Kunzang Choden

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name = Kunzang Choden

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birthdate = 1952
birthplace = Bumthang District, Bhutan
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alma_mater = University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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notableworks = The Circle of Karma
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Kunzang Choden (b. 1952) [Zubaan Books. [http://www.zubaanbooks.com/circleofkarma/ Circle of Karma website] .] is a Bhutanese writer. She is the first Bhutanese woman to write a novel in English.

Choden was born in Bumthang District. Her parents were feudal lords. At the age of nine, her father sent her to school in India, where she learned English. [Avijit Ghosh. " [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050403/asp/look/story_4562286.asp Coming full circle] ." "The Telegraph (Kolkata)". 3 April 2005.] She has a BA Honours in Psychology from Indraprastha College in Delhi and a BA in Sociology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She has worked for the United Nations Development Program in Bhutan. She and her Swiss husband currently live in Thimphu. [ [http://www.zubaanbooks.com/zubaan_author_details.asp?AuthorID=16 Zubaan Books] ] .

"The Circle of Karma", published 2005, is her first novel. It takes place in the 1950s, the initial period of imperially regulated modernization in Bhutan. The main character, a Bhutanese woman and road-builder by occupation, is forced to deal both with the traditional, restrictive gender roles of pre-modern Bhutan and the new kinds of sexism developing as men gain economic freedom. [Anna Sujatha Mathai. " [http://www.hindu.com/mag/2005/07/17/stories/2005071700370500.htm Rooted in the soil and earth] ". "The Hindu". 17 July 2005.]

Bibliography

* "Folktales of Bhutan" (1994) ISBN 9748495965
* "Bhutanese Tales of the Yeti" (1997) ISBN 1879155834
* "Dawa: The Story of a stray Dog in Bhutan" (2004) ISBN 9993664405
* "The Circle of Karma" (2005) ISBN 8186706798
* " Chilli and Cheese- Food and society in Bhutan"(2008) ISBN 9789744801180

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