Chuda Mani Regmi

{{Infobox person | name = Chuda Mani Upadhaya Regmi | image = Choodamani Regmi1.JPG | caption = Regmi at Folklore Congress Nepal | native_name = चूडामणि रेग्मी | native_name_lang = ne | other_names = Chudamani Bandhu | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1937|03|11|df=y}} | birth_place = Wana, Sankhuwasabha | occupation = Linguist, writer | notable_works = ''Karnali Lok Sanskriti'' | spouse = {{married|Bed Kumari Dahal|1949}} | parents = {{Plainlist| * Pitambar Regmi (father) * Khileswari Devi(mother)}} | awards = Madan Puraskar<br> Sajha Puraskar }}

'''Chuda Mani Upadhaya Regmi''' ({{Langx|ne|चूडामणि रेग्मी}}) is a Nepalese writer and linguist.<ref>{{Cite web|title=News in favor of country should be disseminated: DPM Pokharel|url=https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/news-in-favor-of-country-should-be-disseminated-dpm-pokharel/|url-status=live|access-date=7 November 2021|website=My Republica|language=en|archive-date=7 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107162429/https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/news-in-favor-of-country-should-be-disseminated-dpm-pokharel/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Prasāī|first=Narendrarāja|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=39VjAAAAMAAJ|title=The Glory of Nepal: A Biography of Lain Singh Bangdel|date=2003|publisher=Ekta Prakashan|isbn=978-99933-1-290-1|pages=260|language=en}}</ref> He has published multiple books related to Nepali language.

== Early life and education == Regmi was born on 11 March 1937 (29 Chaitra 1993) in Wana, Sankhuwasabha district in eastern region of Nepal to father Pitambar Regmi and mother Khileswari Devi.<ref>{{Cite web|last=रातोपाटी|title=लेखक हुन इच्छा गर्नेले नेपाली शैली के हो, चिन्नुपर्छ : चूडामणि रेग्मी|url=https://ratopati.com/story/94464/2019/7/20/chudamani-regmi-interview|access-date=2022-02-14|website=RatoPati|language=Nepali}}</ref> He completed his schooling in Sanskrit language. For his IA degree in Benaras, he continued his Sanskrit studies and studied BA at Mahendra College in Biratnagar.<ref name="samakalinsahitya.com">{{Cite web|title=२०५० सालदेखिका केही प्रतिनिधि झापाली कथाकार र तिनको कथाकारिताको अध्ययन {{!}} चन्द्र प्रसाद उप्रेती|url=https://www.samakalinsahitya.com/sahitya/details/5582|access-date=2022-02-14|website=www.samakalinsahitya.com|language=en}}</ref>

== Literary career == In 1968, he published the ''Nepali Bhashako Utpatti.''<ref>{{Cite book|last=Datta|first=Amaresh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zB4n3MVozbUC|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Devraj to Jyoti|date=1988|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1194-0|pages=1483|language=en|access-date=7 November 2021|archive-date=17 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417221929/https://books.google.com/books?id=zB4n3MVozbUC&newbks=0|url-status=live}}</ref> Regmi, Satya Mohan Joshi, Pradip Rimal, Bihari Krishna Shrestha, and Sthirjunga Bahadur published ''Karnali Lok Sanskriti'' which won the Madan Puraskar, Nepal's highest literary honour.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title='कर्णाली लोक संस्कृति' को गुणगरिमा|url=https://www.himalkhabar.com/news/551|url-status=live|access-date=7 November 2021|website=Himal Khabar|language=ne|archive-date=3 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103204152/https://www.himalkhabar.com/news/551}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Bhadgaule|first=Amrit|date=25 April 2019|title=Always active|url=https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/63928/|url-status=live|access-date=7 November 2021|website=My Republica|language=en|archive-date=11 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811163938/https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/63928/}}</ref> The prize money was divided among the authors.<ref name=":0" /> He played an active role in ''Jharro Andolan'', a Nepali language movement.

He also taught at the Mechi Multiple Campus in Jhapa. He taught for 34 years until he retired in 2002.

== Awards == He has won various awards including the Mahakavi Devkota Puraskar (2015),<ref>{{Cite web|date=20 June 2015|title=National, regional literature awards announced|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/national-regional-literature-awards-announced|url-status=live|access-date=7 November 2021|website=The Himalayan Times|language=en|archive-date=7 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107162815/https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/national-regional-literature-awards-announced}}</ref> the Gopal Pande Asim Award (2005),<ref>{{Cite web|last=Singh|first=Rishi|date=28 June 2005|title=Pant, Bandhu bag awards|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/pant-bandhu-bag-awards|access-date=7 November 2021|website=The Himalayan Times|language=en|archive-date=7 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107164029/https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/pant-bandhu-bag-awards|url-status=live}}</ref> the Sajha Puraskar,<ref name=":02">{{Cite web|title=साझा पुरस्कार प्राप्त पुस्तकहरू|url=http://www.sajha.org.np/sajha_puraskar_book.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309035359/http://www.sajha.org.np/sajha_puraskar_book.shtml|archive-date=9 March 2016|access-date=6 November 2021|website=Sajha Publications|language=ne}}</ref> and the Madan Puraskar.<ref name=":0" />

== Notable works ==

* ''Nepali Sahitya ko Itihas'' * ''Bhasa Bigyan'' * ''Karnali Lok Sanskriti'' (Vol. 4 - Bhasa) * ''Devkota'' * ''Sajha Kavita'' * ''Nepali Loksahitya'' * ''Sinjali: Studies in Linguistic Behaviour''

== Personal life == He married Bed Kumari Dahal on 11 December 1949 (26 Mangshir 2006) at the age of 13. They have 2 children (1 son and 1 daughter).<ref name="samakalinsahitya.com"/>

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * [https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18542144.Chudamani_Bandhu Chuda Mani Regmi] on Goodreads

{{DEFAULTSORT:Regmi, Chuda Mani}} Category:Madan Puraskar winners Category:Nepalese male writers Category:Nepali-language Nepalese writers Category:Linguists from Nepal Category:Sajha Puraskar winners Category:People from Sankhuwasabha District Category:Nepalese folklorists Category:1937 births Category:Living people