Nirmal Verma
Writer
Nirmal Verma (1929 – 2005) was a Hindi writer, translator and critic. A pioneer of the Nayi Kahani (New Story) literary movement in the post-independence Hindi literature, he was a recipient of several awards including the Jnanpith Award, the Sahitya Akademi Award, the Padma Bhushan and the Chevalier de l’ordre des arts et des lettres. Nirmal Verma’s impressive oeuvre includes novels, short story anthologies, travelogues, essays and a play. Born in Shimla, Nirmal Verma studied history in Delhi and lived in Prague in the sixties where he translated major Czech writers into Hindi. His works often explore existential themes and his characters usually grapple with loneliness, alienation and the question of identity. Some of Nirmal Verma’s notable works include Parinde (1959), Ve Din (1964), Ek Chithara Sukh (1979), Kavve Aur Kala Pani (1983) and Dhage (2003).
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