Ishwar Ballav

{{Short description|Nepalese Poet and Writer}}{{Infobox writer

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1937|07|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Jaisi Deval, Kathmandu

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2008|03|22|1937|07|11|df=y}}

| death_place = Kathmandu

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| occupation = Poet, lyricist

| nationality = Nepali

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| movement = Tesro Aayam

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| notableworks = Aagokaa Phoolharu Hun Aagokaa Phoolharu Hoinan,

Kashmai Devay

| spouse = Kamala Bhattarai

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| awards = {{awd |Madan Puraskar }}

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| native_name = ईश्वरबल्लभ

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| birth_name = Ishwar Ballav Bhattarai

| relatives = {{Plainlist|

• Muralidhar Bhattarai (father)
• Ram Maya Bhattarai (mother)

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Ishwar Ballav ({{langx|ne|ईश्वरबल्लभ}}, 11 July 1937 – 22 March 2008) was one of the most influential Nepali poets.{{cite web |url=http://www.spinybabbler.org/literature/personalities/ishwor_ballav.htm |title=Ishwor Ballav: Personalities of Literature from Nepal |publisher=Spinybabbler.org |access-date=2013-06-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130716001608/http://www.spinybabbler.org/literature/personalities/ishwor_ballav.htm |archive-date=2013-07-16 |url-status=dead }} He was also a poet of a new dimension–the third dimension–meaning Tesro Ayam in the history of Nepalese literature. He, along with his contemporaries Bairagi Kaila and Indra Bahadur Rai, formed a trio in 1963 in Darjeeling to rethink and evaluate the development of Nepalese literature.{{Cite web|title=How Tesro Aayam shaped Nepali literature|url=https://kathmandupost.com/art-culture/2019/11/14/how-tesro-aayam-shaped-nepali-literature|access-date=2020-11-02|website=kathmandupost.com|language=en}}