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Rabi Thapa () is a Nepali writer and editor working in English. He is the editor of ''La.Lit: A Literary Magazine'' from Nepal, and the author of ''Nothing to Declare'' (Penguin India, 2011) and ''Thamel: Dark Star of Kathmandu'' (Speaking Tiger, 2016). From 2010 to 2011, he was the editor of the weekly paper '' Nepali Times''.


Background

Rabi Thapa published ''Nothing to Declare'' (Penguin India) in 2011. This debut collection of short stories was longlisted for the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award. The following year, Thapa co-founded the literary magazine ''La.Lit'', and is an editor of the magazine as well. In 2016, he published ''Thamel: Dark Star of Kathmandu'' (Speaking Tiger Books), a cultural history of a historic Kathmandu neighborhood.


See also

* Manjushree Thapa * Samrat Upadhyay


References

21st-century Nepalese writers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Nepalese male writers Alumni of the University of Cambridge Monash University alumni Nepalese non-fiction writers Male non-fiction writers English-language poets from Nepal English-language writers from Nepal {{Nepal-writer-stub