Kanak Mani Dixit

Kanak Mani Dixit is a Nepali journalist, activist, publisher and writer of fiction. He lives in Kathmandu with his wife, and has two children.

Dixit edits the English-language magazine Himal Southasian (www.himalmag.com) and the Nepali magazine Himal Khabarpatrika (www.himalkhabar.com), the first newsmagazine in Nepali history (Dixit himself coined the Nepali word "khabarpatrika" for "newsmagazine"). He also runs a publishing house and perhaps Nepal's finest printing press, as well as writing occasional children's novels.

In 2001 Dixit suffered severe injuries from a mountaineering accident, fracturing his spine. His recovery has prompted him to start a spinal injury rehabilitation centre in Kathmandu.His opposition to the authoritarian regime imposed by King Gyanendra led to him being arrested several times, once for a period of 19 days along with his wife, who runs a school in Kathmandu. During these years Dixit wrote much and gave several interviews to the foreign media, at times from jail. He is recognized as perhaps Nepal's best-known and most important journalist.

Kanak Mani Dixit recently took over as the Editor of Himal Khabarpatrika. He continues to be its publisher.