-सुमन|trans-title=Ramesh and Suman in 'Mukta Anubhuti'| url = http://kantipur.ekantipur.com/printedition/news/2015-03-28/343325.html|location= Kathmandu|date= 28 March 2015|access-date=2017-08-07}}</ref> He read his poems at All India Poets' Meet in [[Orissa, India]] in February 2016 as an especial invitee poet from foreign country.<ref name="Anwesha Ambaly">{{cite news|author=Anwesha Ambaly|title=Poets gather to exchange creative thoughts| url =https://www.telegraphindia.com/1160206/jsp/odisha/story_67731.jsp#.WANeZNJ950w|location= Konark|date=6 February 2016|publisher=The Telegraph |access-date=2017-08-08}}</ref>

== Works ==
As a translator, Pokhrel has translated works of several poets and writers from around the world into [[Nepali language|Nepali]]. He has translated [[William Shakespeare]]'s play ''[[The Tempest]]'' into Nepali as Aandhibehari which was published by [[Nepal Academy]] in 2018. His translations of poetry of [[Anna Akhmatova]], [[Anna Swir]], [[Allen Ginsberg]], [[Delmira Agustini]], [[Forough Farrokhzad]], [[Gabriela Mistral]], [[Jacques Prévert]], [[Mahmoud Darwish]], [[Nazik Al Malaika]],<ref name="Setopati.com1">{{cite web|url=http://archive.setopati.com/sahityapati/55917 |script-title=ne:पीडाको वन्दना |language=ne|trans-title=Hymns to Pain|first= Nazik |last= Al Malaika|author-link=Nazik Al Malaika|translator=Suman Pokhrel |website=setopati.com |date=29 October 2016 |access-date=2017-08-05}}</ref> [[Nazim Hikmet]],<ref name="Setopati.com2">{{cite web|url=http://archive.setopati.com/sahityapati/55546/ |script-title=ne:मैले थाहा नपाएका मलाई मनपर्ने चिजहरू |language=ne|trans-title=Things I Didn'T Know I Loved|first= Nazim |last= Hikmet|author-link=Nazim Hikmet|translator=Suman Pokhrel |publisher=सेतोपाटी |website=setopati.com |date=22 October 2016 |access-date=2017-08-06}}</ref> [[Nizar Qabbani]],<ref name="Setopati.com3">{{cite web|url= http://archive.setopati.com/sahityapati/61493/ |script-title=ne:दु:खको महाकाव्य|language=ne|trans-title=The Epic Of Sadness|first= Nizar |last= Qabbani|author-link=Nizar Qabbani|translator=Suman Pokhrel |publisher=सेतोपाटी |website=setopati.com |date=12 November 2016 |access-date=2017-08-06}}</ref> [[Octavio Paz]],<ref name="Setopati.com4">{{cite web|url=http://archive.setopati.com/sahityapati/56177/ |script-title=ne:मैथुन |language=ne|trans-title=Maithuna|first=Octavio |last=Paz|author-link=Octavio Paz|translator=Suman Pokhrel|publisher=सेतोपाटी |website=setopati.com |date=12 November 2016 |access-date=2017-08-06}}</ref> [[Pablo Neruda]], [[Yehuda Amichai]]. and [[Sylvia Plath]], are collected in Manpareka Kehi Kavita, an anthology of poetry in Nepali translation. His translations of fifty one of [[Kannada Language]] poets including [[Kuvempu]], [[G. S. Shivarudrappa]], [[D. R. Bendre]], [[V. K. Gokak]], [[U. R. Ananthamurthy]], [[Siddalingaiah]], [[P. Lankesh]], [[K. S. Nissar Ahmed]], [[Chandrashekhar Patil]], [[Baraguru Ramachandrappa]], [[Doddarange Gowda]], [[Chennaveera Kanavi]], [[Sumatheendra R Nadig]], [[H. S. Venkateshamurthy]], [[Gopalakrishna Adiga]], [[Allama Prabhu]], [[Manu Baligar]], [[S. R. Ekkundi]] and [[Jayant Kaikini]] are collected in anthology titled Shashwat Awaj. Other prominent poets that he has translated into Nepali include [[Faiz Ahmad Faiz]],<ref name="FaizAhmadFaiz">{{cite web|url=http://archive.setopati.com/sahityapati/57901/ |script-title=ne:फैज अहमद फैजका दुई कविता |language=ne|trans-title=Two Poems of Faiz Ahmad Faiz|first= Faiz Ahmad |last= Faiz |author-link=Faiz Ahmad Faiz |translator=Suman Pokhrel |website=setopati.com |publisher=सेतोपाटी |date=3 December 2016 |access-date=2017-08-06}}</ref> [[Sahir Ludhiyanvi]], [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]], [[Langston Hughes]], [[Maya Angelou]], [[Gulzar]] and [[Uday Prakash]] among others. [[Ajit Cour]], [[Indira Dangi]],<ref>{{cite web|url= http://annapurnapost.com/news/96158|language=ne |script-title=ne:दाहिने आँखो|first=Indira|last=Dangi|author-link=Indira Dangi|translator=Suman Pokhrel|publisher=Annapurna Post |website=annapurnapost.com |date=21 April 2018|access-date=2018-05-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://annapurnapost.com/news/60427|language=ne |script-title=ne:बोतलको पानी|trans-title=Bottled Water|first=Indira|last=Dangi|author-link=Indira Dangi|translator=Suman Pokhrel|publisher=Annapurna Post |website=annapurnapost.com |date=10 December 2016|access-date=2018-05-25}}</ref> [[Sheema Kalbasi]], [[Anamika (poet)|Anamika]], Kalpna Singh-Chitnis [[Azita Ghahreman]] and [[Hélène Cardona]]<ref name="AbhiSubedi1" /><ref name="autogenerated2" /> are other contemporary writers and poets whom he has translated into Nepali. Pokhrel's Nepali translations have been considered as among a few best literary translations brought into Nepali.<ref name="AbhiSubedi1" />

Suman Pokhrel has translated works of many of [[Nepali language|Nepali-language]] poets and writers including [[Laxmi Prasad Devkota]], [[Gopal Prasad Rimal]], [[Bhupi Sherchan]], [[Ishwar Ballav]], [[Abhi Subedi]] and [[Krishna Bhooshan Bal]] into English, [[Hindi language|Hindi]] and [[Urdu language|Urdu]].

===Poetry===
* Shoonya Mutuko Dhadkanbhitra
* Hazaar Aankhaa Yee Aankhaamaa
* Jeevanko Chheubaata
* Malai Zindagi Nai Dukhdachha
* Soundryako Sangeet

===Play===
* [[Yajnaseni (play)|Yajnaseni]]

===Translation===
* ''Aandhibehari''
* ''Manpareka Kehi Kavita''
* ''One Zero One''
* ''Bharat Shashwat Aawaz''

== Awards ==
===International===
* [[SAARC Literary Award|SAARC Literary Award 2015]] – conferred by [[Foundation of SAARC Writers and Literature]]<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
* [[SAARC Literary Award|SAARC Literary Award 2013]] – conferred by [[Foundation of SAARC Writers and Literature]]<ref name=":0" />

===National===

* Aarohan Bishesh Samman 2013 - conferred by Aarohan Gurukul<ref>{{citation|script-title=ne:सुमनलाई सम्मान|publisher=[[Kantipur (daily)|Kantipur National Daily]] |language=ne |page= 11 |date=24 March 2013}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Facebook|poet.suman.pokhrel|Suman Pokhrel}}
* [https://sumanpokhrel.wixsite.com/nowhere Official Website of Suman Pokhrel]

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