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This is a list of poets who have written in the Nepali language:

• Abhi Subedi (born, 1945) – poet, essayist, critic, columnist and playwright
• Agam Singh Giri (1927–1971) – poet, lyricist
• Ali Miya (1919–2006) – folk poet
• Ashesh Malla (born, 1954) – poet, playwright and theater person

• Banira Giri (1946–2021) – poet
• Bhanubhakta Acharya (1814–1868) – poet and translator
• Bhim Nidhi Tiwari (1911–1973) – poet
• Bhola Rijal – poet, doctor
• Bhupal Rai – poet
• Bhupi Sherchan (1937–1990) – poet
• Bhuwan Dhungana – poet and storywriter
• Bidhyanath Pokhrel (1918 – 1994) - poet and politician
• Bimala Tumkhewa – poet and journalist
• Bijaya Malla – (1925 – 1999) poet, novelist and playwright
• Buddha Sayami (1944–2016) – poet

• Chakrapani Chalise (1883–1958) – poet,writer of national anthem of Kingdom of Nepal.
• Chandani Shah (1949–2001) – poet, queen of Nepal
• Chandra Gurung - poet
• Chittadhar Hridaya (1906–1982) – poet

• Dharanidhar Koirala – (1893–1980) – poet
• Dharmaraj Thapa
• Dharma Ratna Yami (1915–1975)
• Dharmendra Bikram Nembang (born 1976) – poet
• Dharmachari Guruma (1898–1978)
• Dhruba Chandra Gautam
• Dibya Khaling (1952–2006) – lyricist
• Dinesh Subba (born 1962)
• Durga Lal Shrestha (born 1935) – poet

• G. Shah, (born 1947)
• Gadul Singh Lama, (born 1939)
• Ganesh Lal Shrestha, (1911–1985) – poet
• Geeta Tripathee, (1972) – poet, lyricist and literary critic
• Girija Prasad Joshi, (1939–1987) – poet
• Gopal Prasad Rimal, (1918–1973) – poet
• Gopal Singh Nepali, (1911–1963)– poet
• Gyandil Das, (1821–1883)– poet

• Hangyug Agyat (born, 1978) – poet
• Hari Bhakta Katuwal (1935–1980)
• Hari Prasad Gorkha Rai (1914–2005)

• Ishwor Ballav (1937–2008) – poet

• Jhamak Ghimire – autobiographer

• Kamala Sankrityayan (1920–2009)
• Kedar Gurung, (born 1948) - poet, writer
• Kedar Man Vyathit – poet (1914–1998)
• Komalnath Adhikari
• Krishna Bhooshan Bal (1948–2012) – poet
• Krishnahari Baral (born, 1954) – poet and critic
• Kshetra Pratap Adhikary (1943–2014) – poet
• Kul Bahadur KC (1946–2013) poet, laureate
• Kumar Nagarkoti, poet, writer

• Lakshmi Prasad Devkota (1909–1959) – poet, playwright and essayist
• Lekhnath Paudyal (1885–1966) – poet

• Madan Mohan Mishra (1931–2013) – poet
• Madhav Prasad Devkota
• Madhav Prasad Ghimire (1919–2020) – poet
• Mahananda Sapkota (1896–1977) – poet and linguist
• Mahendra of Nepal (1920–1972) – poet and King of Nepal
• Motiram Bhatta (1866–1896) – poet and ghazalist
• Mukunda Sharan Upadhyaya (born 1940) – poet

• Naba Raj Lamsal – (born 1969)
• Nara Nath Acharya (1906–1988)
• Neelam Karki Niharika – poet and writer
• Nanda Hangkhim (born 1944)
• Neer Shah (born 1951)

• Parijat (1937–1993) – poet and novelist
• Phatte Bahadur Singh (1902–1983) – poet
• Pawan Chamling (born 1950) – poet
• Prema Shah – (1945–2017) poet, novelist and short–story writer

• Rajendra Bhandari (born 1956)
• Ramesh Kshitij (born 1969) – poet
• Ram Man Trishit (1941–2011)

• Santosh Lamichhane (born 1983) – poet
• Sanu Sharma - novelist, short story writer, poet, lyricist
• Saraswati Pratikshya – poet, novelist
• Sarita Tiwari (born 1980) – poet, columnist
• Saru Bhakta – poet, novelist
• Shrawan Mukarung – poet
• Siddhicharan Shrestha (1912–1992) – poet
• Siddhidas Mahaju – poet
• Sulochana Manandhar (born 1955) – poet, columnist and activist
• Suman Pokhrel (born 1967) – poet, lyricist, translator and artist
• Swapnil Smriti (born 1981) – poet

• Tulsiram Sharma Kashyap
• Toya Gurung – poet
• Tulsi Ghimire – poet
• Tulsi Diwasa– poet, folklorist

• Usha Sherchan (born 1955) – poet, lyricist and story writer
• Upendra Subba (born 1971) – poet and story writer

• Vishnu Raj Atreya (born 1944) – poet and writer

• Yogmaya Neupane (1867–1941) – poet
• Yuddha Prasad Mishra (1964–2047 BS) – poet
• Yuyutsu Sharma (born 1960) – poet

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