WRITER

Nirmal Verma

1929 - 2005

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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nirmal Verma has received more than 274,375 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Nirmal Verma is the 4,316th most popular writer (down from 3,886th in 2019), the 537th most popular biography from India (down from 447th in 2019) and the 80th most popular Indian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Sūkhā tathā anya kahāniyām̐
1995
Parinde
1960
An Inch and a Half Above Ground
Translations into English, Hindi Short stories
2002
Ciṭṭhiyoṃ ke dina
Correspondence, Hindi literature, History and criticism
Letters of Nirmal Verma, 1929-2005, Hindi author, chiefly written to Ramesh Chandra Shah b. 1937, and Jyotsnā Milana, b. 1941, Hindi authors, during 1980-1990.
2010
Deharī para patra
Correspondence, Hindi literature, History and criticism
Letters of Nirmal Verma, 1929-2005, Hindi author, written to Jayaśaṅkara, b. 1959, Hindi author.
2010
Days of longing
1972
Sūkhā tathā anya kahāniyām̐
1995
Dūsarī duniyā
1978
Days of longing
1972
Ciṭṭhiyoṃ ke dina
Correspondence, Hindi literature, History and criticism
Letters of Nirmal Verma, 1929-2005, Hindi author, chiefly written to Ramesh Chandra Shah b. 1937, and Jyotsnā Milana, b. 1941, Hindi authors, during 1980-1990.
2010
An Inch and a Half Above Ground
Translations into English, Hindi Short stories
2002
Parinde
1960

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nirmal Verma ranks 4,316 out of 7,302. Before him are Jan Blahoslav, Joachim Heinrich Campe, Larysa Hienijuš, Dmitry Furmanov, Reynold A. Nicholson, and Dobrodeia of Kiev. After him are Uğur Mumcu, Maurice Sachs, Balamani Amma, Ivanka Trump, Philip Arthur Fisher, and Robin Sharma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Nirmal Verma ranks 314. Before him are Klara Rumyanova, Txillardegi, Omar Borrás, Abderrahmane Mahjoub, Hallgeir Brenden, and Francesco Marchisano. After him are Marcel Amont, Dorothee Sölle, Klausjürgen Wussow, Claude Nougaro, Larry Collins, and Shozo Sasahara. Among people deceased in 2005, Nirmal Verma ranks 193. Before him are Song Renqiong, Maclyn McCarty, Aušra Augustinavičiūtė, Donald Watson, Luther Vandross, and Eugene McCarthy. After him are Barrington Moore Jr., Sígfrid Gràcia, Saunders Mac Lane, Larry Collins, Charles David Keeling, and Abdallah Ibrahim.

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In India

Among people born in India, Nirmal Verma ranks 537 out of 1,861. Before him are Kātyāyana (-200), Amjad Khan (1940), Krishan Chander (1914), Mohan Bhagwat (1950), Shivraj Singh Chouhan (1959), and Mohammad Ali Jauhar (1878). After him are Balamani Amma (1909), Jagjivan Ram (1908), Shahu I (1682), Vasundhara Raje (1953), Anna Kashfi (1934), and Shabana Azmi (1950).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Nirmal Verma ranks 80. Before him are Faizi (1547), Mahadev Desai (1892), Arundhati Roy (1961), Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (1887), Saadat Hasan Manto (1912), and Krishan Chander (1914). After him are Balamani Amma (1909), Raghunath Murmu (1905), Sarala Devi Chaudhurani (1872), Yashpal (1903), Hasrat Mohani (1875), and Kamala Surayya (1934).

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