Pagal (poem)
Pagal (Nepali: पागल, lit. 'The Lunatic') is a 1953 poem by Nepalese writer Laxmi Prasad Devkota.[1]
| Pagal | |
|---|---|
| by Laxmi Prasad Devkota | |
| Original title | पागल |
| Written | 1953 |
| Country | Nepal |
| Language | Nepali |
In 1939, Devkota's brothers admitted him to a mental hospital in Ranchi, British India where he stayed at the hospital for five months.[2][3]
Pagal was published in 1953 and it was translated to English as The Lunatic by Laxmi Prasad Devkota in 1956.[4]
Pagal is one of the popular poems in Nepal and it is sometimes regarded as a classic poem of Nepali literature.[5][6]
References
- Adhikary, Dr Ramesh Prasad (17 April 2020). "Devkota's Voice Of Rebellion And Social Critique in the Lunatic". International Journal of All Research Writings. 1 (10): 98–106.
- Shrestha, Nanda R. (8 February 2017). Historical Dictionary of Nepal. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-7770-0.
- Seale-Feldman, Aidan (6 March 2020). "Historicizing the Emergence of Global Mental Health in Nepal (1950-2019)". HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies. 39 (2). ISSN 2471-3716.
- Contributions to Nepalese studies. Institute of Nepal and Asian Studies, Tribhuvan University. 1990. p. 209.
- Devkota, Laxmi Prasad (1996). Devakota's Muna-Madana: Translation and Analysis. Sajha Co-operative Publication. p. 2.
- Vasudha. 1977. p. 34.
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