Dhooswan Sayami

Govinda Bahadur Manandhar (24 May 1930 – 17 December 2007), popularly known as Dhooswan Sayami, was a Nepali writer who wrote primarily in Nepal Bhasa.

He obtained a Master's degree in Culture from Banaras Hindu University.

He changed his firstname to Dhoowsan ( flower of dust in Nepal Bhasa) and family name to Sayami (a slur name for people for Manandhar).

Manandhar was one of the founding members of Chosaspasa (Newar writers' organization) and president of the Sahityakar Samsad.

[3][4] His published work included: Manandhar was the lead character in Amrita Pritam's novel titled Adalat.