Lamichhane was born in 1984 BS in Kathmandu. When Shankar Lamichhane was just one and a half year old, his mother Yadav Kumari Lamichhane had some dispute with her family and went to her parental house in Benaras, India, along with young Shankar. He attained his early education at home under the guidance of his mother and maternal uncle. Later, he was enrolled in a school but could not attend school regularly because misfortunes fell upon him one after another. When he was just eight years old, his younger brother died. His mother also passed away when Shanakar was 13 years old. This tragic incidents turned his life ups and down. Having none to take care of him in Benaras, he returned to Kathmandu to join his parental family.

 

In Kathmandu, he was enrolled in Judodaya High School and passed SLC. He completed Intermediate in Science from Trichandra College. When he was in college, Laxmi Prasad Devkota and Bal Krishna Sama taught him. Having found such a great literary icons as his teachers, he got interested in literature. By that time he had already read literary works of many Nepali and foreign writers. In course of his reading, he happened to read some of Gopal Prasad Rimal’s poems, which had a deep influence on Lamichhane’s life.

 

He wrote the first poem at the age of 14 in 1998 BS. His poems and articles were published in different magazines like Sharada, Indreni, Pragati and Sahityashrot. But he did not document his published and unpublished works. As a result, some of his works have perished. When his poems and articles were published in different magazines, he was known in the literary circle as a young writer. In the meantime, his father died when he was 22. With the untimely death of his father, responsibility of supporting his family came upon him. He, therefore, started working as a junior clerk in the government office. Lamichhane was of unstable nature and he kept on changing jobs. He was always frustrated because of his financial difficulties. This frustration has been reflected in his essays.