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R. K. Narayan

1906 - 2001

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Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami (10 October 1906 – 13 May 2001), better known as R. K. Narayan, was an Indian writer and novelist known for his work set in the fictional South Indian town of Malgudi. He was a leading author of early Indian literature in English along with Mulk Raj Anand and Raja Rao. Narayan's mentor and friend Graham Greene was instrumental in getting publishers for Narayan's first four books including the semi-autobiographical trilogy of Swami and Friends, The Bachelor of Arts and The English Teacher. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of R. K. Narayan has received more than 4,927,287 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). R. K. Narayan is the 3,230th most popular writer (up from 3,816th in 2019), the 381st most popular biography from India (up from 410th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular Indian Writer.

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  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.66

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  • 5.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, R. K. Narayan ranks 3,230 out of 5,755. Before him are Georgi Sava Rakovski, Elio Vittorini, Naomi Klein, Leonardo Padura Fuentes, Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, and Coelius Sedulius. After him are Thomas Corneille, Song Yingxing, Buhturi, Philippa Gregory, Dmitry Likhachov, and Willa Cather.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, R. K. Narayan ranks 172. Before him are Alexander Gode, Bob King, Archduchess Rosa of Austria, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Pietro Serantoni, and Renate Müller. After him are Dmitry Likhachov, Tribhuvan of Nepal, Agniya Barto, Flávio Costa, Eleanor Hibbert, and John D. Rockefeller III. Among people deceased in 2001, R. K. Narayan ranks 128. Before him are Helge Ingstad, John C. Lilly, Chuck Schuldiner, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Vasily Mishin, and Berry Berenson. After him are Liisi Oterma, Juan Carlos Lorenzo, Tommy Flanagan, John Lewis, Burt Kennedy, and Charles Helou.

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In India

Among people born in India, R. K. Narayan ranks 381 out of 1,493. Before him are Surendranath Banerjee (1848), Kadambini Ganguly (1861), Vikram Sarabhai (1919), Mala Sinha (1936), Anil Kapoor (1956), and Vallabha (1479). After him are Pingali Venkayya (1876), Margaret Murray (1863), Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (1894), Aruna Asaf Ali (1909), Rishi Kapoor (1952), and Hemu (1501).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, R. K. Narayan ranks 62. Before him are U. R. Ananthamurthy (1932), Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (1908), Bhalchandra Nemade (1938), Ashapurna Devi (1909), Sachchidananda Vatsyayan (1911), and Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (1904). After him are Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (1894), Shibli Nomani (1857), Ibn Warraq (1946), Altaf Hussain Hali (1837), Krishan Chander (1914), and Nagarjun (1911).

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