Uttam Kunwar (Nepali: उत्तम कुँवर; 1938–1982) was a Nepalese literary journalist, critic, and writer.

He served as an editor for Ruprekha, one of the most popular literary magazine in Nepal, alongside Bal Mukunda Pandey.

[1] He won the Madan Puraskar in 1966 (2023 BS) for his book Srasta ra Sahitya, an anthology of literary interviews.

The trust presents a award known as Uttam Shanti Puraskar every year to a non-fiction book in Nepali language.

[8] Prominent writers like Saru Bhakta, Ram Prasad Panta, Sarita Aryal, etc.