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She published multiple novels and wrote many poems and stories in her lifetime.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"1937","date":"1937"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7137083#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Darjeeling","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q169997"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7137083#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"1993","date":"1993"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7137083#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Kathmandu","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3037","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/kathmandu"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7137083#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Nepal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q837"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7137083#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"writer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36180"},{"text":"poet","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49757"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7137083#P106"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Madan Puraskar","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6726423","date":"1965"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7137083#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parijat_(writer)","https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4_%28%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%29","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7137083"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Parijat (writer) born?","a":"Parijat (writer) was born on 1937 in Darjeeling."}],"related":[{"name":"Tenzing Norgay","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/tenzing-norgay"},{"name":"Suman Pokhrel","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/suman-pokhrel"},{"name":"Manisha Koirala","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/manisha-koirala"},{"name":"Gyanendra of Nepal","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gyanendra-of-nepal"},{"name":"Birendra of Nepal","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/birendra-of-nepal"},{"name":"Nirmal Purja","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/nirmal-purja"},{"name":"Dipendra of Nepal","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/dipendra-of-nepal"},{"name":"Udit Narayan","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/udit-narayan"},{"name":"Śuddhodana","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/suddhodana"},{"name":"Mahendra of Nepal","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mahendra-of-nepal"},{"name":"Chandra Bahadur Dangi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/chandra-bahadur-dangi"},{"name":"Tribhuvan of Nepal","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/tribhuvan-of-nepal"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/parijat-writer-88f6f27d10.jpg","width":500,"height":744,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Nepal Picture Library","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parijat_Nepali_writer.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Parijat (writer)","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parijat_(writer)","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikipedia (Nepali): पारिजात","url":"https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4_%28%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%29","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q7137083","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7137083","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Parijat Nepali writer.jpg by Nepal Picture Library (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parijat_Nepali_writer.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Parijat (writer), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Parijat Nepali writer.jpg — Nepal Picture Library, Public domain.","cite":"\"Parijat (writer)\". DigiNepal. Last updated 7 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/parijat-writer. Retrieved 14 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-07T11:48:10Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-13","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/parijat-writer","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/parijat-writer","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/parijat-writer?lang=ne"}}