Janak Sapkota ( ne, जनक सापकोटा; born 1987) is a Nepalese haiku poet who works mainly in the English language. He is based in Finland. Sapkota's books include ''Long Days of Rain'' (2016). His haiku have appeared internationally in poetry journals and magazines such as ''The Shop,'' ''

Frogpond ''Frogpond'' is a haiku magazine published by the Haiku Society of America. It is published eletronically three times per year and consists of English-language haiku and senryu, linked forms including sequences, renku, rengay, and haibun, ess ...

,'' ''Shamrock,'' ''Chrysanthemum,'' ''Ardea,'' ''Fri haiku, Notes from the Gean'', The ''Living Haiku Anthology''. His haiku are included in haiku anthologies such as ''A Vast Sky, Naad Anunaad,'' and ''Poems for the Hazara''. In 2006 he won the Smrufit Samhain International Haiku Award.

Life and work

Born in Baglung, Nepal, he currently resides in Finland. He is a member of the World Poetry Movement. Translations of his haiku are published in Finnish, Irish/Gaelic, Swedish, German, Romanian and Hindi.

Awards

* 2006: Smrufit Samhain International Haiku Award * 2009: Ukiah Haiku Award * 2017: Commended Haiku in Iafor Vladmir Devide Haiku Award

Publications

* 2004: ''Winter Lights'', Haiku booklet with Irish Poet

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, Cló Ceardlann na gCnoc, Ireland * 2005: ''Lights Along the Road'', co-author with American Poet Suzy Conway, Bamboo Press, Nepal, * 2010: ''Full Moon'', Limited bilingual edition, Irish translation by

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and illustrations by Danielle Creenaune, Cló Ceardlann na gCnoc, Ireland * 2012: ''A Firefly Lights the Page / Tulikärpänen valaisee sivun'', Bilingual edition, Finnish versions by Arto Lappi, SanaSato, Finland, * 2013: ''Whisper of Pines / Cogar na nGiuiseanna'', Bilingual edition, Irish translations by

, Original Writing, Ireland, * 2016: ''Long Days of Rain'', The Onslaught Press, United Kingdom,

Inclusion in anthologies

*''Poems for the Hazara.'' 2014. . *''A Vast Sky.'' Tancho, 2015. . *''Naad Anunaad.'' Vishwakarma, 2016. .

References

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