Laxmi Prasad Devkota

Early life and education

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• Laxmi Prasad Devkota was born on the night of Lakshmi Puja on 12 November 1909 (27 Kartik 1966 BS) to Til Madhav Devkota and Amar Rajya Lakshmi Devi in Dhobidhara, Kathmandu. Gorkhapatra The Kathmandu Post
• His desire to complete his master's degree was left incomplete due to his family's financial conditions. Gorkhapatra
• Devkota's son, Padma Devkota, is also a poet and writer and served for many years as a professor at the English Department, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu. The Gorkha Times
• Eventually, in 1939, he was admitted to the Mental Asylum of Ranchi, India, for five months. Online Khabar

Career

• The 2003 film Muna Madan, which was Nepal's official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 76th Academy Awards, was based on this poem. University of California, Los Angeles
• The poem describes the thematic hardships of the journey: the grief of separation, the itching of longing, and the torment of death. Setopati
• Although Kshatriya people did not practice trade for their living during those days, he had to depict it as such in order to lure the Rana rulers. The Record Nepal
• Considered his magnum opus, Muna Madan has remained widely popular among the lay readers of Nepali literature; it remains the most popular Nepali book since 1936; the book was also translated into Mandarin; it was well received by China and considered successful. The Kathmandu Post The Annapurna Express
• Moreover, he translated his own epic, Shakuntala, into English and wrote several poetry, essays, plays, and epics in English. The Himalayan Times
• Later in 1957, he was appointed as Minister of Education and Autonomous Governance under the premiership of Kunwar Inderjit Singh. Himal Khabarpatrika Online Khabar