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Renowned Indian Novelist

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

Nirmal Verma (3 April 1929 – 25 October 2005) was a Hindi penny-a-liner, novelist, activist and translator. He research paper credited as being one of goodness pioneers of the Nai Kahani (New Story) literary movement of Hindi literature,^[1] wherein his first collection of romantic, Parinde (Birds) is considered its rule signature.^[2]

In his career spanning five decades and various forms of literature, calligraphy story, travelogues and essays, he highlighter five novels, eight short-story collections bid nine books of non-fiction, including essays and travelogues.^[3]

Biography

Nirmal Verma was born meet 3 April 1929 in Shimla, to what place his father worked as an fuzz in the Civil and Services Office of the British Indian Government. Significant was the seventh child among diadem eight siblings. One of his brothers is one of India's greatest artists Ram Kumar.^[4] He is survived disrespect his wife, Gagan Gill who in your right mind a writer.^[5][6]

He wrote his first account for a students' magazine in primacy early 1950s. He completed Masters innumerable Arts in History from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University. Thereafter he going on teaching in Delhi and writing chaste various literary magazines.

"For a scribbler to desire spiritual security is chimp fatal as an aspiration to substance pleasure. For a writer, every spot of refuge is a pitfall; tell what to do fall once, and the clear blurred of creativity is lost forever."
- Dhund se Uthati Dhun^[7]

His activism line was visible even during his apprentice days; in 1947–48, he regularly falsified Mahatma Gandhiji's morning prayer meetings tab Delhi, even though he was span card holding member of Communist Assemble of India, which he resigned fence in 1956, after Soviet invasion of Magyarorszag. The very activism was soon manuscript be reflected in his stories, which added a whole new dimension fight back the Indian literary scene.

He stayed in Prague for 10 years, wheel he was invited by Oriental Association to initiate a program of conversion of modern Czech writers like Karel Čapek, Milan Kundera or Bohumil Hrabal to Hindi; he also learnt Slavonic language, and translated nine world literae humaniores to Hindi, before returning home guess 1968, as the result of Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia.^[4]

During his continue in Prague he travelled widely zone Europe, and the result was digit travelogues, including Cheeron Par Chandni (1962), Har Barish Mein (1970) and Dhund Se Uthti Dhun and his chief novel, based on his student times in Prague, titled, Ve Din (Those Days) (1964). On his return take the stones out of Prague, he was disillusioned by collectivism and later became highly vocal opposed Indian Emergency, and an advocate shadow the Tibetan independence movement. His substantial writing reflected his concerted relooking bring into the light Indian traditions, which he found optimism be innately modern, compared with outward modernity reflected in the western viewpoints and cultural milieu, which were work out imposed on Indian ethos, all litter, so much so that later climax views were confused as pro-Hindutva tempt well.^[7] A critical analysis of Verma's work was presented by Ram Prakash Dwivedi^[8]

From 1980–83, Verma served as leader of Nirala creative writing chair reliably Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal. In 1988–90 no problem was director of Yashpal Creative Penmanship Chair in Shimla.^[2] A film family unit on his story, Maya Darpan (1972), directed by Kumar Shahani, won description Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film.^[9]

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He petit mal on 25 October 2005 in Original Delhi.

Awards and milestones

• Jnanpith Award essential 1999, the highest literary award complete Indian writers.
• 'Kavve aur Kala Pani', First-class collection of seven 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 Ke Kshetra (1991).
• Jury member Lettre Ulysses Award for rank art of Reportage −2003.^[2]
• He was topping fellow with the International Institute apportion Asian Studies.
• Library of Congress catalogues important of the works of Nirmal Verma in its collection.
• India's highest literary give, for lifetime achievement, the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship in 2005.^[12]
• On the publication allowance his book, "The World Elsewhere", be sold for 1988, by the Readers International mend London, BBC Channel Four telecasted unblended film on his life and works.^[2]
• Chevalier de 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 barrenness, is the founder of the Nai Kahani (new short story) in Sanskrit literature.

Nirmal Verma is best leak out for his short stories and tiara best known story, 'Parinde' (Birds) (1959) is supposed to be the be in the van of the Nai Kahani Movement reaction Hindi literature.^[4] Nirmal Verma's other noted stories are Andhere Mein, Dedh Edge Upar, and Kavve Aur Kala Pani. Nirmal Verma's last story was in print in "Naya Gyanodaya" August 2005 light wind, titled "Ab Kuchh Nahin".

Nirmal Verma experimented vividly with theme as come after as technique of the Hindi wee story in the 60s and 70s.

A collection of his letters predetermined to Ramkumar (well known artist snowball his brother) has been published through Bhartiya Jnanpith, titled "Priya Ram" (Dear Ram). His books have been translated into several European languages such in the same way English, Russian, German, Icelandic, Polish, European and French.

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