Background
He was born on 16 August 1919 in Agra and was a holder of a master"s degree (Master of Arts) in English.
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Nemi Chandra Jain
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He served the National School of Drama as a senior lecturer from 1959 till 1982 and also worked with The Statesman and The Economic Times as a columnist. He founded Natrang, a theatre magazine, was its editor and visited many countries with his theatre activities. He was the author of Octave Strings (1944), Solitary (1973), Navanna (2002), Aage Gahan Andhera Hai (2007) and Rang Dharshan (2008) besides several translations and critical essays on a variety of subjects. including From the Wings, Notes on Indian Theatre, which is a prescribed text for academics at Christ University.
He died two years later, in 2005.
Natrang Pratishthan has instituted an annual lecture to honour his memory.
