Saru Bhakta

Saru Bhakta ( _ne. सरु भक्त) is the pen name of Bhakta Raj Shrestha, a celebrated Nepalese novelist and poet and a winner of Madan puraskaar, the most prestigious literary honour in Nepal. He was born to Ganesh Bahadur Shrestha and Laxmi Shrestha in Bag Bazaar, Pokhara, Nepal and started writing around 1978 AD.

Many consider his novel Pagaal Basti, to be a classic in Nepalese literature.

He is known to be a very polite, straight-forward and introverted person.

He is also a member of the Royal Nepal Academy.

External links

* http://www.lovelypokhara.com/event/saru.htm

* http://www.sarubhakta-center.org.np