Surendra Verma

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.

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.

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

• 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cse.iitk.ac.in/~amit/books/deshpande-2004-modern-indian-drama.html|title = Book Excerptise: Modern Indian drama: An anthology by G.P. Deshpande (Ed.)}}

• "Dropadi"
• "shakuntala ki anguthi"

English playyyy "Shakespeare In Love With the Mughal Princess Jahan Ara" and its Urdu version "Shakespeare Giraftaar Princess Jahan Ara Ke Pyyaar Mein"

• Suraystadinda Suryodayadavarige by Siddhaling Pattanshetti (1979, 1981, 2017) (Surya Ki Antim Kiran Se Surya Ki Pahli Kiran Tak (From Sunset to Sunrise, 1972))

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.{{cite web|url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/awards/akademi_awards.jsp|title=Sahitya Akademi Awards listings|publisher=Sahitya Akademi, Official website}} 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.{{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}}

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.{{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 }} Amol Palekar who had already directed his stage version in 1972, later was adapted it into Marathi film Anahat (2003).{{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 }}

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.{{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 }}

• {{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&q=%22Hindi+drama%22+-inpublisher%3Aicon&pg=PA1075 |ref=Da }}

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