R. K. Narayan
- R.K. Narayan
- R K Narayan
- Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami
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- Narayan, R. K.
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Date of birth
- 1906-10-10
- Place of birth
- India
- Date of death
- 2001-05-13
- Place of death
- India
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Rasipuram Krishnaswami Narayanaswami (10 October 1906 – 13 May 2001), better known as R. K. Narayan, was an Indian writer and novelist known for his work set in the fictional South Indian town of Malgudi. He was a leading author of early Indian literature in English along with Mulk Raj Anand and Raja Rao.
Narayan's mentor and friend Graham Greene was instrumental in getting publishers for Narayan's first four books including the semi-autobiographical trilogy of Swami and Friends, The Bachelor of Arts and The English Teacher.
Narayan highlights the social context and everyday life of his characters. He has been compared to William Faulkner who created a similar fictional town and likewise explored with humor and compassion the energy of ordinary life. Narayan's short stories have been compared with those of Guy de Maupassant because of his ability to compress a narrative.
In a career that spanned over sixty years Narayan received many awards and honours including the AC Benson Medal from the Royal Society of Literature, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan, India's second and third highest civilian awards, and in 1994 the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, the highest honour of India's National Academy of Letters. He was also nominated to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament.
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Indian writer known for his work set in the fictional South Indian town of Malgudi.
Last modified: 2020-10-01 (revision #28396)
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- R. K. Narayan wrote Like the Sun
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