# Jhamak Ghimire

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{{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](/source/Dhankuta), Nepal
| known_for        = ''[Jiwan Kada Ki Phool](/source/Jiwan_Kada_Ki_Phool)''
| awards           = [Madan Puraskar](/source/Madan_Puraskar), [Padmashree Sahitya Puraskar](/source/Padmashree_Sahitya_Puraskar)
| occupation       = {{flatlist|
* Writer
* columnist}}
}}
'''Jhamak Kumari Ghimire''' ({{langx|ne|झमक कुमारी घिमिरे}}; born 4 July 1980) is a [Nepalese writer](/source/Nepali_literature). She was born with [cerebral palsy](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Kantipur_(daily)).<ref>[Nepali Times](/source/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](/source/Madan_Puraskar) (the most popular award given to the writer for their contribution in [Nepalese Literature](/source/Nepalese_Literature)) for her auto-biography ''[Jiwan Kada Ki Phool](/source/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](/source/Vikram_Samvat) ([Nepali date](/source/Date_and_time_notation_in_Nepal)).

==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''](/source/Madan_Puraskar)
*[Padmashree Sahitya Puraskar](/source/Padmashree_Sahitya_Puraskar), 2010 for ''Jiwan Kada Ki Phool''
*Kabita Ram Bal Sahitya Prativa Puraskar 2015 [Aswikrit Bichar Sahitya Andolan](/source/Aswikrit_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](/source/Aswikrit_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==
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*[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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