Guided by Gods Lost in Lines – Wolfgang Korn

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
ARCHITECT WOLFGANG KORN IS RENOWNED IN NEPAL FOR HIS WORKS ON TRADITIONAL NEWARI ARCHITECTURE, ESPECIALLY HIS BOOK THE TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE OF THE KATHMANDU VALLEY. HIS PRECISE MEASUREMENTS OF HISTORICAL BUILDINGS, INCLUDING THE KASTHAMANDAPA, WERE CRUCIAL FOR THEIR RECONSTRUCTION AFTER THE 2015 EARTHQUAKE.
HOWEVER, THE BOOK YOU HOLD IS NOT ABOUT ARCHITECTURE. IT REVEALS A DIFFERENT SIDE OF KORN NOT JUST AS A CURIOUS FOREIGN ARCHITECT, BUT AS A YOUNG GERMAN WHO EMBRACED THE LOCAL CULTURE. KORN WAS POSSIBLY THE FIRST ACTIVE FOREIGN ATHLETE IN NEPAL, ENGAGING IN ATHLETICS AT TUNDIKHEL, COACHING HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS, AND PLAYING SOCCER WITH VARIOUS TEAMS, INCLUDING NRT (NEW ROAD TEAM).
THIS BOOK OFFERS NATIVE READERS A GLIMPSE INTO THE LIFE OF THEIR PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS IN THE KATHMANDU VALLEY HALF A CENTURY AGO. IT IS A COLLECTION OF AUTHENTIC, OFTEN INTIMATE STORIES ABOUT KORN’S INTEGRATION INTO THE NEPALI/NEWARI WAY OF LIFE. THROUGH HIS PERSONAL WRITING STYLE, READERS CAN IMMERSE THEMSELVES IN A UNIQUE, NOSTALGIC NEPAL’, FAR REMOVED FROM THE TYPICAL THEMES OF HISTORY, CULTURE, OR MOUNTAINEERING.
ABOUT BAAKHAN NYANE WAA:
BAAKHAN NYANE WAA (BNW) IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO PRESERVING INTANGIBLE HERITAGE, STORIES, AND LEGENDS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. COLLABORATING WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, BNW CREATES A PLATFORM WHERE OLD AND NEW GENERATIONS UNITE TO CELEBRATE HERITAGE THROUGH MODERN MEDIA.
RECOGNIZING THE LINK BETWEEN TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE HERITAGE, BNW USES INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY TO DOCUMENT BOTH. COMMITTED TO CULTURAL PRESERVATION AND INTERGENERATIONAL EXCHANGE, BNW ENSURES THE VIBRANT TAPESTRY OF HERITAGE REMAINS ALIVE AND RELEVANT FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
Guided by Gods Lost in Lines – Wolfgang Korn