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{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] --><br />
| name = Prabhas Kumar Choudhary<br />
[[File:PKChaudhary.jpg|thumb|Prabhas Kumar Choudhary]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1941|1|2|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Darbhanga district|Pindaruch]], [[Bihar Province|Bihar]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1998|2|22|1941|1|2|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]<br />
| occupation = Writer, Editor and Publisher<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| period = 20th century<br />
}}<br />
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'''Prabhas Kumar Choudhary'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mithilatimes.com/maithili-literature/|title=Maithili Literature}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C&q=prabhas+kumar+chaudhary&pg=PA4053|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature|isbn=9788126012213|last1=Lal|first1=Mohan|year=1992}}</ref> (प्रभास कुमार चौधरी, 2 January 1941 – 22 February 1998) was an Indian author, editor and publisher known for his novels and short stories, written in Maithili and Hindi languages. He received the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for [[Maithili language]] in 1990 for Prabhasak Katha, a collection of short stories and authored other books. He also won the Vaidehi Puraskar in 1982 for his book Raja Pokhair Me Katek Machri.<br />
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==Life==<br />
Born, in Pindaruch, to Shri Surendra Choudhary and Smt. Kali Choudhary in a zamindar family, he was the eldest of his nine siblings. People used to affectionately call him Hadbad Babu. He came from a modest background. He did his matriculation from M L Academy, [[Darbhanga]] and did a double M.A. in Political Science and History from [[Patna University]].<br />
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He was married to Smt. Jyotsna Choudhary (1947–1995) and has six children, two brothers and four sisters.<br />
He died of a heart attack at the age of fifty-seven in Kolkata, West Bengal.{{cn|date=June 2020}}<br />
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==Career==<br />
He joined [[Life Insurance Corporation of India]] in 1966 as Assistant Administrative Officer and had risen to the rank of Regional Manager – Marketing (Eastern Zone) at the time of his death.<br />
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==Major works==<br />
* Bahar Ijot Bhitar Dhuan, Mithila Mihir (Magazine), 1961. Maithili.<br />
* '''Nav Ghar Uthay: Purn Ghar Khasay'''<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C0f898HDLAYC&q=prabhas+kumar+chaudhary&pg=PA185|title=A Survey of Maithili Literature|isbn=9789380538365|last1=Choudhary|first1=Radhakrishna|year=1976}}</ref> (Short Stories), 1964. Maithili.<br />
* Abhishapt, Jyotsna Prakashan 1970. Maithili.<br />
* Yugpurush, Jyotsna Prakashan 1971. Maithili.<br />
* '''Humra Lag Rahab''',<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1R2Pa3f7r0C&q=prabhas+kumar+chaudhary&pg=PA228|title=Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems|isbn=9788172013240|last1=George|first1=K. M.|year=1992}}</ref> Maithili Akademi 1977. Maithili.<br />
* Navarambh, 1979. Maithili.<br />
* '''Raja Pokhair Me Katek Machri''', Jyotsna Prakashan 1981. Maithili. (Translated in Hindi by Smt. Vibha Rani)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindibook.com/index.php?p=sr&Uc=HB-26663|title=hindibook.com: RAJA POKHARE MEIN KITANI MACHALIYAN PRABHAS KUMAR CHAUDHARY HB}}</ref> (Won him the Vaidehi Puraskar, 1982)<br />
* '''Katha Prabhas''', Maithili Akademi 1988. Maithili.<br />
* '''Prabhasak Katha''', Jyotsna Prakashan 1989. Maithili.<br />
* Ashtavakrak Shesh Katha, 1997. Maithili.<br />
* '''Didbal''', 2004 (Post Humous) Jyotsna Prakashan. Maithili<br />
* And many other short stories in Hindi published in various magazines.<br />
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