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{{short description|Indian author of Nepalese descent}}
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| known_for = ''[[The Gurkha's Daughter|The Gurkha's Daughter: Stories]]'', ''[[Land Where I Flee]]''
| education = [[Kellogg College, Oxford]]
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'''Prajwal Parajuly''' (né Sharma; born 24 October 1984) is an Indian author whose works focus on [[Nepali language|Nepali]]-speaking people and their culture. Parajuly's works include the short-story collection ''[[The Gurkha's Daughter]]'' and novel ''[[Land Where I Flee]]''.

==Early life==
Parajuly grew up in the [[Gangtok]], [[Sikkim]] region of northeastern India. His father is Indian and his mother Nepalese.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.kirksvilledailyexpress.com/newsnow/x787552944/Truman-grad-sharing-book-deal-experience-with-community|title=Truman grad sharing book deal experience with community|newspaper=The Kirksville Daily Express|date=2012-04-17|accessdate=2012-04-18}}{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He was educated at [[Truman State University]] in [[Kirksville, Missouri]], and the [[University of Oxford]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kitaab.org/2013/11/30/prajwal-parajuly-land-where-i-flee-is-in-many-ways-an-uncomfortable-novel/|title=Prajwal Parajuly: ‘Land Where I Flee’ is, in many ways, an uncomfortable novel|publisher=Kitaab|date=2013-11-30|accessdate=2013-11-30}}</ref> Before committing to a writing career, he worked as an advertising executive at ''[[The Village Voice]]''.<ref name=livemint>{{cite news|url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/xvCdCondSh4E0hgiLzDcXK/Prajwal-Parajuly--The-Gurkhas-son.html|title=Prajwal Parajuly: The Gurkha's son|newspaper=LiveMint|date=2014-01-02|accessdate=2014-04-02}}</ref>

==Career==
In September 2011, Parajuly became the youngest Indian author to be offered a two-book, multi-country deal. He was signed by [[Quercus (publisher)|Quercus]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/xvCdCondSh4E0hgiLzDcXK/Prajwal-Parajuly--The-Gurkhas-son.html|title=Prajwal Parajuly, The Gurkha's Son|newspaper=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]]|date=2014-02-01|accessdate=2021-05-06}}</ref>
He published his first book in 2012: a short story collection with the title ''The Gurkha's Daughter: Stories''.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jan/25/gurkhas-daughter-prajwal-parajuly-review|title=The Gurkha's daughter by Prajwal Parajuly - review|author=John Garth|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=2013-01-25|accessdate=2014-04-02}}</ref> Describing and dramatizing the experiences of the Nepalese people and the Nepalese diaspora, his debut book was shortlisted for the 2013 [[Dylan Thomas Prize]]<ref>[http://www.swansea.ac.uk/dylan-thomas-prize/news/dylanthomasprizeshortlist2013announced.php "Dylan Thomas Prize Shortlist 2013 Announced"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326013752/http://www.swansea.ac.uk/dylan-thomas-prize/news/dylanthomasprizeshortlist2013announced.php |date=2014-03-26 }}, Swansea University</ref> and longlisted for [[The Story Prize]] that same year.
Parajuly's second book, the novel ''Land Where I Flee'', came out in 2013.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/books/booksreviews/book-review-land-where-i-flee/article1-1165086.aspx| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110222808/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Books/BooksReviews/Book-Review-Land-Where-I-Flee/Article1-1165086.aspx| url-status=dead| archive-date=January 10, 2014|title=Book review: Land Where I Flee|author=Manjula Narayan|newspaper=Hindustan Times|date=2013-12-21|accessdate=2014-04-02}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://scroll.in/latest/974028/indian-author-prajwal-parajulys-novel-shortlisted-for-frances-emile-guimet-prize|title=Indian author Prajwal Parajuly’s novel shortlisted for France’s Emile Guimet Prize|newspaper=[[Scroll.in]]|date=2020-09-24|accessdate=2021-05-06}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cain |first1=Sian |title=Dylan Thomas prize goes to Australian 'genius' Fiona McFarlane |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/may/10/dylan-thomas-prize-goes-to-australian-genius-fiona-mcfarlane |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=10 May 2017}}</ref>

Prajwal Parajuly has written for [[The New York Times]], [[The Guardian]], the [[New Statesman]] and the [[BBC]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.kellogg.ox.ac.uk/discover/news/alumnus-prajwal-parajuly-invited-to-judge-the-international-dylan-thomas-prize-2017/|title=Alumnus Prajwal Parajuly invited to judge the International Dylan Thomas Prize 2017|publisher=Kellogg College|date=2016-11-07|accessdate=2018-07-20}}</ref>

==Works==
*''[[The Gurkha's Daughter]]'', short story collection, released in December 2012.
*''[[Land Where I Flee]]'', novel, released in December 2013.

==References==
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[[Category:1984 births]]
[[Category:Indian male short story writers]]
[[Category:Indian writers]]
[[Category:Nepali-language writers]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Truman State University alumni]]
[[Category:Indian people of Nepalese descent]]
[[Category:Alumni of Kellogg College, Oxford]]

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