Draft:Keshab Sigdel

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| name = Keshab Sigdel

| image = Posing before a billboard with his own photo in China 2018.jpg|thumb|

| caption = Keshab Sigdel at China in 2018

| native_name = केशव सिग्देल

| native_name_lang = ne

| birth_name = Keshab Sigdel

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|4|4|df=y}}

| birth_place = Mainapokhar, Bardiya, Nepal

| nationality = Nepalese

| education = M.A., M.Phil(English)

| alma_mater = Tribhuvan University, Nepal

| occupation = Poet, translator, Human Rights

| notable_works =

| spouse = Manju Gautam

| children = 2

| awards = Yuva Varsha Moti Puraskar (2018), Bhanubhakta Gold Medal for literature (2014)

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Keshab Sigdel (Nepali: केशव सिग्देल) is a Nepali poet, critic, essayist, translator and human rights activist. He is the author of half a dozen books of different genres. He has been an English faculty member at Tribhuvan University since 2012.{{cite web |title=Read widely, read deeply |url=https://kathmandupost.com/art-entertainment/2015/10/19/read-widely-read-deeply |publisher=Kathmandu Post}} He is a member of the International Committee of the World Poetry Movement,{{cite web |title=International Coordinating Committee |url=https://worldpoetrymovement.org/coordinating-committee/ |publisher=worldpoetrymovement}} headquartered in Medellin, and was involved with the Foundation of SAARC Writers and Literature (New Delhi) and Asia Pacific Writers and Translators (Australia). He has been active in Nepal's human rights movement since the 1990s.{{cite web |title=Human Rights Defenders Arrested while trying to stage a peaceful demonstration

|date=5 July 2018 |url=https://amnestynepal.org/activities/human-rights-defenders-arrested-while-trying-to-stage-a-peaceful-demonstration |publisher=amnestynepal}}

Childhood, family, and education

Sigdel was born in Maniapokhar village in Bardiya district on 4 April 1979. His parents are Rukmini and Naryan Prasad Sigdel. His family migrated to Bardiya in 1976 from Magyam Chisapani of Syanga district in Gadaki Province and later migrated to Kohalpur Municipality in Banke district. He completed his high school (school leaving certificate) from Tribhuvan Secondary School in Kohalpur. He studied science at the Amrit Science Campus in Kathmandu. He later became a student of English literature. He graduated in Economics and English from Ratnarajya Campus and later received his MA in English from the Central Department of English, Tribhuvan University.

He went to become a lecturer at the Tribhuvan University. He has also received a degree in law from Nepal Law Campus and a Post graduate diploma in international humanitarian law from Nalsar University, Hyderabad, India, and his M.Phil. in English from IACER, Pokhara University.

He also received a diploma in journalism from Nepal Press Institute while he was an undergraduate student. In June 2010, he got married to Manju Gautam. He has two daughters, Aditi and Aagya. Currently, he lives with his family in Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal.{{cite web |last1=Sigdel |first1=Keshab |title=Keshab Sigdel|url=https://www.apwriters.org/author/keshab22/ |publisher=apwriters online}}

Literary journey

He started writing poems, and essays{{cite web |title=Outside the Window|url=https://www.nepalikalasahitya.com/en/keshab-sigdel-essay.php |publisher=Nepali Kalasahitya Dot Com Pratishthan}} and plays in English and the Nepali language in his school days. Later, he translated poems and other writings from Nepali to English. He has three books of poetry to his credit, including Samaya Bighatan (Dissolution of Time, 2014), Six Strings (joint poetry collection in English, 2011), and Colour of the Sun (2017, Poesis, Slovenia).{{cite web |title=Keshab Sigdel: Barve sonca / Colours of the Sun

|date=22 January 2017 |url=https://www.poiesis.si/keshab-sigdel-barve-sonca-colours-of-the-sun/ |publisher=The Himalayan Times}} In 2023, he edited Madness: An Anthology of World Poetry.{{cite book |title=Madness

|url=https://thuprai.com/book/madness-r/?srsltid=AfmBOopwGRS4zJ8WTGbNQhAVhH6kqI9mz6hn2Qm7bfr3E7eBquJJaeXL |publisher=Thuprai Online}}

Works

=Creative Writings=

Samaya Bighatan (‘Dissolution of Time,’ Poetry collection in Nepali), Kathmandu, 2007.
Six Strings (a joint English poetry collection with five other poets), Society of Nepali Writers in English, Kathmandu, 2011.
Colour of Sun (Poetry collection in English and Slovenian translation), Poesis, Slovenia, 2017.

=Edited Volumes=

Madness: An Anthology of World Poetry (RedPanda Books, 2023).
An Anthology of Contemporary Nepali Poetry, (Translated Digital Collection of Contemporary Nepali Poetry), Bigbridge Publications, USA, 2016.

=Translations=

Shades of Color (English Translation of 50 Indigenous Nepali poets), Nepal Academy, 2021.
Ranamaya, Nepal Academy{{cite web |last1=Sigdel |first1=Keshab |title=Keshab Sigdel|url=https://www.apwriters.org/author/keshab22/ |publisher=apwriters online}}

Honors and Awards

Bhanubhakta Gold Medal (Ministry of Culture Tourism and Civil Aviation, 2014)
Rock Pebbles International Literary Award (India, 2018)
Honorary Chinese Citizen (Jianshan Village Council, Sichuan, 2018)
Yuva Varsha Moti Puraskar (National Youth Trust, 2018){{cite web|title=भाषा साहित्यका लागि सक्रिय रहने हौसला बढेको छ : युवावर्ष मोती पुरस्कार विजेता सिग्देल|url=https://thahakhabar.com/election/contestant/49396/ |publisher=Thaha Khabar Online}}
Kalashree Sirjana Puraskar(2015){{cite web|title=Sigdel bags literary award|date=24 July 2015 |url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/lifestyle/sigdel-gets-literary-award |publisher=The Himalayan Times}}

Gallery

File:Keshab Sigdel.jpg|Addressing the International Sufi Festival held in Punjab, India in 2012

File:Keshab Sigdel1.jpg|Addressing the International Writers Forum in Phuket, Thailand in 2015

File:Keshab Sigdel2.jpg|Participating in the First World Conference of Poets 2023 in Colombia

File:Keshab Sigdel3.jpg|Recitation of poems in the library, Kathmandu, Nepal

References

External links

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcV40PNU_w0 एक साँझ | Ek Saajh | केशव सिग्देल | Nepali Poetry Video]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2Oki0WhZX4 अनुवादका लागि साहित्यिक चेतना हुनुपर्छ – केशव सिग्देल सहित्यकार | AKSHYAR | YOHO TVHD]

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Category:1979 births

Category:Living people

Category:English-language poets from Nepal}}