Ishwar Ballav
Ishwar Ballav | |
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| Native name | ईश्वरबल्लभ |
| Born | Ishwar Ballav Bhattarai 11 July 1937 Jaisi Deval, Kathmandu |
| Died | 22 March 2008 (aged 70) Kathmandu |
| Occupation | Poet, lyricist |
| Nationality | Nepali |
| Literary movement | Tesro Aayam |
| Notable works | Aagokaa Phoolharu Hun Aagokaa Phoolharu Hoinan, Kashmai Devay |
| Notable awards | Madan Puraskar |
| Spouse | Kamala Bhattarai |
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Ishwar Ballav (Nepali: ईश्वरबल्लभ, 11 July 1937 – 22 March 2008) was one of the most influential Nepali poets. He was also a poet of a new dimension–the third dimension–meaning Tesro Ayam in the history of Nepalese literature. He, along with his contemporaries Bairagi Kaila and Indra Bahadur Rai, formed a trio in 1963 in Darjeeling to rethink and evaluate the development of Nepalese literature.