R. K. Narayan

Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami (10 October 1906 – 13 May 2001) is an Indian writer.  He is known for his works about the fictional town Malgudi. He is the one of the great authors in Indian literature. 

 Awards and Honours 
Narayan received many awards and honours including the AC Benson Medal from the Royal Society of Literature, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan, India's second and third highest civilian awards, and in 1994 the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, the highest honour of India's national academy of letters. Quote: "S. Radhakrishnan was the first “Fellow of the Akademi” to be given this title in 1968 after he left the service of both the government and the Akademi.... Mulk Raj Anand was the first Indian English writer to be inducted in 1989 and R. K. Narayan the second Indian writer working in English to be inducted in 1994." He was also nominated to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of India's parliament.

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