DEVKOTA, LUXMI PRASAD (1910-1960)

L.P. Devkota was a poet of extraordinary talent. He wrote innumerable poems on different aspects of life and nature in a superb, natural style of his own. Known as the emperor of poets, he was the gem of Nepalese literature and presumably one of the most astounding genius of the world. He could write volumes of poems in a matter of a few days. He could dictate more than 90 stanzas in an hour. A born poet, he never cared for money and material happiness and, thus, lived a very modest life. And though he was also the country’s minister fro education, he lived off meagre resources. Highly educated, learned and travelled Luxmi Prasad Devkota commanded a place of respect in every Nepali heart with his lofty ideals expressed in his poems, epics, essays and articles collected in more than a hundred books.