Narayan Wagle is a

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i journalist and writer. He served as the editor of '' Kantipur Daily'', one of Nepal's largest circulating newspapers, until 2008, and was the editor of '' Nagarik News'' until 18 May 2012. Wagle won the

Madan Puraskar The Madan Puraskar () is a literary honor in Nepal which Madan Puraskar Guthi confers annually for an outstanding book in the Nepali language published within the calendar year. It is considered as the most prestigious literature award in Nepal. ...

for his novel '' Palpasa Cafe'' in 2005.

Literary career

'' Palpasa Cafe'' was Wagle's first book, published in Nepali in 2005, and subsequently translated into English, Korean and French. It tells the story of an artist, Drishya, who goes trekking in the Nepali countryside in the midst of the

Nepalese Civil War The Nepalese Civil War was a protracted armed conflict that took place in the then Kingdom of Nepal from 1996 to 2006. It saw countrywide fighting between the Kingdom rulers and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), with the latter making ...

. It was a best seller and acclaimed for bringing the realities of the Nepalese Civil War to the public in a way journalism had failed to. '' Mayur Times'' was Wagle's second book, published in Nepali in 2010. It also has themes dealing with the Nepali Civil War but is set after the war. It is a fictional narration of how journalists are caught in the crossfire, written from the perspective of a small-town newspaper in the

Terai The Terai or Tarai is a lowland region in parts of southern Nepal and northern India that lies to the south of the outer foothills of the Himalayas, the Sivalik Hills and north of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. This lowland belt is characterised by ...

region of Nepal. Like its predecessor, ''Mayur Times'' sold moderately in Nepal but met with mixed reviews. ''Koreana Coffee Guff'', his third book, was published in 2019. It is a non-fiction book that recounts his traveling experiences in Korea. It received mixed reviews.

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Literary career

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