R. K. Narayan

R. K. Narayan
Biografske informacije
Rođenje	10. oktobar 1906. (1906-10-10) Madras, Britanska Indija
Smrt	13. maj 2001. (dob: 94) Chennai, Indija
Nacionalnost	indijska
Obrazovanje
Zanimanje	književnik
Opus
Književne vrste	roman, novela, publicistika
Teme	indijska mitologija
Jezik	engleski
Nagrade
Padma Vibhushan, Sahitya Akademi Award, AC Benson Medal
Inspiracija
Od Guy de Maupassant
Na Alexander McCall Smith

R. K. Narayan

R. K. Narayan (10. oktobar 1906 – 13. maj 2001), rođen kao Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami, bio je indijski književnik koji je pisao na engleskom jeziku. Najpoznatiji je po nizu romana i priča radnjom smještenih u fiktivni gradić Malgudi na jugu Indije.

Bibliografija

Romani

• Swami and Friends (1935, Hamish Hamilton)
• The Bachelor of Arts (1937, Thomas Nelson)
• The Dark Room (1938, Eyre)
• The English Teacher (1945, Eyre)
• Mr. Sampath (1948, Eyre)
• The Financial Expert (1952, Methuen)
• Waiting for the Mahatma (1955, Methuen)
• The Guide (1958, Methuen)
• The Man-Eater of Malgudi (1961, Viking)
• The Vendor of Sweets (1967, The Bodley Head)
• The Painter of Signs (1977, Heinemann)
• A Tiger for Malgudi (1983, Heinemann)
• Talkative Man (1986, Heinemann)
• The World of Nagaraj (1990, Heinemann)
• Grandmother's Tale (1992, Indian Thought Publications)

Publicistika

• Next Sunday (1960, Indian Thought Publications)
• My Dateless Diary (1960, Indian Thought Publications)
• My Days (1974, Viking)
• Reluctant Guru (1974, Orient Paperbacks)
• The Emerald Route (1980, Indian Thought Publications)
• A Writer's Nightmare (1988, Penguin Books)
• A Story-Teller's World (1989, Penguin Books)
• The Writerly Life (2002, Penguin Books India)
• Mysore (1944, drugo izdanje, Indian Thought Publications)

Mitografije

• Gods, Demons and Others (1964, Viking)
• The Ramayana (1973, Chatto & Windus)
• The Mahabharata (1978, Heinemann)

Zbirke priča

• Malgudi Days (1942, Indian Thought Publications)
• An Astrologer's Day and Other Stories (1947, Indian Thought Publications)
• Lawley Road and Other Stories (1956, Indian Thought Publications)
• A Horse and Two Goats (1970)
• Under the Banyan Tree and Other Stories (1985)
• The Grandmother's Tale and Selected Stories (1994, Viking)