Prabhas Kumar Choudhary[1][2] (प्रभास कुमार चौधरी, 2 January 1941 – 22 February 1998) was an Indian author, editor and publisher known for his novels and short stories, written in Maithili and Hindi languages.

He received the Sahitya Akademi Award for Maithili language in 1990 for Prabhasak Katha, a collection of short stories and authored other books.

He also won the Vaidehi Puraskar in 1982 for his book Raja Pokhair Me Katek Machri.

He died of a heart attack at the age of fifty-seven in Kolkata, West Bengal.

[citation needed] He joined Life Insurance Corporation of India in 1966 as Assistant Administrative Officer and had risen to the rank of Regional Manager – Marketing (Eastern Zone) at the time of his death.