Kherwal Soren
Kherwal Soren (born 9 December 1957) or Kalipada Soren is a Santhali playwright and editor.
Career[]
Kherwal Soren, born as Kalipada Soren in 1957 at Raghunathpur near Jhargram in West Bengal, graduated from Seva Bharati Mahavidyalaya and passed M.A in Political Science from Rabindra Bharati University.[1] He regularly edits a literary magazine Kherwal Jaher. Soren has written 31 plays and a number of stories and poems in the Santhali language.[2] He translated Anubhab, a Bengali novel of Dibyendu Palit into Santhali. He received the Sarada Prasad Kisku award for his literary contribution. He retired from State Bank of India. In 2007, Soren was awarded the Sahitya Akademi for his play Chet Re Cikayana.[3][4][5] He was conferred the Padma Shri award in 2022.[6][7]
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- ^ "General Council of Paschim Banga Santali Academy". Retrieved 2022-01-26.
- ^ "..:: SAHITYA : Akademi Awards ::." sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
- ^ "Santali Sahitya Akademi Award list 2005-2019 List". Santali History Blogger. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
- ^ "Former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee refuses to accept Padma Bhushan by politics over Padma Awards - New Times Of India". 2022-01-25. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
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- Living people
- 1957 births
- Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Santali
- Santali people
- Santali writers
- Adivasi writers
- People from Jhargram district
- Writers from West Bengal
- Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature & education
- Rabindra Bharati University alumni
- Indian writer stubs