LAXMI PRASAD DEVKOTA (1909-1959):

Popularly known as Mahakavi literally meaning a great poet, the poet laureate was a graduate in arts and law faculties. On top of being a poet of great fame, he was an unforgettable teacher of his time, a lecturer of the colleges and a tutor in general. Master of enchanting discourses, he once became the minister of education of the government of Nepal. He is also known as a romantic poet often compared with the English Poet Wordsworth. His early poems were influenced by the English Romantic Movement of the late eighteenth century. His poems of later stage of his life spoke the voices of a modern man living in the materialistic age. He wrote epics, poems, essays and plays written in verses. A versatile talent of the time, instant poem maker, an eloquent speaker, Poet devkota has given scores of epoch making collection of poems, epics, essays and stories to Nepali language. Muna Madan, a folk epic and other epics like

Sulochana and Sakuntal are some of his famous works. .