Jhamak Ghimire
Jhamak Kumari ghimire was born on 21 Ashar 2037 B.S (Nepali date) .(5 July 1980 English date)
Jhamak Kumari Ghimire | |
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झमक कुमारी घिमिरे | |
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Born | Jhamak Kumari Ghimire बि.सं २०३७ असार २1 (age 42) Kachide, Dhankuta, Nepal |
Occupation(s) | Writer, columnist |
Known for | Jiwan Kada Ki Phool |
Awards | Madan 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 columnist at the Kantipur newspaper .[5] She had been awarded with the Madan Puraskar (the most popular award given to the writer for his or her contribution in Nepalese Literature) for her auto-biography Jiwan Kada Ki Phool (Is Life a Thorn or Flower). In addition, Ghimire was awarded by Kabita Ram Bal Sahitya Prativa Puraskar (2015), Aswikrit Bichar Sahitya Puraskar (2016), and Madan Puraskar (2010).
Works
Autobiography
- Jiwan Kada Ki Phool (Is Life a Thorn or Flower)
Selected poetry
- Sankalpa (Vow)
- Aafnai Chita Agni Shikhatira (Own's funeral pyre towards the fire apex)
- Manchhe Bhitraka Yoddaharu (Warriors inside humans)
- Quaati
Miscellaneous
- Awasan Pachhiko Aagaman (Arrival after the death)
Awards

Jhamak Ghimire, awarded with the Madan Puraskar
- Madan Puraskar, 2010 for Jiwan Kada Ki Phool
- Padmashree Sahitya Puraskar, 2010 for Jiwan Kada Ki Phool
- Kabita Ram Bal Sahitya Prativa Puraskar 2015 Aswikrit Bichar Sahitya Andolan[6]
- Aswikrit Bichar Sahitya Puraskar 2016 Aswikrit Bichar Sahitya Andolan[7]
References
- "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.
- Deccan Herald: Bold tales by brave women (2010).
- ASMITA: shivamsha was the name of her sister Who is Jhamak? Archived 18 January 2004 at the Wayback Machine (August 2002)
- Nepali Times. Of Poverty and Poems- Jhamak kumari Ghimire (by Manjushree Thapa). August 2002.
- 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.
- "Aswikrit". aswikrit.com. Archived from the original on 14 September 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
- "Aswikrit". aswikrit.com. Archived from the original on 14 September 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
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