RK Narayan Biography
RK Narayan Biography will includes his education, family, awards, honours, achievements, notable works, and more below:
Name: RK Narayan
Full Name: Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami
Date of Birth: 10 October 1906
Place of Birth: Madras, Madras Presidency, British Raj, India
Died: 13 May 2001 at the age of 94, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Professions/Occupations: Writer, Author, Novelist, and Former Member of Rajya Sabha
Nationality: Indian
Career, Professions, and Notable Works
Professions/Occupations: Writer, Author, Novelist, and Former Member of Rajya Sabha
Genres: Non-fiction, Fiction, Mythology
Notable Works: The Vendor of Sweets, The World of Nagaraj , A Tiger for Malgudi, Waiting for the Mahatma, The Financial Expert, The Guide, A Writer’s Nightmare, and My Dateless Diary
Awards and Achievements
Padma Vibhushan (2000)
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha India – 12 May 1986 – 31 May 1992
Padma Bhushan (1963) – During the Republic Day honours
Elected an Honorary Member (1982) – American Academy of Arts and Letters
AC Benson Medal (1980) – by the (British) Royal Society of Literature (of which he was an honorary member)
Nominated Multiple Times (but never won the honour) – for the Nobel Prize in Literature
Honoured by Rajyotsava Prashasti (1986) – from Government of Karnataka
Honorary Doctorates (1976) – conferred by the University of Mysore
Honorary Doctorates (1973) – conferred by the Delhi University
Honorary Doctorates (1967) – conferred by the University of Leeds
Sahitya Akademi Award (1960) – for The Guide
Education and Qualification
Lutheran Mission School – Purasawalkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
C.R.C. High School
Madras Christian College Higher Secondary School – Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Maharaja College of Mysore
Family and Relationships
Siblings: RK Laxman, Ramachandran
Spouse: Rajam (m. 1934; died 1939)
Children: Hema Narayan