Krishna Baldev Vaid

Krishna Baldev Vaid (Hindi: कृष्ण बलदेव वैद) (born 27 July 1927) is a Hindi fiction writer and playwright, noted for his experimental and iconoclastic narrative style.
Vaid studied at Punjab and Harvard universities, and has taught at Indian and American universities. His work has 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. Some of his selected short stories in English translation are 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). After retirement as Professor of English from State University of New York at Potsdam, N.Y. in 1985, Vaid domiciled in U.S.A and divided his time between India and U.S.A for several years. He lives in USA.

Novels

• Uska Bachpan (Hindi).
• Bimal Urf Jayen to Jayen Kahan (Hindi).
• Nasreen (Hindi)
• Ek Naukrani Ki Diary (Hindi)

• "Dard La Dava" (Hindi)
• "Doosra Na koi" (Hindi)
• "Guzara Hua Zamana" (Hindi)
• "Kala Kolaj" (Hindi)
• "Maya Lok" (Hindi)
• "Nar Nari" (Hindi)

Short-story collections

• Beech ka Darwaza (Hindi).
• Mera Dushman(Hindi).
• Bodhisatva ki Biwi(Hindi).
• Badchalan Biwiyo ka Dweep(Hindi).

• "Doosra Kinare Se' (Hindi)
• "Lapata" (Hindi)
• "Uske Bayan" (Hindi)
• "Vah aur main"(Hindi)
• "Khali Kitab Ka jadoo"(Hindi)
• "Pravas Ganga" (Hindi)
• "Khamoshi" (Hindi)
• "Alap" (Hindi) "Lila" (Hindi)
• "Pita Ki Parchhaiyan" (Hindi)
• "Mera Dushman": Sampoorn Kahaniyan Part 1(Hindi)
• "Raat ki Sair": Sampoorn Kahanian Part 2 (Hindi)

Story collections in English translation

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

Plays

• Bhookh Aag Hai(Hindi).
• Hamari Boodhiya(Hindi).
• Pariwar Akhada(Hindi).

• "Savaal aur Swapna" (Hindi)
• "Mona Lisa ki Muskaan" (Hindi)
• "Kehte hain Jisko Payar" (Hindi)
• " Unt ka Ujala" (Hindi)

Diaries

• "Khvab hai Divane ka" (Hindi)
• "Shama har Rang mein" (Hindi)
• "Duboya Mujhko Hone Ne" (Hindi)
• "Jab Aankh Khul Gayee"

Interviews

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

Novels in English translation

• 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)