Raja Rao
Raja Rao (8 November 1908 – 8 July 2006) was an Indian-American writer of English-language novels and short stories, whose works are deeply rooted in metaphysics. The Serpent and the Rope (1960), a semi-autobiographical novel recounting a search for spiritual truth in Europe and India, established him as one of the finest Indian prose stylists and won him the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1963. For the entire body of his work, Rao was awarded the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1988. Rao's wide-ranging body of work, spanning a number of genres, is seen as a varied and significant contribution to Indian English literature, as well as World literature as a whole.
Raja Rao | |
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| Born | 8 November 1908 Hassan, Kingdom of Mysore, British India (now in Karnataka, India) |
| Died | 8 July 2006 (aged 97) Austin, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer, professor |
| Language | Kannada, French, English |
| Alma mater | Osmania University University of Madras, University of Montpellier Sorbonne |
| Period | 1938–1998 |
| Genre | Novel, short story, essay |
| Notable works | Kanthapura (1938) The Serpent and the Rope (1960) |
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