Sonomyn Udval

Sonomyn Udval (; 21 February 1921 – 1991) was a Mongolian women's leader, politician and writer.

Biography She was born in Dashinchilen sum of Bulgan Province on 21 February 1921. She worked as the chairwoman of the Central Council of the Mongolian Trade Union in 1956–1958; the first secretary and then the chair of the Mongolian Writers' Union, the chairwoman and president of the Mongolian Women's Committee in 1973–1982 and the deputy chairwoman of the Committee of Veterans of Revolutionary Struggle. In 1953, she was elected to serve on the Executive Council of the Women's International Democratic Federation. Udwal was elected as the deputy of the People's Great Khural (Parliament) in various constituencies between 1951 and 1986. In 1966 she joined the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party's Central Committee and left it in 1990.

As a writer, Udwal penned novels such as Odgerel (1957), The First Thirteen, Khatanbaatar, Tuuž ögüüllėg (1974) Magsarjav, and Great Destiny (1973), and numerous short stories. She noted in 1967 that Soviet literature played an important role in the development of Mongolian literature.