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Rk Narayan
(October 10, 1906 – May 13, 2001), shortened from Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami(Tamil: ராசிபுரம் கிருஷ்ணசுவாமி அய்யர் நாராயணசுவாமி) was an Indian author whose works of fiction include a series of books about people and their interactions in an imagined town in India. He is one of three leading figures of earlyIndian 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.
Early years

R. K. Narayan was born in Madras (now known as Chennai), Madras Presidency, British India.[1] His father was a school headmaster, and Narayan did some of his studies at his father's school. As his father's job required frequent moves, Narayan spent part of his childhood under the care of his maternal grandmother, Parvati.[2]During this time his best friends and playmates were a peacock and aHis grandmother gave him the nickname of Kunjappa, a name that stuck to him in family circles.[6] She taught him arithmetic, mythology, classical Indian music andSanskrit.[7] According to his youngest brother R. K. Laxman, the family mostly conversed in English, and grammatical errors on the part of Narayan and his siblings were frowned upon.[8] While living with his grandmother, Narayan studied at a succession of schools in Madras, including the Lutheran Mission School inPurasawalkam,[9] C.R.C. High School, and the Christian College High School.[10] Narayan was an avid reader, and his early literary diet included Dickens, Wodehouse,Arthur Conan Doyle and Thomas Hardy.[11] When he was twelve years old, Narayan participated in a pro-independence march, for which he was reprimanded by his uncle; the family was apolitical and considered all governments wicked.[12] mischievous monkey.[3][4][5]
Turning point
While vacationing at his sister's house in Coimbatore, in 1933, Narayan met and fell in love with Rajam, a 15-year old

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