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Biography

Name: R. K. Narayan
Birth Date: October 10, 1906
Place of Birth: Madras, India
Nationality: Indian
Gender: Male
Occupations: writer

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Biography of R. K. Narayan
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R. K. Narayan (born 1906) is one of the best-known of the Indo-English writers. He created the imaginary town of Malgudi, where realistic characters in a typically Indian setting lived amid unpredictable events. Rasipuram Krishnaswami Narayanswami, who...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Narayan, R. K. Summary
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(1906–2001), Indian novelist. Rasipuram Krishnaswami Narayan (professionally R. K. Narayan) was one of India's leading novelists throughout the latter half of the twentieth century. He was born of Tamil Brahman parents in Madras in 1906,...
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R. K. Narayan Information
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R. K. Narayan (October 10, 1906 - May 13 2001), born Rasipuram Krishnaswami Ayyar Narayanaswami,[1] is among the best known and most widely read Indian novelists writing in English. Most of Narayan's work, starting with his first novel Swami and Friends...


News and Journals
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The Independent - London
Obituary: R. K. Narayan
05/14/2001: 1,257 words, approx. 4 pages
R. K. NARAYAN was India's greatest English-language novelist. To Graham Greene, Narayan's friend for more than half a century and his literary godfather, he was "the novelist I most admire in the English language since the death of Evelyn Waugh. Without him I could...
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The Economist (US)
R.K. Narayan.(Obituary)(Brief Article)
05/26/2001: 751 words, approx. 3 pages
LIKE many young writers, R.K. Narayan found it difficult at first to get his work published. In 1934, after his novel "Swami and Friends" had been rejected by numerous publishers, he sent the manuscript to a friend in Britain who showed it to Graham...
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Rao, Raja
12/31/2006: 308 words, approx. 1 pages
Indian novelist and short-story writer (b. Nov. 8, 1908, Hassan, Mysore [now Karnataka ], British India—d. July 8, 2006, Austin, Texas ), was, with R.K. Narayan and Mulk Raj Anand , one of the pioneers of English-language fiction in India . Rao placed a greater...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Bhagwat S. Goyal
6,101 words, approx. 20 pages
Goyal was a book reviewer for the Hindustan Times and has published several books analyzing literature. In the following essay, he traces the metamorphosis of the main character, Raja, in Narayan's The Guide.
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Critical Essay by Teresa Hubel
6,055 words, approx. 20 pages
In the following essay, Hubel explores the changing role of the devadasis caste in India by tracing Narayan's portrayal of them through the character of Rangi.
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Critical Essay by Michel Pousse
5,188 words, approx. 17 pages
In the following essay, Pousse delineates how Narayan "separated the obviously ephemeral implications of [Gandhi's philosophy from what was eternal in it and he gave literary existence to the latter."]
 
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R.k. Narayan's 'the Guide" : a Critical Appreciation
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The Guide portrays the journey of a man through a maze of illusions in order to achieve reality. It is how Raju converts from a tourist guide to a guide who helps souls progress on a spiritual basis.


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