Rabi Thapa

Rabi Thapa (Nepali: रवि थापा) is a Nepali writer and editor working in English. He is the Editor of La.Lit, the literary magazine from Nepal, and the author of Nothing to Declare (Penguin India, 2011) and Thamel, Dark Star of Kathmandu (Speaking Tiger, 2016). From 2010 to 2011, he was the Editor of the weekly paper, Nepali Times.

For the Nepalese Olympic boxer, see Rabi Raj Thapa.
Rabi Thapa
रवि थापा
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge (M.Phil.), Monash University (B.A.)
OccupationWriter/Editor
Notable work
  • Nothing to Declare (2011)
  • Thamel: Dark Star of Kathmandu (2016)
Websiterabi-thapa.com

Background

Rabi Thapa published Nothing to Declare (Penguin India), in 2011. This debut collection of short stories was longlisted for the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award.[1] The following year, Thapa co-founded the literary magazine La.Lit.[2] In 2016, he published Thamel, Dark Star of Kathmandu (Speaking Tiger Books), a cultural history of a historic Kathmandu neighbourhood.[3][4]

See also

References
  1. "The Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, 2005-2015". Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  2. Turner, Elen. (2013-11-26). "La.Lit: A Literary Magazine from Nepal". www.asymptotejournal.com. Retrieved 2017-12-12.
  3. McConnacchie, James. (2013-11-26). "Soho of Kathmandu: A nuanced and smoky account of a city quarter". www.the-tls.co.uk. Missing or empty |url= (help)
  4. Linder, Benjamin. (2017-04-06). "Intoxication, music, revelations: A conversation with Rabi Thapa on Thamel". www.recordnepal.com. Retrieved 2017-12-12.


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