Tuesday, March 16, 2010

An eminent Indian writer in English

R. K. Narayan (October 10, 1906 – May 13, 2001), shortened from Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami was an Indian author whose works of fiction include a series of books about people and their interactions in an imagined town in India. He is one of three leading figures of early Indian literature in English, along with Mulk Raj Anand and Raja Rao. He is credited with bringing Indian literature in English to the rest of the world, and is regarded as one of India's greatest English language novelists.


His profile is shown below


R. K. Narayan
Born October 10, 1906(1906-10-10)
Madras, British India (now Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India)
Died May 13, 2001 (aged 94)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation Writer
Nationality Indian
Genres Fiction, Mythology, and Non-fiction
Notable award(s) Padma Vibhushan, Sahitya Akademi Award, AC Benson Medal, Padma Bhushan

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