especial invitee poet from foreign country. Works As a translator, Pokhrel has translated works of several poets and writers from around the world into 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, Nazim Hikmet, Nizar Qabbani, Octavio Paz, 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, Sahir Ludhiyanvi, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, Gulzar and Uday Prakash among others. Ajit Cour, Indira Dangi, Sheema Kalbasi, Anamika, Kalpna Singh-Chitnis Azita Ghahreman and Hélène Cardona 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. Suman Pokhrel has translated works of many of 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 and Urdu. Poetry Shoonya Mutuko Dhadkanbhitra Hazaar Aankhaa Yee Aankhaamaa Jeevanko Chheubaata Malai Zindagi Nai Dukhdachha Soundryako Sangeet Play Yajnaseni Translation Aandhibehari Manpareka Kehi Kavita One Zero One Bharat Shashwat Aawaz Awards International SAARC Literary Award 2015 – conferred by Foundation of SAARC Writers and Literature SAARC Literary Award 2013 – conferred by Foundation of SAARC Writers and Literature National Aarohan Bishesh Samman 2013 - conferred by Aarohan Gurukul References External links Official Website of Suman Pokhrel 1967 births Living people People from Biratnagar Nepalese male poets Nepalese artists Nepali-language poets English-language poets Hindi-language poets Urdu-language poets Sanskrit poets Lyric poets Nepalese dramatists and playwrights Nepali-language writers English-language writers Maithili writers Hindi-language writers Nepalese translators Nepalese songwriters Artist authors Translators to Nepali Translators to English Translators to Hindi Translators to Urdu Translators from English Translators from Nepali Translators from Hindi