{{short description|Nepali writer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Jhamak Kumari Ghimire | image = Jhamak.jpg | alt = Jhamak Kumari Ghimire | caption = Writing with feet | native_name = झमक कुमारी घिमिरे | native_name_lang = ne | birth_name = Jhamak Kumari Ghimire | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|July|4}} | birth_place = Kachide, Dhankuta, Nepal | known_for = ''Jiwan Kada Ki Phool'' | awards = Madan Puraskar, Padmashree Sahitya Puraskar | occupation = {{flatlist| * Writer * columnist}} }} '''Jhamak Kumari Ghimire''' ({{langx|ne|झमक कुमारी घिमिरे}}; born 4 July 1980) is a Nepalese writer. She was born with cerebral palsy<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.livingwithcerebralpalsy.com/famous-cerebral.php|title=Famous People With Cerebral Palsy which causes paralysis of some parts: Jhamak Ghimire|access-date=3 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014033141/http://livingwithcerebralpalsy.com/famous-cerebral.php|archive-date=14 October 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>Deccan Herald: [http://www.deccanherald.com/content/97243/bold-tales-brave-women.html Bold tales by brave women] (2010).</ref> and writes with her left foot.<ref>ASMITA: shivamsha was the name of her sister [http://www.asmita.org.np/StoriesFeature/who_is_jhamak.htm Who is Jhamak?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040118103717/http://www.asmita.org.np/StoriesFeature/who_is_jhamak.htm |date=18 January 2004 }} (August 2002)</ref><ref>Nepali Times. [http://www.nepalitimes.com/issue/105/Literature/10242 Of Poverty and Poems- Jhamak kumari Ghimire] (by Manjushree Thapa). August 2002.</ref> She is a columnist at the Kantipur newspaper.<ref>Nepali Times: [http://www.nepalitimes.com.np/issue/2009/09/11/Nation/16307 A renegade child of the hills – For Jhamak Ghimire writing is everything, and everything is literature] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725100103/http://www.nepalitimes.com.np/issue/2009/09/11/Nation/16307 |date=25 July 2011 }} (by Rabi Thapa). September 2009.</ref> She had been awarded 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)''.{{Cn|date=October 2023}} In addition, Ghimire was awarded by Kabita Ram Bal Sahitya Prativa Puraskar (2015), Aswikrit Bichar Sahitya Puraskar (2016), and Madan Purashkar (2010).
Jhamak Kumari Ghimire was born on 21 Ashad 2037 B.S (Nepali date).
==Works==
===Autobiography=== * ''Jiwan Kada Ki Phool'' (Is Life Throne or Flower)
===Selected poetry=== * ''Sankalpa'' (Vow) * ''Aafnai Chita Agni Shikhatira'' (Own's Funeral Pyre Towards the Fire Apex) * ''Manchhe Bhitraka Yoddhaharu'' (Warriors Inside Humans) * ''Quaati''
===Miscellaneous=== * ''Awasan Pachhiko Aagaman'' (Arrival After the Death)
==Awards== thumb|right|200px|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<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aswikrit.com/index.php?linkId=272|title=Aswikrit|website=aswikrit.com|access-date=23 July 2012|archive-date=14 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914075757/http://aswikrit.com/index.php?linkId=272|url-status=dead}}</ref> *Aswikrit Bichar Sahitya Puraskar 2016 Aswikrit Bichar Sahitya Andolan<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aswikrit.com/index.php?linkId=27|title=Aswikrit|website=aswikrit.com|access-date=23 July 2012|archive-date=14 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914075611/http://aswikrit.com/index.php?linkId=27|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120924143517/http://www.ekantipur.com/tkp/news/news-detail.php?news_id=225379 The Kathmandu Post]
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