Key facts
- Born
- 3 April 1929, Shimla
- Died
- 25 October 2005, New Delhi
- State of birth
- Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
- Sector
- Literature & writing
- Profession
- Indian writer (1929–2005)
- Gender
- Male
Biography
Nirmal Verma was a Hindi writer, novelist, activist and translator. He is credited as being one of the pioneers of the Nai Kahani literary movement of Hindi literature, wherein his first collection of stories, Parinde (Birds) is considered its first signature.
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Timeline
- 1929Born in Shimla
- 1985Awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award
- 1995Awarded the Moortidevi Award
- 1999Awarded the Jnanpith Award
- 2005Dies in New Delhi
Sources & licences
- English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- हिंदी विकिपीडिया (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- Wikidata (CC0) · 3/5
- Wikimedia Commons (Public domain) · Gaurav Sharma at U.S. Library of Congress - South Asian Literary Recordings Project.