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Renowned Indian Novelist

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

Nirmal Verma (3 April 1929 – 25 October 2005) was a Hindi writer, novelist, activist and translator.

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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]

Biography

Nirmal Verma was born on 3 April 1929 in Shimla, where his father worked as an officer in the Civil and Services Department of the British Indian Government.

He was the seventh child among his eight siblings. One of his brothers is one of India's gr