Parijat
Biography
Parijat was born Bishnu Kumari Waiba in 1937 in Darjeeling, India. Her mother died when she was young and she was brought up by her father, a psychologist, and her grandparents. Darjeeling was a big centre of Nepali culture, so she was familiar with it before she moved to Nepal when she was seventeen. She studied in Kathmandu, taking a B.A. However, she had considerable health problems and was paralysed early on, with her sister looking after her. While initially publishing poetry and short stories, she is best known as a novelist. As well as writing, she was also involved in various charitable causes. She died in 1993.
Other Links
Parijat
Love, Literature and Parijat
My Meeting With A Nepali Woman Writer Parijat
Parijat, The Author Of The Blue Mimosa
Bibliography
Only books translated into English
1965 शिरिषको फूल (Blue Mimosa) (novel)
1982 अनिदो पहाड संगै (Under the Sleepless Mountain) (novel)