Nirmal Verma, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nirmal Verma

Indian writer

Date of Birth: 03-Apr-1929

Place of Birth: Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

Date of Death: 25-Oct-2005

Profession: writer, poet, translator, literary critic, linguist

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Aries

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 'Nayi Kahani' (New Story) literary movement of Hindi literature, wherein his first collection of stories, Parinde (Birds) is considered its first signature.In his career spanning five decades and various forms of literature, like story, travelogue and essays, he penned five novels, eight short-story collections and nine books of non-fiction, including essays and travelogues.