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About R. K. Narayan
Rasipuram Krishnaswami Narayanaswami, 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. In 1980, he received the AC Benson Medal from the Royal Society of Literature, and in 1981 he was made an Honorary Member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.
Everything about R. K. Narayan →- Occupation
- writer, novelist, screenwriter, politician
- Position held
- member of Rajya Sabha
- Citizenship
- British Raj, India, Dominion of India
- Born
- October 10, 1906
- Died
- May 13, 2001