R. K. Narayan

By Jesse Russell

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles R. K. Narayan (10 October 1906 - 13 May 2001), shortened from Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami Tamil: ராசிபுரம் கிருஷ்ணசுவாமி அய்யர் நாராயணசுவாமி) (Kannada: ರಸಿಪುರಂ ಕೃಷ್ಣಸ್ವಾಮಿ ಅಯ್ಯರ್ ನಾರಾಯಣಸ್ವಾಮಿwas an Indian author whose works of fiction include a series of books about people and their interactions in an imagined town in India called Malgudi. He is one of three leading figures of early Indian literature in English, along with Mulk Raj Anand and Raja Rao. He is credited with bringing Indian literature in English to the rest of the world, and is regarded as one of India's greatest English language novelists.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 5510641975
• ISBN13: 9785510641974
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Book on Demand Ltd.
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.3" x 11.0"