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Guru Prasad Mainali

Born

in Kavrepalanchok, Nepal

January 01, 1900

Died

January 01, 1971

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Guru Prasad Mainali (Nepali: गुरुप्रसाद मैनाली) was a Nepali short story writer and is one of three well-known writers of Nepali literature, along with Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala and Laxmi Prasad Devkota. He is famous for his short story anthology 'Naaso'.

Mainali's works contributed to the development of Nepali short stories. Altogether, Mainali wrote only eleven short stories, but his knowledge of the Nepalese society made him an excellent describer of the life in the country side. His stories alone possessed all the qualities of modern short stories during his time. He started writing stories to publish in a literary magazine, 'Sharada (Devnagari: शारदा)'. His first story was 'Naso' (The Ward). Most of his stories were published in the pe ...more