Sushant Thapa is a Nepalese poet from Biratnagar-13, Nepal, with nine books of poems to his credit. The books are: The Poetic Burden and Other Poems (Authorspress, New Delhi, 2020), Abstraction and Other Poems (impspired, UK, 2021), Minutes of Merit (Haoajan Publishers, Kolkata, 2021), Love's Cradle (World Inkers Printing and Publishing, New York, New York, Dakar, Senegal, 2023), Spontaneity: A New Name of Rhyme (Ambar Publication House, New Delhi, 2023), Chorus of Simplicity and Other New Poems (Ukiyoto Publishing, Philippines, India, USA, 2024), Finding My Soul in Kathmandu (Ukiyoto Publishing, Philippines, India, USA, 2024), My Grandfather Had Been a Cowboy (Ukiyoto Publishing, Phillipines, India, USA, 2025) and The Walking Rebel (Transcendent Zero Press, Houston, Texas, USA, 2025). Thapa holds an M.A. in English from Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India. Curriculum Development Center has approved a poem by Sushant Thapa titled "Festivities" to be taught in Grade 6 in Nepal. It is included in the book Paragon English.
English poems by Sushant Thapa have been featured on: Trouvaille Review, Lothlorien Poetry Journal (France), International Times (United Kingdom), New York Parrot (New York, USA), As It Ought To Be Magazine (USA), Pratik Magazine (print) edited by Himalayan Poet Yuyutsu Sharma, Medusa's Kitchen (USA), The Beatnik Cowboy ( South Dakota, USA), Vscorpiozine Blog (USA), The Kathmandu Post (Newspaper, Kathmandu, Nepal), EKL Review (India), Suryodaya Literary Foundation (Odisha, India), WILLIWASH (Nigeria), Dumpster Fire Press (USA), The Gorkha Times (Kathmandu, Nepal), The Poet Magazine (United Kingdom), Harbinger Asylum, print (Houston, Texas, USA), The Piker Press (USA), Atunis Poetry (Belgium), Synchronized Chaos Journal (San Lorenzo, California, USA), Grey Thoughts (New Jersey, USA), Sahitya Post ( Kathmandu, Nepal), My City portal of Republica ( Kathmandu, Nepal), World Inkers Network (New York, USA), Sahitto Bilingual Literary Magazine (Bangladesh), Sindh Courier (Pakistan), Offline Thinker (Kathmandu, Nepal), Bharath Vision, Litterateur Rw Magazine (India), INNSÆI Journal (India), Literary Yard, Global Poet and Poetry, Ponder Savant (USA), ILA Magazine (USA), The Gorko Gazette (USA), Spare Parts Literary Magazine (UK), Poetry Breakfast (USA), Masticadores Canada , Feed the Holy (USA), Madras Courier (India), Indian Review (India), Poppy Road Review (USA), Fevers of the Mind (USA), Ink Pantry (UK), Bold Monkey Review (Australia), Coffee and Conversations (Hong Kong), Indian Periodical (India), Outlook India (India), Mad Swirl (USA), Corporeal Lit Mag (USA), English Sahityapost (Kathmandu, Nepal), Dissident Voice, Creative Flight Journal (India), Borderless Journal (Singapore), Litehouse Exophonic Magazine (Portugal), Ponder Savant (USA), Zeroes Garden (India), Reader's Choice Magazine of Aabs Publishing House (Kolkata, India), Prodigy Magazine 2022 issue, Sacred Chickens Blog (USA), Double Speak Literary Magazine (India), Dope Fiend Daily (USA), Gorkha Book Trust (India), Different Truths (India), Learning and Creativity (India), Polis Magazino (Greece), The Daily Global Nation (Bangladesh), Spillwords (New York, USA), Impspired Magazine (UK), The Daily Pointers (Africa), Argotist Online Poetry (UK), European Poetry, Kabita Live (India), Journal of Expressive Writing (USA), Roi Fainéant Press (USA), Pratyush Magazine (Bangladesh), Indology Magazine (West Bengal, India), The Wise Owl Magazine (India), Aksharang (Nepal), The Poetry Posse Magazine of Inner Child Press, USA (Featured Global Poet for January 2025), Alessandria. today, Glitterati Quill With Spark (India), Lacuna Zine, Orfeu. AL, Writers International Edition, Transcendent Zero Press (Houston, Texas, USA), Masticadores Taiwan, VISIBLE Magazine (Dallas, Texas, USA), Republica Daily (Kathmandu, Nepal)
Sushant Thapa interviewed by The Kathmandu Post: https://kathmandupost.com/books/2024/11/...
Sushant Thapa interviewed by Parrot TV: https://www.youtube.com/live/L-vxIcYu280...
Sushant Thapa interviewed by World Inkers Network: https://www.youtube.com/live/ZsiS439br-g...
Sushant Thapa interviewed by The Hemingway Post: https://thpnepal.blogspot.com/2024/02/an...
Anthologies where Sushant Thapa's poems are published:
- Lothlorien Poetry Journal Volume 13, 18, 21, 25, 26, 28, 30
- Hunger: an anthology, edited by Stuti Shree and Dustin Pickering, published by Transcendent Zero Press, Houston, Texas, USA
- Literary Parrot anthology, Series One and Four, published in the USA
- Pandemic Poetry 2020, editors: Subash Singh Parajuli, Rupsingh Bhandari
- An Anthology of Poetry for Children, A collection of English Poems by Nepalese Poets, edited by Mohan Singh Saud, Nepal.
- Voices Now World Poetry Today, Edited by Braja K Sorkar, Binay Laha, Associate Editor: Rudra Kinshuk.
- Poetry Conclave Year Book 2022
- Stand Out The Red Penguin Collection Annual Poetry Project Volume 1 Edited by JK Larkin, Bellerose Village, New York, USA
- World Poetry Yearbook 2024, China
- Toshali Anthology of Poetry 2025, 2026, India
- Durgapur Review 2023, 2024
- Whispers of Soflay International Anthology of Poetry Volume 4, Mexico
Translation Work: Dark Shadows, poems by Kamal Dhungana
Translated from Nepali into English by Sushant Thapa
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Articles on Poetry by Sushant Thapa: https://thpnepal.blogspot.com/2024/12/is...
