Date of Birth | 08-November-1908 | |
Place of Birth |
Hassan, Karnataka (India, Karnataka, Hassan district) |
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Nationality | India | |
Also know as | Raja Rao. | |
Profession | Writer, Novelist | |
Raja Rao was an Indian writer of English language novels and short stories, whose works are deeply rooted in Hinduism. The Serpent and the Rope, a semi-autobiographical novel recounting a search for spiritual truth in Europe and India, established him as one of the finest Indian stylists and won him the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1964. For the entire body of his work, Rao was awarded the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1988. |
Awards by Raja Rao |
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1988
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