Ekai Kawaguchi- The Trespassing Insider

About the Author Abhi Subedi is a literary writer and scholar. The area of his study covers a range of literary theoretical to cultural studies and the historical and contextual use of language. In this work, which he wrote in Tokyo during 1997-98, he has explored the above avenues of the travelogue and other writings of the Japanese monk Ekai Kawaguchi.

Subedi is Professor and Head at the Central Department of English, Tribhuvan University. His major publications include 1973, 1997 Palcarya Kavya Sidhanta; 1974 Viswlosahityako Aitihasik Rup-Rekha, (Co-author). 1974 Manas, Poems in English (joint collection); 1978 Nepali Literature: Background and History; 1982, 1995 Sirjana ra Mulyakan; 1982 Paccisvarsaka Nepali Kavita; 1987 Adhunik Japani Kavita Modern Japanese Poetry, 1987 Japani Haiku: Hijo ra Aja: Japanese Haiku: Early and Modern; 1989 Japani No Natak: Japanese No Drama and Theatre; 1996 Chasing Dreams (Poems in English); 1997 Sabda ra Cot. (Poems in Nepali); 1996 ed. Samakalin Nepali Kavita; 1997 Madhyam ra Racana; 1998 Pratinidhi Adhunik Nepali Kavita, A comprehensive introduction; and (co-editor): 1998 Karpet Tagieko Akai: literary essays): 1997 Nepali Art: Visions and Contexts, Monograph; and 1999 River Stage (poems, forthcoming).

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