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.

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.

In 2007, Soren was awarded the Sahitya Akademi for his play Chet Re Cikayana.