Nationality Nepali Name Abhi Subedi | ||
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Born June 30, 1945 (age 79) ( 1945-06-30 ) Notable awards SAARC Literary Award2010Yug Kavi Siddhicharan Award2013 Books Teach Yourself Nepali, Complete Nepali, Teach Yourself Nepali C, Complete Nepali [CDs] Co, Nibandha ra tun̐ḍikhela | ||
Prof dr abhi subedi in tough talk with dil bhusan pathak 111
Abhi Subedi (Nepali: अभि सुवेदी; born on June 30, 1945) is a Nepali poet, playwright, linguist, columnist, translator and critic, who writes in Nepali and English.
Contents
- Prof dr abhi subedi in tough talk with dil bhusan pathak 111
- The open space with prof dr abhi subedi
- Biography
- Education
- Career
- Works
- Books in Nepali
- Books in English
- Translations editing and joint collections
- Awards
- References
The open space with prof dr abhi subedi
Biography
Abhi Subedi was born in Sabla village of Tehrathum district in eastern Nepal. He was the 21st child of his father and the 7th child of his mother. He recognized Bengali letters before Devnagari scripts after seeing his mother read Bengali epic Kashiram Das's Mahabharata.
Education
Abhi Subedi earned a Ph.D on the pragmatics of poetry from Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur and did postgraduate work in Stylistics and Applied Linguistics at Edinburgh University, United Kingdom.
Career
Subedi started as a teacher of English at Tribhuvan University and after returning from Europe taught stylistics there. He taught for forty years at the Central Department of English in Tribhuvan University, and headed the department for more than a decade. Professor Subedi is vice-President of the Nepali Folklore Society of Nepal. He is the founding former President of the International Theatre Institute (ITI) UNESCO from 2000 to 2008 and member of International Playwright’s Forum from 2000-2011. Subedi became President (1990-1992) and two times General Secretary of the Linguistic Society of Nepal. He was also President of the Literary Association of Nepal. He is a member of the International Association of Theatre Critics. He has been involved in a number of interdisciplinary study groups and is a prolific writer on issues of freedom, culture, literature, arts and social transformation. His essays and seminar papers have been published in Nepal and abroad.
Works
Subedi has over two dozen books on different subjects to his credit. Several of his plays have been performed by well-known theatre groups in Nepal and abroad.