RK Narayan
RK Narayan ( Rasipuram Krishnaswami Ayyar Narayanaswami ; Tamil : ஆர். கே. நாராயண்; * October 10, 1906 in Madras ; † May 13, 2001 in Delhi ) was one of the most famous Indian novelists who wrote exclusively in English.
Life
The author, who belonged to the highest Indian caste of the Brahmins , became famous , among other things, for his large number of novels, which were set in the fictional small town of "Malgudi" in southern India. His first work "Swami and Friends" from 1935 helped him achieve his brilliant international breakthrough. His humorous and energetic writing style is often compared to that of William Faulkner .
Awards
- 1964 Padma Bhushan
- 1981 honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
- 2000 Padma Vibhushan
Works
Malgudi cycle
- 1935: Swami and Friends
- German by Ursula Gräfe : The final examination. with a foreword by Graham Greene . Insel-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main / Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-458-17183-5 .
- 1945: English Teacher / Grateful to Life and Death
- 1949: Mr. Sampath - the Printer of Malgudi
- 1952: Financial Expert (German gold from heaven )
- 1955: Waiting for the Mahatma
- 1961: Man-Eater of Malgudi (German human eater of Malgudi )
- 1982: Malgudi Days
- 1983: Tiger for Malgudi
- 1990: The World of Nagaraj
- 1992: Malgudi Landscapes. Best of RK Narayan
- 1995: Tales from Malgudi
- 1999: Town called Malgudi
- 2000: The Magic of Malgudi
- 2000: Memories of Malgudi
- 2003: Malgudi Adventures: Classic Tales for Children
other works
- 1938: Dark Room
- 1939: Mysore
- 1947: Astrologer's Day, and other stories
- 1956: Lawley Road, and other stories
- 1958: The Guide (dt. The guide )
- 1960: Next Sunday. Sketches and essays
- 1964: My Dateless Diary. An American Journey
- 1965: Gods, Demons, and Others
- 1967: The Vendor of Sweets
- 1970: A Horse and two Goats, stories
- 1972: Ramayana. Shortened modern prose version
- 1974: My Days
- 1974: Reluctant Guru
- 1976: Painter of Signs (German: the sign painter )
- 1978: Mahabharata. Shortened modern prose version
- 1980: The Emerald Route
- 1985: Under the Banyan Tree, and other stories (dt. Under the Banyan Tree )
- 1986: Talkative Man
- 1988: Writer's Nightmare. Selected essays
- 1989: Story-Teller's World. Stories, essays, sketches
- 1993: Grandmother's Tale. Three novels
- 1993: Salt & Sawdust: Stories and table talk
literature
- Sarma, Renate: The novels of RK Narayans: the topic and their interpretation. Marburg / Lahn, 1972.
Web links
- Literature by and about RK Narayan in the catalog of the German National Library
- Eric Töpfer: suedasien.info: Writer RK Narayan dies at the age of 94. In: suedasien.info. May 30, 2001 .
- RK Narayan. In: iit.edu. July 12, 2002, archived from the original on August 20, 2016 ; accessed on March 20, 2020 (English).
Individual evidence
- ^ Honorary Members: RK Narayan. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed March 17, 2019 .
- ↑ About RK Narayan. In: therealgems.com. January 22, 2020, accessed on March 20, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Narayan, RK |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Narayanaswami, Rasipuram Krishnaswami Ayyar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian novelist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 10, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Madras |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 13, 2001 |
| Place of death | Delhi |