Nirmal Verma

This article is about the Hindi author. For the Chief of the Indian Navy, see Nirmal Kumar Verma.

Nirmal Verma
Born(1929-04-03)3 April 1929
Shimla, Punjab, British India
Died25 October 2005(2005-10-25) (aged 76)
New Delhi, India
OccupationNovelist, 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]

  1. ^ Ode to Nirmal Verma The Hindu, 6 November 2005.
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  3. ^ AUTHOR SPEAKS:"I cater to several layers of sensibilities" The Tribune, 10 March 2002.