Bal Krishna Pokharel

After completing his education, he started teaching at Tribhuvan University from 2019 BS (c. 1962/1963) and at Morang College subsequently. He retired from teaching in 2046 BS (c. 1989/1990).

Pokharel died on 24 February 2019 in Biratnagar. His body was cremated at Paropakarghat. He is survived by a son and two daughters.

In 2017, he was awarded the Lekhnath Literary Award.

In 1963 (2021 BS), Pokharel was awarded the Madan Puraskar, Nepal's highest literary honour for his book Nepali Bhasa Ra Sahitya.

He obtained a Matriculation certificate from Banaras Hindu University of India in 1952. He received a Master's degree in comparative linguistics (then called comparative philology) from Kolkata University. He obtained an M.A. in Nepali literature with the First class first position and gold medal from Tribhuvan University, Nepal in 1973.

Bal Krishna Pokharel (1933–2019) was a Nepalese writer, linguist, historian, and literary critic. He was one of the key person behind the publishing of Nepali Brihat Sabdakosh, a comprehensive Nepali dictionary. Alongside Nepali language, he also wrote in Sanskrit and Magar languages. He wrote multiple fiction, non-fiction and poetry books and was awarded with Madan Puraskar in 1963 for his book Nepali Bhasa Ra Sahitya (transl. Nepali Language and Literature).

He was born on 28 August 1933 (13 Bhadra 1990 BS) on the day of Krishna Janmashtami in Chisapani Gadhi, Makwanpur, Nepal to father 'Subba' Sharada Pokhrel and mother Chhaya Devi Pokhrel. He began his formal education from Tri-Juddha High English School, Biratnagar, Nepal in 1946. He also learnt Magar language, an indigenous Nepalese language, in around 1950.