Nawaraj Parajuli ( ne, नवराज पराजुली) is a Nepalese poet. He is best known for popularizing the slam poetry genre in Nepal. In 2017, a collection of his poems titled ''Sagarmatha Ko Gahirai'' was published. His anthology of poetry ''

Sagarmatha ko Gahirai ''Sagarmatha Ko Gahirai'' () is a poetry collection by Nawaraj Parajuli. It was published in 2017 by FinePrint Publication. It was shortlisted for the prestigious Madan Puraskar. The book was launched in the premises of Nepal Academy by the poet ...

'' was awarded the 2017 Padmashree Award by the Khemkala-Harikala Lamichhane Foundation. ''Sagarmatha ko Gahirahi'' was also nominated for the

Madan Puraskar The Madan Puraskar ( ne, मदन पुरस्कार) is a literary honor in Nepal which Madan Puraskar Guthi confers annually for an outstanding book in the Nepali language published within the calendar year. It is considered the most pre ...

award.

Biography

He was born to father Hari Prasad Parajuli and mother Laxmi Devi Parajuli in 1987 in Jhapa, Nepal. He received an M.Ed. in English Education from Tribhuvan University.

Concert tours

Parajauli went on a six-city tour of Australia in 2017, accompanied by flutist Samyak Maharjan, guitarist Chet Pun and poet Shuvechchhya Pradhan. At the event in

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, the organisers also honoured his contributions to Nepali language and literature. He went on a poetry tour of the United Kingdom in 2018, to support children who were affected during the

Nepalese Civil War The Nepalese Civil War was a protracted armed conflict that took place in the former Kingdom of Nepal from 1996 to 2006. It saw fighting between the Nepalese royal government and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) throughout the country. ...

Acting

He acted in the play ''Malini'' when it toured Europe in 2017, along with Rajendra Shrestha, Sujan Oli, Dipesh Rai, Jeni Subedi, Dilip Ranabhat and Bipul Pandey .

Books

* ''

Sagarmatha Ko Gahirai ''Sagarmatha Ko Gahirai'' () is a poetry collection by Nawaraj Parajuli. It was published in 2017 by FinePrint Publication. It was shortlisted for the prestigious Madan Puraskar. The book was launched in the premises of Nepal Academy by the poet ...

'' (2017)

Awards and recognition

* Winner, Nepal Slam Poetry 2014 * Padmashree Sahitya Puraskar for ''Sagarmatha ko Gahirai''

References

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