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Krishna Baldev Vaid (Hindi: कृष्ण बलदेव वैद) (27 July 1927 – 6 February 2020) was an Indian Hindi fiction writer and playwright, noted for his experimental and iconoclastic narrative style.




Early life


Vaid was born in Dinga, in what is now Pakistan. He and his family moved as refugees during the 1947 partition of the Indian subcontinent, which resulted in the creation of both modern India and Pakistan. Vaid studied at Punjab University and obtained his doctorate from Harvard University. His dissertation on Henry James was published by Harvard University Press in 1964 called: Technique in the Tales of Henry James.




Career


He has taught at Indian universities, and moved to the United States in 1966 to continue his academic career. His literary works have been translated and published in English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, Japanese and several Indian languages. His works include Uska Bachpan (1957) translated into English by Vaid and published as Steps in Darkness, Bimal Urf Jayen to Jayen Kahan translated into English as Bimal in Bog (1974) and Guzara Hua Zamana (1981) translated into English as The Broken Mirror.
Selected short stories in English translation were published as Silence and Other Stories ( Writer's Workshop, 1972), Dying Alone: A novella and Ten Short Stories (Penguin, 1992), and The Sculptor in Exile ( Penguin Books, 2014).
He did the first translation of Samuel Beckett’s plays “Waiting for Godot” and Endgame (play) into Hindi language in 1968.




Personal life


After retirement as Professor of English from State University of New York, Potsdam, in 1985, Vaid lived in India for over two decades, and continued his literary activities. In 2010, he moved back to the United States, where he resided.
He was the father of Urvashi Vaid a well-known U.S. based political activist and Jyotsna Vaid an academic based in the United States. He has another daughter Rachna. Vaid was also the grandfather of the performance artist Alok Vaid-Menon.




Works






= Novels

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Uska Bachpan .
Bimal Urf Jayen to Jayen Kahan .
Nasreen
Ek Naukrani Ki Diary
Dard La Dava
Doosra Na Koi
Guzara Hua Zamana
Kala Kolaj
Maya Lok
Nar Nari




= Short-story collections

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Beech ka Darwaza .
Mera Dushman.
Bodhisatva ki Biwi.
Badchalan Biwiyo ka Dweep.
Doosra Kinare Se'
Lapata
Uske Bayan
Vah aur main
Khali Kitab Ka jadoo
Pravas Ganga
Khamoshi
Alap Lila
Pita Ki Parchhaiyan
Mera Dushman: Sampoorn Kahaniyan Part 1
Raat ki Sair: Sampoorn Kahanian Part 2




= Story collections in English translation

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Silence (Writers Workshop, Calcutta,1972)
The Sculptor in Exile (Penguin Books, 2014—issue in Modern Classics series)




= Plays

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Bhookh Aag Hai
Hamari Boodhiya
Pariwar Akhada
Savaal aur Swapna
Mona Lisa ki Muskaan
Kehte hain Jisko Payar
Unt ka Ujala




= Diaries

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Khvab hai Divane ka
Shama har Rang mein
Duboya Mujhko Hone Ne
Jab Aankh Khul Gayee




= Interviews

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Javab Nahin
Criticism
Shikast Ki Avaaz
Criticism in English
Technique in the Tales of Henry James (Harvard University Press, 1964)




= Novels in English translation

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Bimal in Bog ( National Publishing House, 1972)
The Diary of a Maidservant (Oxford University Press, 2007)
Dying Alone , novella and ten stories (Penguin Books,1992)
The Broken Mirror (Penguin Books, 1994,2014—issued in Modern Classics series))
Steps in Darkness (Orion Press,1962, Penguin Books, 1995,2014—issued in Modern Classics series)




References






External links


Basic Information
Ashok Vajpayi in Tehelka
Interview
the short story Mera Dushman in [Hindi]
K.B. Vaid talking vividly about living through communal riots in Dinga, W. Punjab, and how this was reflected in his Partition novel, 'The Broken Mirror'

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Krishna Baldev Vaid
• Urvashi Vaid
• Alok Vaid-Menon
• Vaid (surname)
• Jyotsna Vaid
• List of translators
• Kaljayi Kambakht
• Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh
• Geet Chaturvedi
• Prabhat Ranjan