Jhamak Kumari Ghimire
झमक कुमारी घिमिरे
Jhamak Kumari Ghimire
Writing with feet
Born
Jhamak Kumari Ghimire

(1980-07-04) July 4, 1980 (age 43)
Kachide, Dhankuta, Nepal
Occupations
  • Writer
  • columnist
Known forJiwan Kada Ki Phool
AwardsMadan Puraskar, Padmashree Sahitya Puraskar

Jhamak Kumari Ghimire (Nepali: झमक कुमारी घिमिरे; Born on 4 July 1980) is a Nepali writer. She was born with cerebral palsy[1][2] and writes with her left foot.[3][4] She is a columnist at the Kantipur newspaper.[5] She had been awarded with the Madan Puraskar (the most popular award given to the writer for their contribution in Nepalese Literature) for her auto-biography Jiwan Kada Ki Phool (Is Life a Thorn or Flower).[citation needed] In addition, Ghimire was awarded by Kabita Ram Bal Sahitya Prativa Puraskar (2015), Aswikrit Bichar Sahitya Puraskar (2016), and Madan Puraskar (2010).

Jhamak Kumari Ghimire was born on 21 Ashad 2037 B.S (Nepali date).

Works

Autobiography

Selected poetry

Miscellaneous

Awards

Jhamak Ghimire, awarded with the Madan Puraskar

References

  1. ^ "Famous People With Cerebral Palsy which causes paralysis of some parts: Jhamak Ghimire". Archived from the original on 14 October 2007. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
  2. ^ Deccan Herald: Bold tales by brave women (2010).
  3. ^ ASMITA: shivamsha was the name of her sister Who is Jhamak? Archived 18 January 2004 at the Wayback Machine (August 2002)
  4. ^ Nepali Times. Of Poverty and Poems- Jhamak kumari Ghimire (by Manjushree Thapa). August 2002.
  5. ^ Nepali Times: A renegade child of the hills – For Jhamak Ghimire writing is everything, and everything is literature Archived 25 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (by Rabi Thapa). September 2009.
  6. ^ "Aswikrit". aswikrit.com. Archived from the original on 14 September 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  7. ^ "Aswikrit". aswikrit.com. Archived from the original on 14 September 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
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