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Photo of R. K. in his study at his Lakshmipuram residence in Mysore. A framed picture of wife Rajam is on the bookshelf. Born Rasipuram Krishnaswami Ayyar Narayanaswami, R.K. Narayan was born in Madras and educated there and at Maharajah's College in Mysore. He shortened his name to R. K. Narayan on Graham Greene's suggestion. He lived in India ever since, apart from his travels. Most of his work, starting from his first novel Swami and friends (1935) is set in the fictional town of Malgudi which at the same time captures everything Indian while having a unique identity of its own. He has published numerous novels, short stories, two travel books, collections of essays, a memoir, and some translations of Indian epics and myths (The Ramayana, The Mahabharata, and Gods, Demons and Others). In 1980, R. K. Narayan was awarded the A.C. Benson award by the Royal Society of Literature and was made an Honorary Member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. In 1989 he was made a member of the Rajya Sabha (the non-elective House of Parliament in India). He received the Sahitya Akademi Award for The Guide (1958). R. K. Narayan's Works 1935: Swami and friends 1937: Bachelor of Arts 1938: The Dark Room 1939: Mysore 1945: The English Teacher 1947: An Astrologer's Day, and other stories 1949: Mr. Sampath - The Printer of Malgudi 1952: The Financial Expert 1953: Grateful to Life and Death 1955: Waiting for the Mahatma 1956: Lawley Road, and other stories 1958: The Guide 1960: Next Sunday : sketches and essays 1961: The Man-Eater of Malgudi 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: The Ramayana; a shortened modern prose version 1974: My Days 1974: Reluctant Guru 1976: The Painter of Signs 1978: The Mahabharata: a shortened modern prose version 1980: The Emerald Route 1982: Malgudi Days 1983: A Tiger for Malgudi 1985: Under the Banyan Tree and other stories 1986: Talkative Man 1988: A Writer's Nightmare : selected essays 1989: A Story-Teller's World: Stories, Essays, Sketches 1990: The World of Nagaraj 1992: Malgudi Landscapes: the best of R.K. Narayan 1993: The Grandmother's Tale: three novellas 1993: Salt & sawdust : stories and table talk

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