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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Chuden Kabimo<br />
| image = Chuden_Kabimo_photo.jpg<br />
| caption = Chuden Kabimo<br />
| native_name = छुदेन काविमो<br />
| native_name_lang = ne<br />
| birth_place = [[Kalimpong District]], [[India]]<br />
| occupation = Writer<br />
| notable_works = ''1986'', ''[[Song of the Soil]]'', ''Urmaal''<br />
| awards = [[Madan Puraskar]] (2024), [[List of Yuva Puraskar winners for Nepali|Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar]] (2018)<br />
}}<br />
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Chuden Kabimo is an Indian [[Nepali language]] writer based in [[Kalimpong district|Kalimpong]], [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-09-17 |title=Chuden Kabimo - Jaipur Literature Festival |url=https://jaipurliteraturefestival.org/speaker/chuden-kabimo |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=Jaipur Literature Festival |language=en}}</ref> Kabimo has authored three books. He is best known for his 2024 novel Urmaal and 2019 novel ''[[Faatsung]]'', originally written in Nepali and translated into English as ''[[Song of the Soil]]'' in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=जयपुर साहित्य मेलामा नेपालबाट बुद्दिसागरदेखि अमिश मुल्मीसम्म :: बसन्त पहारी :: Shilapatra शिलापत्र - खबरको स्थायी ठेगाना |url=https://shilapatra.com/detail/78960/ |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=shilapatra.com}}</ref><br />
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He recently received the prestigious [[Madan Puraskar]] in 2024 for his novel Urmaal, which, like his first two books, revolves around the Gorkhaland movement.<br />
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He also won the prestigious Yuva Sahitya Akademy Puraskar in 2018 for his debut book, a collection of short stories titled ''1986''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Novel from hills goes places |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/novel-from-hills-goes-places/cid/1846368 |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref> His second book ''Faatsung'' was published in 2019 and was shortlisted for the [[Madan Puraskar]] for the same year. The English translation of the book ''Song of the Soil'', translated by Ajit Baral was also shortlisted for the [[JCB Prize]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mukherjee |first=Anusua |date=2023-02-09 |title=Chuden Kabimo: 'Translated books influenced me a lot' |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/books/interview-chuden-kabimo-author-song-of-the-soil-translated-books-influenced-me-a-lot/article66432035.ece |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=frontline.thehindu.com |language=en}}</ref> Both of his first two works centered around the [[Gorkhaland movement]] in India.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-30 |title=JCB Prize 2022 shortlist: Can translators be editors? |url=https://lifestyle.livemint.com//how-to-lounge/books/jcb-prize-2022-shortlist-can-translators-be-editors-111667030685467.html |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=Mintlounge |language=en}}</ref><br />
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In his speech on the award ceremony of [[Madan Puraskar]], most prestigious literary award in Nepal, he said, "the job of literature is to preserve the human being within the human being itself".<ref>{{cite web | title=साहित्यको काम मान्छेभित्रको मान्छेलाई बचाइराख्नु हो | url=https://nepalnews.com/2025/10/12/the-job-of-literature-is-to-preserve-the-human-being-within-the-human-being/ }}</ref><br />
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== Notable works ==<br />
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* ''1986'', a short story collection<br />
* ''Song of the Soil'', novel, originally published in Nepali as ''Faatsung'' in 2019.<br />
* ''Urmaal'', novel, published in 2025<br />
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== Awards ==<br />
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* '''Winner''' – [[Yuva Puraskar|Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar for Nepali]] (2018) for ''1986.''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Debnath |first=Sayari |title=JCB Prize for Literature 2022: Longlisted authors and translators talk about their nominated books |url=https://scroll.in/article/1031807/jcb-prize-for-literature-2022-longlisted-authors-and-translators-talk-about-their-nominated-books |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=Scroll.in |date=4 September 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* '''Nominated''' – [[Madan Puraskar]] (2018) for ''Faatsung''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Republica |title=Seven books nominated for Madan Puraskar |url=http://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/69262/ |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=My City |language=en}}</ref><br />
* '''Nominated''' – [[JCB Prize]] (2022) for ''[[Song of the Soil]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Singing the song of the soil |url=https://kathmandupost.com/art-culture/2023/01/31/singing-the-song-of-the-soil |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=kathmandupost.com |language=English}}</ref><br />
* '''Winner''' – [[Madan Puraskar]] (2024) for ''Urmaal''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Urmaal |url=https://nagariknews.nagariknetwork.com/arts/urmaal-by-chuden-kavimo-wins-madan-puraskar-for-2081-89-45.html |access-date=2025-08-22 |website=Nagariknews.nagariknetwork.com |language=Nepali}}</ref><br />
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