FEW FACTS ON AUTHOR R K NARAYAN

* AUTHOR R K NARAYAN 

* BORN IN 10TH OCTOBER 1906 ( CHENNAI) 

* PASSED AWAY ON 13th MAY 2001 

* RASIPURAM KRISHNASAMY NARAYANSWAMII 

* HE WAS MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, RAJYA SABHA (1986 -1992) 

* HIS FIRST PUBLICATION A BOOK REVIEW - DEVELOPMENT OF MARITIME LAWS  OF 17TH CENTURY ENGLAND 

* HIS FIRST NOVEL - SWAMY AND HIS FRIENDS (1930) 

* THE BACHELOR OF ARTS (1937) - HIS 2ND NOVEL 

* THE DARK ROOM (1938) - 3RD NOVEL 

* THE ENGLISH TEACHER -4TH NOVEL 

* FIRST COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES ( MALGUDI DAYS) PUBLISHED IN 1942 

* HIS OWN PUBLISHING COMPANY - 

( INDIAN THOUGHT PUBLICATION) 

* MISS MALINI (1947) FOR GEMINI STUDIO 

* THE FINANCIAL EXPERT 

* WAITING FOR THE MAHATMA 

* THE GUIDE (1956) ( WON SAHITYA AKADEMI IN 1960) 

* NEXT SUNDAY (1960) 

* THE MAN -EATER OF MALGUDI (1961) 

* HE WROTE FOR THE HINDU & THE ATLANTIC (MAGAZINE) 

* GODS, DEMONS AND OTHERS ( MYTHOLOGY 1964) 

* THE VENDOR OF SWEETS (1967) 

* A HORSE AND TWO GOATS (1970)

* THE RAMAYANA (1973) 

* THE PAINTER OF SIGNS (1977) 

* THE MAHABHARATA (1978) 

* A TIGER FOR MALGUDI (1983) 

* TALKATIVE MAN (1986) 

* UNDER THE BANYAN TREE AND OTHER STORIES ( 1987) 

* THE WORLD OF NAGRAJ (1990) 

* GRANDMOTHER'S TALE ( LAST ) 

AWARDS - 

* 1960 - SAHITYA AKADEMI AWARD 

* 1961 - FILMFARE BEST STORY AWARD (FOR GUIDE) 

* 1964 - PADMA BHUSHAN 

* 1980 - A C BESON MEDAL ( ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE) 

* HE WAS NOMINATE FOR NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 

* 1986 - RAJYASTOVA PRASASHTI ( GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA) 

* 1967 - HONORARY DOCTORATE FROM UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS 

* DELHI (1973) , MYSORE  UNIVERSITY (1976) 

* 2000 - PADMA VIBHUSHAN 

* IN 2009 A POSTAGE STAMP WAS UNVEILED