Rabi Thapa (Nepali: रवि थापा) is a Nepali writer and editor working in English. He is the Editor of La.Lit: A Literary Magazine from Nepal, and the author of Nothing to Declare (Penguin India, 2011) and Thamel: Dark Star of Kathmandu (Speaking Tiger, 2016). From 2010 to 2011, he was the Editor of the weekly paper, Nepali Times.
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| Alma mater | University of Cambridge (M.Phil.), Monash University (B.A.) |
| Occupation | Writer/Editor |
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| Website | rabi-thapa |
Background
Rabi Thapa published Nothing to Declare (Penguin India) in 2011. This debut collection of short stories was longlisted for the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award.[1] The following year, Thapa co-founded the literary magazine La.Lit, and is an editor of the magazine as well.[2] In 2016, he published Thamel: Dark Star of Kathmandu (Speaking Tiger Books), a cultural history of a historic Kathmandu neighborhood.[3][4]