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Nirmal Verma

1929 - 2005

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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 Nai 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, writing story, travelogues and essays, he penned five novels, eight short-story collections and nine books of non-fiction, including essays and travelogues. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nirmal Verma is the 5,617th most popular writer (down from 4,316th in 2019), the 775th most popular biography from India (down from 537th in 2019) and the 101st most popular Indian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nirmal Verma ranks 5,617 out of 7,302. Before him are Jorge Icaza Coronel, Muthuswami Dikshitar, Irawati Karve, Ludwig Ganghofer, Willem Hubert van Blijenburgh, and Hendrik Marsman. After him are Sam Houser, Henry Lincoln, Kenneth Copeland, Martin Litchfield West, Jean-Jacques Schuhl, and Stephen Leacock.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Nirmal Verma ranks 449. Before him are William Fields, Olga Tass, Kazimierz Kutz, Ivor Allchurch, James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife, and Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro. After him are Josef Kloimstein, Dick Tiger, Betty Carter, John Davies, J. B. Lenoir, and Toimi Alatalo. Among people deceased in 2005, Nirmal Verma ranks 292. Before him are Richard Doll, Gaylord Nelson, Lane Smith, Parveen Babi, Josef Holeček, and Bruno Manser. After him are James Stockdale, Ihor Rybak, John N. Bahcall, Enric Gensana, Matthew McGrory, and Maria Vierdag.

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In India

Among people born in India, Nirmal Verma ranks 775 out of 1,861. Before him are Shuja-ud-Daula (1732), Sharad Pawar (1940), Ekta Kapoor (1975), S. Shankar (1963), Muthuswami Dikshitar (1775), and Rukmini Devi Arundale (1904). After him are Isha Koppikar (1976), Ram Vilas Paswan (1946), Manilal Gandhi (1892), K. Sivan (1957), Charles Sturt (1795), and Kātyāyana (-200).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Nirmal Verma ranks 101. Before him are Bano Qudsia (1928), K. Shivaram Karanth (1902), Altaf Hussain Hali (1837), Swarnakumari Devi (1855), Varsha Adalja (1940), and Muthuswami Dikshitar (1775). After him are Anita Desai (1937), Cornelia Sorabji (1866), Roshanara Begum (1617), Ismat Chughtai (1915), Fareed Zakaria (1964), and Saroo Brierley (1981).

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