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. He regularly edits a literary magazine
Kherwal Jaher. Soren has written 31 plays and a number of stories and poems in the
Santhali language. 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. He was conferred the
Padma Shri award in 2022. ==Political career==