Prajwal Parajuly

Prajwal Parajuly (né Sharma; born 24 October 1984) is an Indian writer whose works focus on Nepali-speaking people and their culture. Parajuly's works include the short-story collection The Gurkha's Daughter and novel Land Where I Flee.

Prajwal Parajuly
प्रज्वल पराजुली (शर्मा)
Born24 October 1984 (1984-10-24) (age 38)
Gangtok, Sikkim, India
NationalityIndian
EducationKellogg College, Oxford
OccupationWriter
Notable work

Early life

Parajuly grew up in the Gangtok, Sikkim region of northeastern India. His father is an Indian Nepalese and his mother Nepalese.[1] He was educated at Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri, and the University of Oxford.[2] Before committing to a writing career, he worked as an advertising executive at The Village Voice.[3]

Career

In September 2011, Parajuly became the youngest Indian author to be offered a two-book, multi-country deal. He was signed by Quercus.[4] He published his first book in 2012: a short story collection with the title The Gurkha's Daughter: Stories.[5] Describing and dramatizing the experiences of the Nepalese people and the Nepalese diaspora, his debut book was shortlisted for the 2013 Dylan Thomas Prize[6] and longlisted for The Story Prize that same year. Parajuly's second book, the novel Land Where I Flee, came out in 2013.[7] It was an Independent on Sunday book of the year and a Kansas City Star best book of 2015. It was translated and published in French in 2020 and was nominated the same year for the Debut Novel Prize and a finalist for the Émile Guimet Prize for Asian Literature.[8] He was the first writer-in-residence at The Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies in 2013. In 2016, Prajwal Parajuly was invited to be a judge for the Dylan Thomas Prize.[9]

Prajwal Parajuly has written for The New York Times, The Guardian, the New Statesman and the BBC.[10]

Works

References
  1. "Truman grad sharing book deal experience with community". The Kirksville Daily Express. 2012-04-17. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
  2. "Prajwal Parajuly: 'Land Where I Flee' is, in many ways, an uncomfortable novel". Kitaab. 2013-11-30. Retrieved 2013-11-30.
  3. "Prajwal Parajuly: The Gurkha's son". LiveMint. 2014-01-02. Retrieved 2014-04-02.
  4. "Prajwal Parajuly, The Gurkha's Son". Mint. 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  5. John Garth (2013-01-25). "The Gurkha's daughter by Prajwal Parajuly - review". The Guardian. Retrieved 2014-04-02.
  6. "Dylan Thomas Prize Shortlist 2013 Announced" Archived 2014-03-26 at the Wayback Machine, Swansea University
  7. Manjula Narayan (2013-12-21). "Book review: Land Where I Flee". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on January 10, 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-02.
  8. "Indian author Prajwal Parajuly's novel shortlisted for France's Emile Guimet Prize". Scroll.in. 2020-09-24. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  9. Cain, Sian (10 May 2017). "Dylan Thomas prize goes to Australian 'genius' Fiona McFarlane". The Guardian.
  10. "Alumnus Prajwal Parajuly invited to judge the International Dylan Thomas Prize 2017". Kellogg College. 2016-11-07. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
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