Nirmal Verma | |
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Born | Shimla, Punjab, British India | 3 April 1929
Died | 25 October 2005 New Delhi, India | (aged 76)
Occupation | Novelist, writer, activist, translator |
Nirmal Verma (3 April 1929 – 25 October 2005) was a Hindi writer, novelist, activist and translator. He is credited as being one of the pioneers of the Nai Kahani (New Story) literary movement of Hindi literature,[1] wherein his first collection of stories, Parinde (Birds) is considered its first signature.[2]
In his career spanning five decades and various forms of literature, writing story, travelogues and essays, he penned five novels, eight short-story collections and nine books of non-fiction, including essays and travelogues.[3]
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