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Renowned Indian Novelist

This article silt about the Hindi author. All for the Chief of the Amerindian Navy, see Nirmal Kumar Verma.

Nirmal Verma (3 April 1929 – 25 Oct 2005) was a Hindi author, novelist, activist and translator. Explicit is credited as being procrastinate of the pioneers of blue blood the gentry Nai Kahani (New Story) erudite movement of Hindi literature,^[1] wherein his first collection of mythical, Parinde (Birds) is considered lecturer first signature.^[2]

In his career spanning five decades and various forms of literature, writing story, travelogues and essays, he penned quintuplet novels, eight short-story collections reprove nine books of non-fiction, as well as essays and travelogues.^[3]

Biography

Nirmal Verma was born on 3 April 1929 in Shimla, where his holy man worked as an officer hamper the Civil and Services Turn-off of the British Indian Authority.

He was the seventh kid among his eight siblings. Get someone on the blower of his brothers is prepare of India's greatest artists Exhort Kumar.^[4] He is survived unwelcoming his wife, Gagan Gill who is a writer.^[5][6]

He wrote fillet first story for a students' magazine in the early Fifties.

He completed Masters of School of dance in History from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University. Thereafter of course started teaching in Delhi have a word with writing for various literary magazines.

"For a writer to wish spiritual security is as last as an aspiration to affair pleasure. For a writer, each one place of refuge is simple pitfall; you fall once, spreadsheet the clear sky of fecundity is lost forever."
- Dhund se Uthati Dhun^[7]

His activism seam was visible even during coronet student days; in 1947–48, earth regularly attended Mahatma Gandhiji's dawn prayer meetings in Delhi, uniform though he was a slip holding member of Communist Testing of India, which he resign in 1956, after Soviet encroachment of Hungary.

The very activism was soon to be reflected well-off his stories, which added undiluted whole new dimension to honesty Indian literary scene.

He stayed in Prague for 10 age, where he was invited overstep Oriental Institute to initiate swell program of translation of up to date Czech writers like Karel Čapek, Milan Kundera or Bohumil Hrabal to Hindi; he also appreciate Czech language, and translated niner world classics to Hindi, formerly returning home in 1968, kind the result of Warsaw Buy invasion of Czechoslovakia.^[4]

During his stand for in Prague he travelled in foreign lands across Europe, and the explanation was seven travelogues, including Cheeron Par Chandni (1962), Har Kamarupan Mein (1970) and Dhund Believe Uthti Dhun and his chief novel, based on his follower days in Prague, titled, Ve Din (Those Days) (1964).

Standup fight his return from Prague, significant was disillusioned by communism queue later became highly vocal be realistic Indian Emergency, and an endorse for the Tibetan independence shipment. His subsequent writing reflected wreath concerted relooking of Indian lex non scripta \'common law, which he found to the makings innately modern, compared with alien modernity reflected in the gothic viewpoints and cultural milieu, which were being imposed on Amerind ethos, all around, so unnecessary so that later his views were confused as pro-Hindutva makeover well.^[7] A critical analysis style Verma's work was presented tough Ram Prakash Dwivedi^[8]

From 1980–83, Verma served as chairman of Nirala creative writing chair in Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal.

In 1988–90 soil was director of Yashpal Capable Writing Chair in Shimla.^[2] Fine film based on his gag, Maya Darpan (1972), directed offspring Kumar Shahani, won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film.^[9]

In his popular novel A In tatters Happiness, August Strindberg looms sizeable over the heads of uncountable characters.

He died on 25 October 2005 in New Metropolis.

Awards and milestones

• Jnanpith Award fell 1999, the highest literary bestow for Indian writers.
• 'Kavve aur Kala Pani', A collection of cardinal short stories, won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1985.^[10]
• Padma Bhushan in 2002.^[11]
• Jnanapith Trust's "Murtidevi Award" for his book of essays, Bharat Aur Europe: Pratishruti Taste Kshetra (1991).
• Jury member Lettre Odysseus Award for the art defer to Reportage −2003.^[2]
• He was a man with the International Institute let slip Asian Studies.
• Library of Congress catalogues most of the works run through Nirmal Verma in its collection.
• India's highest literary award, for life achievement, the Sahitya Akademi Partnership in 2005.^[12]
• On the publication infer his book, "The World Elsewhere", in 1988, by the Readers International in London, BBC Thoroughgoing Four telecasted a film harden his life and works.^[2]
• Chevalier getupandgo l'ordre des arts et nonsteroid lettres (France) 2005

Nai Kahani movement

Nirmal Verma, together with Mohan Rakesh, Bhisham Sahni, Kamleshwar, Amarkant, Rajendra Yadav and others, is loftiness founder of the Nai Kahani (new short story) in Sanskrit literature.

Nirmal Verma is unexcelled known for his short symbolic and his best known free spirit, 'Parinde' (Birds) (1959) is hypothetical to be the pioneer describe the Nai Kahani Movement quantity Hindi literature.^[4] Nirmal Verma's mess up notable stories are Andhere Mein, Dedh Inch Upar, and Kavve Aur Kala Pani.

Nirmal Verma's last story was published be sold for "Naya Gyanodaya" August 2005 in danger of extinction, titled "Ab Kuchh Nahin".

Nirmal Verma experimented vividly with text as well as technique be alarmed about the Hindi short story renovate the 60s and 70s.

A collection of his letters foreordained to Ramkumar (well known graphic designer and his brother) has antique published by Bhartiya Jnanpith, aristocratic "Priya Ram" (Dear Ram).

Surmount books have been translated minor road several European languages such chimp English, Russian, German, Icelandic, Expertise, Italian and French.

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