R.K. Narayan, Indian Writer
(1906-2001)




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  • Name: Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami
  • Known as: R.K. Narayan
  • Birth: October 10, 1906, Chennai, India
  • Death: May 13, 2001, Chennai, India
  • Language: English
  • Who he was: Indian writer who wrote novels Swami and Friends; The English Teacher; Waiting for the Mahatma; The Guide; The Man-Eater of Malgudi; The Vendor of Sweets; A Tiger for Malgudi; short story collections Lawley Road; A Horse and Two Goats and Other Stories; Under the Banyan Tree and Other Stories; The Grandmother’s Tale; versions of The Ramayana and The Mahabharata
  • Included in lists (What's This?): LRP; Bloom

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