Kanak Mani Dixit is a Nepali publisher, editor and writer. He is the founder of the magazine Himal Southasian and cofounder of Himalmedia. In 1987, he founded the bimonthly magazine Himal which subsequently became Himal Southasian. He is the author of several children's books and the founder of Film South Asia (FSA), a film festival for documentary films. He also works in spinal injury rehabilitation, public transportation, archiving, and architectural and environmental preservation.[6] He was honored with a Prince Claus Award from the Netherlands in 2009.