Janak Sapkota ( Nepali: जनक सापकोटा; born 1987) is a Nepalese haiku poet ^{[1] [2] [3]} who works mainly in the English language. ^{[4] [5] [6]} He is based in Finland.

Sapkota's books include Long Days of Rain (2016). His haiku have appeared internationally in poetry journals and magazines such as The Shop, ^[7] Frogpond, ^[8] Shamrock, ^{[9] [10]} Chrysanthemum, ^[11] Ardea, ^[12] Fri haiku, Notes from the Gean, ^{[13] [14] [15]} The Living Haiku Anthology. ^[16] His haiku are included in haiku anthologies such as A Vast Sky, Naad Anunaad, and Poems for the Hazara.

In 2006 he won the Smrufit Samhain International Haiku Award.

Born in Baglung, Nepal, ^{[2] [17]} he currently resides in Finland.

He is a member of the World Poetry Movement.

Translations of his haiku are published in Finnish, ^{[18] [19] [20]} Irish/Gaelic, ^{[21] [8] [22]} Swedish, ^[23] German, ^[11] Romanian ^[24] and Hindi. ^[25]

• 2006: Smrufit Samhain International Haiku Award ^[26]
• 2009: Ukiah Haiku Award ^{[27] [28]}
• 2017: Commended Haiku in Iafor Vladmir Devide Haiku Award ^[29]

• 2004: Winter Lights, Haiku booklet with Irish Poet Cathal Ó Searcaigh, Cló Ceardlann na gCnoc, Ireland ^{[1] [2] [3]}
• 2005: Lights Along the Road, co-author with American Poet Suzy Conway, Bamboo Press, Nepal, ISBN  9789994656356 ^{[3] [30]}
• 2010: Full Moon, Limited bilingual edition, Irish translation by Gabriel Rosenstock and illustrations by Danielle Creenaune, Cló Ceardlann na gCnoc, Ireland
• 2012: A Firefly Lights the Page / Tulikärpänen valaisee sivun, Bilingual edition, Finnish versions by Arto Lappi, SanaSato, Finland, ISBN  9789525804294
• 2013: Whisper of Pines / Cogar na nGiuiseanna, Bilingual edition, Irish translations by Gabriel Rosenstock, Original Writing, Ireland, ISBN  9781908817419
• 2016: Long Days of Rain, The Onslaught Press, United Kingdom, ISBN  9781912111718

• Poems for the Hazara. 2014. ISBN  978-0983770824.
• A Vast Sky. Tancho, 2015. ISBN  9780983714125.
• Naad Anunaad. Vishwakarma, 2016. ISBN  978-9385665332.