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{{About|the playwright|the science writer|Surendra Verma (science writer)}}
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'''Surendra Verma''' (born 7 September 1941) is a leading [[Hindi]] [[litterateur]] and playwright.<ref>[[#Da|Datta, p. 1076]]</ref> He started out as a playwright, when his play ''Surya Ki Antim Kiran Se Surya Ki Pahli Kiran Tak'' (From sunset to sunrise, 1972) became quite well known; it has been translated into six Indian languages.<ref>{{cite news |title=Remarkable resurgence |url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/magazine/article600096.ece |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=28 August 2010 }}</ref> He has had a long association with the [[National School of Drama]].and has published about fifteen titles of short stories, satires, novels and plays.

He has won the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 1993 and the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1996 [[vyas samman]] in 2016.

==Early life and education==

Born in [[Jhansi]], he is an M.A. in linguistics. He has 4 brothers and a sister. One of his brothers, Ravindra Verma, also writes. So does his sister-in-law.

==Career==
He started his career as a teacher and soon started writing stories. His first play, ''Surya ki antim kiran sesurya kipahli kiran tak'' (From the Sun's Last Ray to the Sun's First Ray`) was premiered in Marathi by [[Amol Palekar]] in 1972.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}}

''Nind Kyon Rat Bhar Nahin Ati'' (`Why Doesn't Sleep Stay the Whole Night) published in 1976, anthologizes his short plays. ''Qaid-e-Hayat'' talks about the personal life of poet [[Mirza Ghalib]], including his financial hardships and his tragic love for Katiba, a woman calligraphist, who was working on his ''diwan''.

==Works==

===Novels===
* ''Do Murdon Ke Liye Guldasta'' (2000)
* ''Mujhe Chand Chahiye'' (1993)- Won Sahitya Academy Award
* "Katna Shami Ka Vriksha Padmapankhuri Ki Dhar Se"(2010)

===Plays===
* ''Surya Ki Antim Kiran Se Surya Ki Pahli Kiran Tak'' (From Sunset to Sunrise, 1972)
* ''Athwan sarg'' (Eighth Chapter), 1976,
* ''Chhote Saiyad bade Saiyad'' (Junior Saiyad and Senior Saiyad), 1978
* ''Qaid-e-hayat'' (Imprisonment of Life), 1983
* "Rati Ka Kangan," 2011
The play ''Surya ki antim kiran se...'' was translated as ''From sunset to sunrise'' by Jaya Krishnamachari.<ref>http://www.cse.iitk.ac.in/~amit/books/deshpande-2004-modern-indian-drama.html</ref>
* "Dropadi"
* "shakuntala ki anguthi"

==Awards and recognition==
He is also noted as a novelist and won the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] 1996 for his novel ''Mujhe Chand Chahiye'' (I want the moon), given by [[Sahitya Akademi]], India's National Academy of Letters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/awards/akademi_awards.jsp|title=Sahitya Akademi Awards listings|publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]], Official website}}</ref> Also the recipient of [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]], 1992 for Playwright in Hindi, given by [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]], India's National Academy of Music Dance and Drama.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sangeetnatak.org/sna/awardeeslist.htm|title=SNA: List of Akademi Awardees|publisher=[[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] Official website|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217185616/http://www.sangeetnatak.org/sna/awardeeslist.htm|archive-date=2012-02-17|df=}}</ref>

== Adaptations ==
His historical play, ''Surya Ki Antim Kiran Se Surya Ki Pahli Kiran Tak'', about female sexuality, man-woman relationships, gender equality, has been staged by numerous theatre directors. [[National School of Drama]] Repertory Company presented it for the first time in 1974.<ref>{{cite news |title=A benighted dawn |url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/08/15/stories/2008081550160300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629061037/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/08/15/stories/2008081550160300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 June 2011 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=15 August 2008 }}</ref> [[Amol Palekar]] who had already directed his stage version in 1972, later was adapted it into Marathi film ''[[Anahat (film)|Anahat]]'' (2003).<ref>{{cite news |title=Echoes of eternity |url=http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=63976 |newspaper=Indian Express |date=23 September 2003 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040228111132/http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=63976 |archive-date=28 February 2004 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

''Chhote Saiyad bade Saiyad'' (Junior Saiyad and Senior Saiyad) (1978) was directed by [[B. V. Karanth]] in 1980, and ''Qaid-e-hayat'' (Imprisonment of Life) (1983) was directed by [[Ram Gopal Bajaj]] in 1989 at the [[National School of Drama]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Ghalib and his troubles |url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/01/11/stories/2008011150120300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080116061146/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/01/11/stories/2008011150120300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 January 2008 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=11 January 2008 }}</ref>

==References==
<references/>
* {{cite book |title=The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature (Volume Two) (Devraj To Jyoti), Volume 2|author=Amaresh Datta|publisher=Sahitya Akademi |year=2006|isbn=81-260-1194-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zB4n3MVozbUC&pg=PA1075&dq=%22Hindi+drama%22+-inpublisher:icon&lr=&cd=11#v=onepage&q=%22Hindi%20drama%22%20-inpublisher%3Aicon&f=false |ref=Da }}

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