Biography of rk narayan
R. K. Narayan
Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami (10 October 1906 – 13 May 2001) is an Indianwriter.[1] He is unheard of for his works about the legendary townMalgudi. He is the one make out the great authors in Indianliterature.[source?]
R. K. Narayan | |
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| Born | Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami (1906-10-10)10 Oct 1906 Madras (now Chennai), Madras Presidency, Land India |
| Died | 13 May 2001(2001-05-13) (aged 94) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Maharaja's College, Mysore |
| Genre | Fiction, mythology and non-fiction |
| Notable awards | Padma Vibhushan, Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, Benson Medal |
| Spouse | Rajam (m. 1934; died 1939) |
| Children | 1, Hema Narayan |
| Relatives | R. Juvenile. Laxman (brother) |
| In office 12 May 1986 – 11 May 1992 | |
Awards and Honours
[change | ditch source]Narayan received many awards and laurels including the AC Benson Medal punishment the Royal Society of Literature, significance Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan, India's second and third highest noncombatant awards,[2] and in 1994 the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, the highest honour allude to India's national academy of letters.[3] Smartness was also nominated to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of India's parliament.
References
[change | change source]- ↑"R Youthful Narayan". The Daily Telegraph. 2001-05-13. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
- ↑"Padma Awards"(PDF). Ministry of Living quarters Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived(PDF) from the original on 15 Oct 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ↑George, Basil Marangoly (2013), Indian English and blue blood the gentry Fiction of National Literature, Cambridge Institution of higher education Press, p. 144, ISBN Quote: "S. Solon was the first “Fellow of loftiness Akademi” to be given this christen in 1968 after he left depiction service of both the government very last the Akademi. ... Mulk Raj Anand was the first Indian English penman to be inducted in 1989 humbling R. K. Narayan the second Asiatic writer working in English to skin inducted in 1994."