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'''Hemang Dixit''' (born 11 June 1937) is a Nepalese educator, author, and consultant paediatrician. He uses the pseudonyms '''Mani Acharya''' and '''Mani Dixit''' for his written works.<ref name=reflections /> He worked as the Dean and Professor of Children's Health of the Tribhuvan University Institute of Medicine.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hdixit.org.np/cv.html |title=Prof. Dr. Hemang Dixit (Consultant Paediatrician), Brief Introduction |first=Hemang |last=Dixit |year=2004}}</ref> He has written various medical textbooks, novels, children's books and poems.
Dixit's novel ''Shatru of Kathmandu'' was published in October 2011. Though a work of fiction, the author used the experience of his attempted murder by extortionists as a starting point for the story.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hotelnepal.com/nepal_news.php?id=2167 |title=Medical college principal shot at in Kathmandu |date=2006-05-04 |access-date=2011-11-13 |archive-date=2012-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407031851/http://www.hotelnepal.com/nepal_news.php?id=2167 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2010/12/12/nation/black-spider-brain-busted/215956/ |title=Black Spider brain busted |newspaper=The Kathmandu Post |date=2010-12-12 |access-date=2011-11-13 |archive-date=2011-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515020216/http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2010/12/12/nation/black-spider-brain-busted/215956/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Professional career== Dixit graduated in Medicine from Charing Cross Hospital Medical School, London University. He has worked at Bir Hospital and Kanti Children’s Hospital.
He is a member of the Nepal Medical Council and has served two terms as the council's Vice Chair. He is also a member of the Nepal Medical Association, Nepal Paediatric Society, Nepal Leprosy Relief Association, and Nepal Red Cross. He was the vice president (1970-71 & 1974-75) and president (1991–92) of the Nepal Medical Association. He has been the vice president (1984–85) and president (1986–87) of the Nepal Paediatric Society.
He is also a member of the Literary Association Nepal (LAN).
==Publications== All of Dixit's works, aside from his technical writings, were released under the pseudonym Mani Dixit.
===Technical books=== *''Nepal’s Quest for Health'', 3rd Edition, Educational Publishing House, {{ISBN|99946-641-7-4}} *''50 Years of NMA'' *''My 2 Innings (Memoirs)'', 2nd Edition, Makalu Publication House *''A Concise History of Medicine'', Makalu Publication House
===Novels=== *''Shatru of Kathmandu'', Educational Publishing House. *''The Red Temple'', 2nd Revised Edition Pilgrims Book House *''Come Tomorrow'', 2nd Edition Adarsh Books, India *''Over the mountains'', Ekta Books *''Conflict in the Himalayas'', Ekta Books
===Children's books=== *''The Adventure of Chandra and Damaru-Two Boys of Nepal'', 2nd Revised Edition, Pilgrims Book *''House Friends Colony'', 2nd Editions, Rupa & Co., India *''Happenings in Shangri-La'', 2nd Edition, Millennium Publication
===Poetry=== *''The Avenging Ghost'', {{ISBN|99933-50-43-5}} *''Nonsense Verses from Nepal'', Adarsh Books, India
===Other=== *''Reflections Down the Ages'' (2019), as Hemang Mani Dixit<ref name=reflections>{{Cite web|title=Diverse musings of a medical intellectual|url=https://kathmandupost.com/books/2020/10/10/diverse-musings-of-a-medical-intellectual|access-date=2020-12-16|website=kathmandupost.com|language=English}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.hdixit.org.np/index.html Official site]
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