Madhav Prasad Ghimire

Madhav Prasad Ghimire (Nepali: माधव प्रसाद घिमिरे) (23 September 1919 – 18 August 2020) was a Nepali poet and scholar. He was honored as the Rashtra Kavi (National Poet) by the Government of Nepal in 2003. Some of his best known works include Gauri, Malati Mangale, Shakuntala, and Himalwaari Himalpaari.^[1][2]

Ghimire died on 18 August 2020 of respiratory failure in Nepal at the age of 100.^[3]