Question

Rk. Narayan is
regarded
as one of the India's greatest author,justify​

Answer 1

R. K. Narayan

Not to be confused with K. R. Narayanan.

Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami (10 October 1906 – 13 May 2001),[1] commonly known as R. K. Narayan, was an Indian writer known for his work set in the fictional South Indian town of Malgudi. He was a leading author of early Indian literature in English along with Mulk Raj Anand and Raja Rao.

R. K. Narayan

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Born

Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami

10 October 1906

Madras (now Chennai), Madras Presidency, British India

Died

13 May 2001 (aged 94)

(m. 1934; died 1939)

Children

1, Hema Narayan

Relatives

R. K. Laxman (brother)

Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha

In office

12 May 1986 – 11 May 1992

Narayan's mentor and friend Graham Greene was instrumental in getting publishers for Narayan's first four books including the semi-autobiographical trilogy of Swami and Friends, The Bachelor of Arts and The English Teacher. The fictional town of Malgudi was first introduced in Swami and Friends. Narayan's The Financial Expert was hailed as one of the most original works of 1951 and Sahitya Academy Award winner The Guide was adapted for film (winning a Filmfare Award for Best Film) and for Broadway.

Narayan highlights the social context and everyday life of his characters. He has been compared to William Faulkner who also created a similar fictional town and likewise explored with humour and compassion the energy of ordinary life. Narayan's short stories have been compared with those of Guy de Maupassant because of his ability to compress a narrative.

In a career that spanned over sixty years 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,[2] and in 1994 the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, the highest honour of India's national academy of letters.[3] He was also nominated to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of India's parliament.