Mr. Kanak Mani Dixit
Founding Editor, Himal Southasian, Nepal
The journalist, writer and civil rights activist Kanak Mani Dixit is Founding Editor of the Himal Southasian regional review magazine, as well as publisher of the Nepali language weekly Himal Khabarpatrika. He has degrees in Law (Delhi University), International Relations and Journalism (Columbia University). He has been a journalist since 1971, and worked in the United Nations Secretariat between 1982 and 1990. Lately, he has been engaged in civil rights activism in relation to peace, democracy and human rights in Nepal.
Beyond journalism, Dixit is linked to the Film Southasia festival of documentaries, Spinal Injury Sangha-Nepal, Shikshyak magazine for Nepal’s school teachers, and the Jagadamba printing press. He is also involved in activities related to libraries and archiving (through the Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya), social science education (Social Science Baha), human rights (the Accountability Watch Committee), public transport (Sajha Yatayat), architectural preservation (the Kathmandu Valley Preservation Trust), and activities broadly in the cultural sphere through the Himal Association, the YalaMaya Kendra and other organisations.
Dixit is translator of Bishweshwor Prasad Koirala’s Atmabrittanta: Late Life Reflections and is a children’s author, including of the much-translated work, The Adventures of a Nepali Frog and the more recent Every Which Way up Everest. Having contributed to several Southasian anthologies, he is also author of two works of political commentary, Dekheko Muluk (‘The Country I See’, Jagadamba Prakashan) and Peace Politics of Nepal (Himal Books).
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