Bal Krishna Pokharel (1933–2019) was a Nepalese writer, linguist, historian, and literary critic.

[2][3] He began his formal education from Tri-Juddha High English School, Biratnagar, Nepal in 1946.

in Nepali literature with the First class first position and gold medal from Tribhuvan University, Nepal in 1973.

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

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