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R. K. Narayan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from R.K. Narayan Jump to: navigation search R. K. Narayan Born October 10 Chennai India Died May 13 Occupation Novelist Short Story writer, and Memoirist Genres Fiction Mythology , and Non-Fiction Influenced Salman Rushdie Manil Suri R. K. Narayan October 10 May 13 ), born Rasipuram Krishnaswami Ayyar Narayanaswami 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 ), captures many Indian traits while retaining a unique identity of its own. He was sometimes compared to the American writer William Faulkner , whose novels were also grounded in a compassionate humanism and celebrated the humour and energy of ordinary life. Narayan lived till age of ninety-four, writing for more than fifty years, and publishing until he was eighty seven. He wrote fourteen novels, five volumes of short stories, a number of travelogues and collections of non-fiction, condensed versions of Indian epics in English, and the memoir My Days Contents Biography Birth Childhood Education ... edit Biography edit Birth R. K. Narayan was born in

5. R. K. Narayan R. K. narayan was born in Madras in 1906 and educated there and at Maharajah s College in Mysore. He has lived in India ever since, apart from his travels. http://www.eng.fju.edu.tw/worldlit/india/narayan.html

World Literature in English picture from Photograph for "Annamalai" "Under the Banyan Tree" General Information Important links R. K. Narayan: a Profile (including intro to his works and critical work on him.) Relevant Links for "Annamalai" (from Under the Banyan Tree and other stories 1985) The story begins with a letter which is supposed to have come from Annamalai, but the narrator, his master, is not sure if it is really from Annamalai (p. 118). The fact that the narrator does not remember the name of Annamalai's village, though having "written" letter for him every month for a decade, says something about the distance between the master and the servant . Try to find out more about their relationship. Why cannot the master completely trust the servant? Characterize Annamalai. What are his strengths? His beliefs and superstitions? What are his weaknesses? What are his views about name, gardening, books and papers, etc.. What are his reasons against trimming the hedges on p. 129? Why does he insist on going home at the end? What does "home" mean to him? If you were the master, can you trust Annamalai as the narrator does? Language.

6. R. K. Narayan: The Guide Notes by Paul Brians for students reading narayan s The Guide. Includes links to Indian traditions and mythology. http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/anglophone/narayan.html

R. K. Narayan: The Guide: A Study Guide (1958) Using this Guide List of other study guides R[asipuram] K[rishnaswamy] Narayan (1906-2001 is unusual among Indian authors writing in English in that he has stayed contentedly in his home country, venturing abroad only rarely. He rarely addresses political issues or tries to explore the cutting edge of fiction. He is a traditional teller of tales, a creator of realist fiction which is often gentle, humorous, and warm rather than hard-hitting or profound. Almost all of his writings are set in the fictional city of Malgudi, and are narrowly focused on the lives of relatively humble individuals, neither extremely poor nor very rich. The Guide is one of his most interesting books, which begins as a comic look at the life of a rogue, but evolves into something quite different. It should be noted that Narayan is not a devout Hindu, and has accused Westerners of wrongly supposing that all Indians are deeply spiritual beings; but it is also true that he was deeply impressed by some experiences he had with a medium after the sudden death of his young wife (described movingly in The English Teacher Narayan has stated that the incident of the reluctant holy man was based on a real event which he read about in the newspaper.

7. R.K. Narayan R.K. narayan (19062001), hailed as one of the greatest Anglo-Indian writer died at the age of 95 following a cardio-respiratory failure. http://www.rigzin.freeservers.com/rknarayan.htm

Free Web Hosting Provider Web Hosting E-commerce High Speed Internet ... Free Web Page Search the Web Profile of Indian Women Writers Anita Desai Arundhati Roy Gita Mehta Githa Hariharan Shauna Singh Baldwin Bapswi Sidhwa Homepage Profile of: Githa Hariharan Amit Chaudhari Rabindranath Tagore Vikram Seth ... Shashi Tharoor Interview with: Jhumpa Lahiri Vikram Seth R.K. Narayan David Davidar ... Quiz on Indo-Anglian Literature List of winners of Literary Awards: Booker Prize Commonwealth Prize View My Guest book Sign My Guest book Obituary: R.K. Narayan (1906-2001), hailed as one of the greatest Anglo-Indian writer died at the age of 95 following a cardio-respiratory failure. Praises for specific books: The Man-eater of Malgudi '...this is one of his most successful efforts...it cracks the whole of life wide open.'- The New Yorker A Tiger for Malgudi 'Narayan's teasing wit and insights into human (and tiger) nature. '- The Times, London

8. California Literary Review: The Life Of R.K. Narayan Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Iyer narayanswamy stood shortened to R.K.narayan, on Graham Greene’s advice. narayan lived till ninetyfive, writing for more than http://calitreview.com/2007/03/26/the-life-of-rk-narayan/

California Literary Review Home Fiction Reviews Non-Fiction Reviews ... Contact The Life of R.K. Narayan by Nandan Datta March 26th, 2007 He weaved a world existing nowhere, but striking a chord of perfect reality with readers across the English reading peoples. His books appeal in a quiet, reassuring way and have a remained popular over many decades. His writing is also part of literature coursework in some American universities. Narayan evokes a diction of unusual freshness and rare ingenuity with the English literary idiom. Narayan was born at the beginning of the twentieth century, on October 10, 1906 at Chennapatna, near Mysore in southern India. He was one among many siblings, his father a provincial head-master of much repute with the rod. Narayan studied at his father’s school and maintained a diligent dislike for studies. The qualifier to the graduate course in Arts proved his nemesis; Narayan failed. In spite of sustained loathing, Physics and Chemistry had stood by him, but English betrayed. He much liked the subject and was already aspiring for a writerly life. But a compromise was never reached with the English pieces in his syllabus. Getting plucked fetched him a year of reprieve from classes; he promised his father he will try the test again. “Swami and Friends” was published in October 1935. Greene’s suggestion for pruning his never-ending name to something more succinct was readily taken by Narayan.

9. Are You Suprised ? R.K. narayanan was born on 10 October 1906 in Madras. About his own writing R.K. narayan said with disarming honesty, Only the story matters, http://www.rrtd.nic.in/RKN.htm

10. Memorable Books By R.K. Narayan An appreciation of Malgudi Days, My Days A Memoir, The Guide, and narayan s retelling of the Ramayana. http://www.bangla.8k.com/exclusive/rk_books.html

Free Web Hosting Provider Web Hosting E-commerce High Speed Internet ... Free Web Page Search the Web Memorable books by R.K. Narayan Malgudi Days Malgudi Days is a collection of short stories involving incidents and experiences in the life of the people of this fictional city named Malguidi that remains central to all of Narayan's works. Once again, the stories are not meant to convey something overly profound or insightful but a mere narration of short-lived experiences that in themselves contribute to the realisation of the subtleties of Indian life. Malgudi, a small South Indian town provides the setting for almost all of Narayan's novels and short stories. Malgudi, of course, does not exist. It is for Narayan, just as Wessex is for Thomas Hardy or Yoknapatawpha for William Faulkner, an imaginary landscape inhabited by the unique characters of his stories. In Narayan's words himself: "Malgudi was an earth-shaking discovery for me, because I had no mind for facts and things like that, which would be necessary in writing about Malgudi or any real place. I first pictured not my town but just the railway station, which was a small platform with a Banyan tree, a station master, and two trains a day, one coming and one going. On Vijayadasami I sat down and wrote the first sentence about my town: The train had just arrived in Malgudi Station. " In the words of A. Hariprasanna: "Narayan creates his fictional world of Malgudi as an essentially Indian society or town. The Indian-ness and Indian sensibility pervaded the whole place. Narayan's Malgudi is also a microcosm of India. It grows and develops and expands and changes, and is full of humanity, drawing its sustenance from the human drama and is enacted in it."

11. R.K. Narayan Writer Guide. Visit IMDb for Photos, Filmography, Discussions, Bio, News, Awards, Agent, Fan Sites. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0621255/

Now Playing Movie/TV News My Movies DVD New Releases ... search All Titles TV Episodes My Movies Names Companies Keywords Characters Quotes Bios Plots more tips SHOP R.K. NARAYAN DVD VHS CD IMDb R.K. Narayan Quicklinks categorized by type by year by ratings by votes awards titles for sale by genre by keyword power search credited with biography other works publicity contact miscellaneous Top Links biography by votes awards news articles ... message board Filmographies categorized by type by year by ratings ... tv schedule Biographical biography other works publicity contact ... message board External Links official sites miscellaneous photographs sound clips ... video clips R.K. Narayan advertisement photos board add contact details Photos Add photo(s) and resume with IMDb Resume Services Overview Date of Birth: 10 October Madras, India more Date of Death: 13 May , New Delhi, India (heart and lung troubles) more Awards: 1 win more Filmography Writer: A Tryst with Destiny (2005) (writer) TV series (book) ... aka Swami and Friends (India: English title) Guide (1965) (novel) ... aka Survival (India: English title) ... aka The Guide Additional Details Other Works: (book) "The Bachelor of Arts". Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983. ISBN 0226568334

12. Myth, Reality, And Characterization The Fiction Of R.K. Narayan R. K. narayan often creates characters with whom one can identify spontaneously. Swami, Krishna and Chandran and Ramani or Suseela and Savitri or the http://www.usp.nus.edu.sg/post/india/literature/rao2.html

Myth, Reality, and Characterization in the Fiction of R.K. Narayan Dr. (Mrs) Jaya Lakshmi Rao V., Reader in English, Mrs. A.V.N. College, Visakhapatnam R. K. Narayan often creates characters with whom one can identify spontaneously. Swami, Krishna and Chandran and Ramani or Suseela and Savitri or the unassuming Sastri and the innumerable minor characters are easily recognizable, because they are based on real life models. However, there are some of Narayan's characters who are quite different. For example, Margayya, the ambitious financier in The Financial Expert , Raju, the ostentatious guide in The Guide or Vasu , the rogue taxidermist in The Man-Eater of Malgudi , are extraordinary characters and yet convincing. One reason that these extraordinary characters appear convincing relates to the prominent element of the esoteric in these novels. The use of tales from the Hindu mythology, the teachings of the Bhagavadgita , and the austere religious practices and beliefs there ordained add strength to the fictional art of R.K. Narayan. Further more, these kinds of mythic allusion help the reader with a better understanding of that particular character and a deeper insight into human nature. It is in this context that Narayan's skilful use of myth makes reality more easily comprehensible. As Ian Milligan rightly says, novelists like Narayan "continually add to the richness of our human experience; they bring before us new topics, new characters, new attitudes" (2). The Financial Expert narrates the story of Margayya, a financier. As his name indicates he 'shows the way' for illiterate, poor peasants to draw loans from the bank and from each other. He conducts his business in front of the Central Cooperative Bank, under the shade of a banyan tree with his "tin box, a gray, discoloured, knobby affair", in which he carried his entire equipment consisting of an ink bottle, a pen, a blotter, a small red covered register and the most important of all, loan application forms. Despite warnings from the bank's secretary not to indulge in illegal possession of the application forms, Margayya continues with his financing. To him, "money alone is important in this world. Everything else will come to us naturally if we have money in our purse" (21). In his view "If money was absent men came near being beasts" (27).

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Graham Greene and R K Narayan Greene greatly admired R K Narayan and helped publish his works in Britain. The remarkable fact about their relationship was that Greene and Narayan met only once, briefly, in London in 1964. The friendship began in 1934 when Greene happened to come across a manuscript of Swami and Friends. Greene was impressed and passed it on to Hamish Hamilton. He also began a correspondence with R K Narayan. The correspondence lasted until his death, with Greene taking around fifteen years to switch from Dear Mr. Narayan and Graham Greene, to Dear Narayan and Graham. Greene ( rather uncharacteristically gentle ) suggested a few alterations in the Indian Novelist's English at the beginning of the correspondence, a practice that lasted for half a century. Greene offered Narayan solace when the latter's works did not do well initially, besides discouraging him from considering the turning of his novels into screenplays. While Narayan's novels are much gentler than most of Greene's, Malgudi, the fictional town in which most of the former's novels are set, seemed to Greene "more familiar than Battersea or the Euston Road". His letter to Narayan, when the Indian's wife passed away in 1937 was particularly solicitous. Greene wrote: "To send the sympathy of strangers at such a cruel time seems like a mockery. But I've been happily married now for a long time, and I can imagine how appalling everything must seem to you now. I don't suppose you'll write again for months, but eventually you will, not be- cause you are just a good writer (there are hundreds), but because you are one of the finest. We still hope we shall see you, here or in India. If there is no war."

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15. BBC News | SOUTH ASIA | Indian 'storyteller' Dies RK narayan, the Indian novelist famous for his vivid portrayal of daily life in the fictional town of Malgudi, dies aged 94. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1327831.stm

low graphics version feedback help You are in: World: South Asia Front Page World ... AudioVideo The BBC's David Chazan "Narayan.. novels gave a voice to the common people and he was acclaimed as one of India's and the world's greatest writers" real Sunday, 13 May, 2001, 07:19 GMT 08:19 UK Indian 'storyteller' dies Narayan is famous for his portrayals of daily life in India By Jill McGivering in Delhi One of India's most eminent novelists, RK Narayan, has died at the age of 94. Narayan wrote more than 15 novels in his writing career, including many based in the fictional southern Indian town of Malgudi. Narayan wrote more than 30 novels His writing was famous for its vivid portrayal of daily life in India. Many saw Malgudi as typically Indian - a focal point which helped to give a sense of national identity to the country in the years before India became independent. His first novel, Swami and His Friends, which began the Malgudi saga, was published in 1935. It won him instant critical acclaim and recognition on the international stage. He went on to publish more novels as well as volumes of short stories and essays in a writing career which spanned decades.

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Volume 18 - Issue 11, May 26 - June 8, 2001 India's National Magazine from the publishers of THE HINDU Table of Contents COVER STORY Remembering R.K. Narayan R.K. Narayan's journey to the pinnacle of success was a long and arduous one. C.V. NARASIMHAN TRIBUTES to R.K. Narayan, who died "full of years and honours", have poured in from all over the world. All the major newspapers in India and the English-speaking world, The Times, London, Manchester Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The New York Times, have all carried excellent articles extolling his contribution to the world of letters. References have been made to his command of language - "widely regarded as India's greatest writer in English in the 20th century." The fictional town of Malgudi is a splendid creation of his imagination. His characters, humble men and women living their daily lives, have become real people of flesh and blood to us. R.K. Narayan with U.N. Under Secretary-General C.V. Narasimhan in the latter's Manhattan apartment in November 1963. It was not always so. Only those who know of his early life know what a long, sometimes heartbreaking, always arduous road he trod to reach the pinnacle that he ultimately scaled. His autobiography My Days gives an account of those early struggles. A fuller account can be found in the illuminating book by Susan Ram and N. Ram, R.K. Narayan: The Early Years - 1906-1945 (Penguin India, New Delhi, 1996).

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19. R.K. Narayan Literary Persons of india,One of the most famous Indian writers in English Language, RK narayan was born in 1906 in Madras. He was educated in Mysore and http://www.whereincity.com/india/great-indians/literary-persons/rk-narayan.php

Home Astrology Classifieds Cricket ... India Information Web Whereincity.com Enter your search terms Submit search form Other Information : PIN code ISD Codes STD Codes India Information ... Register Now India Information About India Map of India Ancient India History Indian Culture ... West Bengal R.K. Narayan Date of Birth Date of Death Place of Birth Madras Literary Persons Kalidasa Mirza Ghalib Rabindranath Tagore R.K. Narayan ... Shashi Tharoor One of the most famous Indian writers in English Language, R.K Narayan was born in 1906 in Madras. He was educated in Mysore and settled there for over half a century. Narayan created the enchanting fictional world of Malgudi through his several novels and short stories which captivated his readers throughout the world and more recently millions of Indian Television viewers, who saw TV adaptations of many Malgudi stories. His famous works are ' Malgudi days' and ' Swamy and his Friends'. Narayan has a humorous way of presenting life around him. First Novel ' Swamy and Friends' (1935), and its successor, ' Bachelor of Art's (1937) are both set in the enchanting fictional territory of Malgudi. His books are regularly published in USA, UK and India and have also been widely translated into several European and Indian languages. His novel, ' the Guide' (1958) won him the National Prize of the Indian Literary Academy, the country's highest Literary honour. He was awarded the A.C.Benson Medal in 1980 by the Royal Society of Literature and in 1981 he was made an honoray Member of the American Academy and Institutes of Arts and letters. In addition to 4 collection of short stories-A horse and 2 goats, An Astrologer's Day and other stories, Lawley Road and Malgudi Days- he has published 2 travel books , 4 collection of essays and several other books. His biography 'R.K. Narayan, The Early Years' provides a splendid insight into the first four decades of his life. The famous cartoonist R.K.Laxman is his brother.

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