Born and brought up in Kalimpong, India, Chuden Kabimo is an Indian writer writing in Nepali language. His debut book 1986, a collection of short stories, won Aashrani Rai Smriti Puraksar in 2017 and Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar in 2018. His novel Faatsung has been translated into three languages – English, Bengali and Hindi, which is due soon – and published in three countries – India, Nepal and the UK. The English translation Song of the Soil was shortlisted for the JCB Prize 2022.