Janak Sapkota
{{short description|Nepalese haiku poet}}
Janak Sapkota ({{langx|ne|जनक सापकोटा}}; born 1987) is a Nepalese haiku poet{{Cite news|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/entertainment/mellow-madness-sneaking/|title=Mellow madness sneaking…|last=Sharma|first=Yuyustu RD|date=2005-03-05|work=The Himalayan Times|access-date=2019-02-19|publisher=International Media Network- Nepal Pvt. Ltd.|location=Nepal|publication-place=Kathmandu|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://livinghaikuanthology.com/index-of-poets/alphabetic-index/140-s-poets/janak-sapkota.html|title=The Living Haiku Anthology - Sapkota, Janak|website=livinghaikuanthology.com|access-date=2019-01-15}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/poet-details/|title=Poet Profile|website=The Haiku Foundation|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-15}} who works mainly in the English language.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lit.org/view/54689|title=Indian Writing in English: A Reflection on the emerging creative and critical trends|last=Singh|first=Ram Kumar|date=2017-03-28|website=www.lit.org|access-date=2019-01-28}}{{Cite web|url=http://radionepal.gov.np/audio-details/3736/2019-01-11|title=मधुवन २०७५।०९।२७|website=Radio Nepal|language=ne|access-date=2019-01-15}}{{Cite web|url=http://janaksapkota.com/haiku-in-nepal-interview-in-live-television|title=AP News HD|last=Sharma|first=Mohraj|website=www.ap1.tv|language=ne|access-date=2019-01-15}} He is based in Finland.
Sapkota's books include Long Days of Rain (2016). His haiku have appeared internationally in poetry journals and magazines such as The Shop,{{Cite journal|last=Sapkota|first=Janak|date=Summer 2011|title=Four Haiku|url=http://www.theshop-poetry-magazine.ie/authors/2/|journal=The Shop- Poetry Magazine|language=en|volume=Summer 2011}} Frogpond,{{Cite web|url=http://www.hsa-haiku.org/frogpond/backissues/35-3-Frogpond-Autumn-2012.pdf|title=Frogpond- The Journal of American Haiku Society|date=2012|publisher=The Haiku Society of America}} Shamrock,{{Cite web|url=https://shamrockhaiku.webs.com/authorsindex.htm|title=Shamrock/Authors Index|website=shamrockhaiku.webs.com|access-date=2019-01-28}}{{Cite book|title=Shamrock Haiku Journal: 2007 – 2011|publisher=Shamrock Haiku Journal|year=2011|isbn=9781470938307|editor-last=Kudryavitsky|editor-first=Anatoly|location=Dublin}} Chrysanthemum,{{Cite journal|date=April 2012|title=Haiku|url=http://www.chrysanthemum-haiku.net/media/Chrysanthemum_11.pdf|journal=Chrysanthemum|volume=11|pages=61}} Ardea,{{Cite journal|last=Kinory|first=John|date=August 2011|title=Ardea|url=https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/omeka/files/original/aced1048e0b0aa7d89915143d44a0799.pdf|journal=Ardea|volume=1|pages=33}} Fri haiku, Notes from the Gean,{{Cite journal|last=Sapkota|first=Janak|date=March 2012|editor-last=Jones|editor-first=Colin Stewart|title=Haiku|url=https://en.calameo.com/read/004247276faeed3defc41|journal=Notes from the Gean|volume=3:4|pages=134}}{{Cite journal|last=Sapkota|first=Janak|date=June 2012|editor-last=Jones|editor-first=Colin Stewart|title=Haiku|url=https://en.calameo.com/read/00311574139762365a867|journal=Notes from the Gean|volume=13|pages=147}}{{Cite journal|last=Sapkota|first=Janak|date=September 2011|editor-last=Jones|editor-first=Colin Stewart|title=Haiku|url=https://en.calameo.com/read/004247276e55059fc6388|journal=Notes from the Gean|volume=10|pages=242}} amd The Living Haiku Anthology.{{Cite web|url=https://livinghaikuanthology.com/index-of-poets/alphabetic-index/140-s-poets/janak-sapkota.html|title=The Living Haiku Anthology - Sapkota, Janak|website=livinghaikuanthology.com|access-date=2019-01-31}} His haiku are also included in haiku anthologies such as A Vast Sky, Naad Anunaad, and Poems for the Hazara.
In 2006 he won the Smrufit Samhain International Haiku Award.
Life and work
Born in Baglung, Nepal,{{Cite news|url=https://www.kantipurdaily.com/diaspora/2012/07/04/350603.html|title=विदेशमा चम्कदै नेपाली ठिटो|last=घिमिरे|first=लीलानाथ|date=2012-07-04|work=कान्तिपुर|access-date=2019-01-23|agency=Kantipur Publications|location=Kathmandu|language=ne}} he currently resides in Finland.
He is a member of the World Poetry Movement.
Translations of his haiku are published in Finnish,{{Cite web|url=https://www.sanasato.net/tuotteet.html?id=68/|title=Sapkota Janak {{!}} sanasato|website=www.sanasato.net|access-date=2019-01-28}}{{Cite web|url=https://kiiltomato.net/janak-sapkota-tulikarpanen-valaisee-sivun-%e2%80%93-a-firefly-lights-the-page/|title=Janak Sapkota Tulikärpänen valaisee sivun – A Firefly Lights the Page|website=Kiiltomato.net|access-date=2019-01-28}}{{Cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/worldhaikureview2/whr-december-2011/haiku-anthologies|title=Haiku Anthologies - World Haiku Review|website=sites.google.com|access-date=2019-01-28}} Irish/Gaelic,{{Cite book|url=http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/omeka/items/show/1809|title=Whisper of Pines|last=Sapkota|first=Janak|date=2013|publisher=Original Writing, Dublin|others=translator Gabriel Rosenstock|location=Dublin}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.nonduality.com/hl2870.htm|title=Nonduality Salon Highlights, #2870|website=www.nonduality.com|access-date=2019-02-13}} Swedish,{{Cite web|url=http://bokgeten.blogspot.com/2012/01/janak-sapkota-haikudikter.html|title=Janak Sapkota Haikudikter|language=sv|access-date=2019-01-28}} German, Romanian{{Cite journal|title=The Book of the 2016 Contest- Sharpening the Green Pencil|journal=Sharpening the Green Pencil = Ascuţind Creionul Verde: The Antology of Contest: Haiku Contest Organized by the Romanian Kukai Group|publisher=Romanian Kukai Group|year=2016|location=Romania|translator-last=Opera|translator-first=Christina|issn=2284-9327}} and Hindi.{{Cite web|url=http://haikusansaar.blogspot.com/2014/01/janak-sapkota.html|title=haikusansaar हाइकु संसार: Janak Sapkota|last=Haikusansaar|date=2014-01-19|website=haikusansaar हाइकु संसार|access-date=2019-01-28}}
Awards
- 2006: Smrufit Samhain International Haiku Award{{Cite news|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/entertainment/young-haiku-master/|title=Young haiku master|date=2006-11-05|work=The Himalayan Times|access-date=2019-02-11|publisher=The Himalayan Times|location=Kathmandu|language=en}}
- 2009: Ukiah Haiku Award{{Cite web|url=http://ukiahaiku.org/past_winners/ukiahaiku_booklet_2009-lowres.pdf|title=The Seventh Annual Ukiah Haiku Award Winning Entries|website=ukiahaiku.org|access-date=2019-01-15}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/2275953-181/those-of-few-words-rule?sba=AAS|title=Those of few words rule at haiku festival|last=Halverson|first=Nathan|date=2009-04-27|work=THE PRESS DEMOCRAT|access-date=2019-01-21}}
- 2017: Commended Haiku in Iafor Vladmir Devide Haiku Award{{Cite web|url=https://iaforhaikuaward.org/full-list-of-winners-the-iafor-vladimir-devide-haiku-award-2017/|title=Announcing the Winners: IAFOR Vladimir Devidé Haiku Award 2017|date=2017-04-05|website=IAFOR Vladimir Devidé Haiku Award|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-15}}
Publications
- 2004: Winter Lights, Haiku booklet with Irish Poet Cathal Ó Searcaigh, Cló Ceardlann na gCnoc, Ireland
- 2005: Lights Along the Road, co-author with American Poet Suzy Conway, Bamboo Press, Nepal, {{ISBN|9789994656356}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.rrn.org.np/phocadownloadpap/The_Reconstruction/reconstruction9.pdf|title=A section of haiku poems from 'Lights Along The Road'|date=2005-11-02|work=Rural Reconstruction Nepal (RRN) Newsletter|access-date=2019-02-19|publisher=Rural Reconstruction Nepal (RRN)|editor-last=Wellington|editor-first=Chrissie|location=Kathmandu|volume=9|language=en}}
- 2010: Full Moon, Limited bilingual edition, Irish translation by Gabriel Rosenstock and illustrations by Danielle Creenaune, Cló Ceardlann na gCnoc, Ireland
- 2012: A Firefly Lights the Page / Tulikärpänen valaisee sivun, Bilingual edition, Finnish versions by Arto Lappi, SanaSato, Finland, {{ISBN|9789525804294|}}
- 2013: Whisper of Pines / Cogar na nGiuiseanna, Bilingual edition, Irish translations by Gabriel Rosenstock, Original Writing, Ireland, {{ISBN|9781908817419|}}
- 2016: Long Days of Rain, The Onslaught Press, United Kingdom, {{ISBN|9781912111718}}
=Inclusion in anthologies=
- Poems for the Hazara. 2014. {{ISBN|978-0983770824}}.
- A Vast Sky. Tancho, 2015. {{ISBN|9780983714125}}.
- Naad Anunaad. Vishwakarma, 2016. {{ISBN|978-9385665332}}.
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