Arun Budhathoki
Quick Facts
Biography
Arun Budhathoki (Nepali: अरुण बुढाथोकी) (born Sept 19, 1986), is a Nepali poet, fiction writer and a journalist from Kathmandu, Nepal. He did his undergraduate studies in Nizam College, Hyderabad, India and pursued master's degree in the University of Northampton, England. He has written five books so far. Because of his nomadic nature, he likes travelling around.
Arun is a senior correspondent with English online daily Anna Note. He has written articles for The Huffington Post (India), Daily O, The Citizen (India), Republica, The Kathmandu Post and Anna Note. He regulalry contributes for The Citizen (India).
Early life and education
Budhathoki was born and grew up in Kathmandu. He has an MA in International Relations from the University of Northampton.
Career
Edge, his first poetry book was published on 2011 and launched on January 24, 2012 by Nepali poet Yuyutsu Sharma, novella The Lost Boys of Kathmandu as ebook format in Amazon.com on May 30, 2012 and Poems on Sikkim. Edge was favorably reviewed by Cha: An Asian Literary Journal. His poems have appeared in The Kathmandu Post, The Weather Report, and poems selected and published in Journeys (anthologies by Sampad), Happy Birthday to Me (anthology by The Asian Writer) and Inspired by Tagore. He's also regularly featured in MadSwirl and is the founder for The Applicant, which was an online magazine. He was interviewed by República about getting published in Nepal. His poetry book Prisoner of an iPad is released. His poems have been published in various journals. He is a contributor to The Brunswickan.
Arun attended the Sharjah International Book Fair in November 2015.
Published works
Poetry
- Edge
- Poems on Sikkim
- Prisoner of an iPad
Fiction
- The Lost Boys of Kathmandu
- Second In Love
- Budhathoki, Arun (May 30, 2014). Second In Love. Lulu.com. ISBN 9781312232341. Retrieved 25 June 2014.