Nirmal Verma

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, wherein his first collection of stories, Parinde (Birds) is considered its first signature.

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

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.

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