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Raja Rao

1908 - 2006

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Raja Rao (8 November 1908 – 8 July 2006) was an Indian-American writer of English-language novels and short stories, whose works are deeply rooted in metaphysics. The Serpent and the Rope (1960), a semi-autobiographical novel recounting a search for spiritual truth in Europe and India, established him as one of the finest Indian prose stylists and won him the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1963. For the entire body of his work, Rao was awarded the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1988. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Raja Rao has received more than 1,114,188 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Raja Rao is the 6,893rd most popular writer (down from 6,124th in 2019), the 1,130th most popular biography from India (down from 892nd in 2019) and the 132nd most popular Indian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Raja Rao ranks 6,893 out of 7,302. Before him are Walter Jon Williams, Susan Faludi, Alexis Jenni, Geoff Ryman, Shamsul Maidin, and Charles Krauthammer. After him are Benjamin Jowett, Sayed Kashua, Sandi Toksvig, Abdourahman Waberi, Richard Flanagan, and Kiran Desai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Raja Rao ranks 428. Before him are Polly Ann Young, Rufino Santos, Gene Raymond, Roop Singh, Sally O'Neil, and Dennis Morgan. After him are Penny Singleton, Will Lee, and Fearless Nadia. Among people deceased in 2006, Raja Rao ranks 404. Before him are Mihály Fülöp, Sarah Caldwell, Jesús Rollán, Corinne Rey-Bellet, Henry M. Morris, and Noor Hassanali. After him are Neroli Fairhall, Paul Hunter, Mohammed Bijeh, Chris Heunis, Francisco Javier Toledo, and Muhammadu Maccido.

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In India

Among people born in India, Raja Rao ranks 1,130 out of 1,861. Before him are Radhika Sarathkumar (1962), Ahmed Rushdi (1934), Farooq Sheikh (1948), Pawan Kalyan (1971), Shraddha Kapoor (1987), and Richard Allen (1902). After him are Nawazuddin Siddiqui (1974), Pawan Kumar Chamling (1950), Deepti Naval (1952), Vijaya Mehta (1934), Kiran Desai (1971), and Shobhaa De (1948).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Raja Rao ranks 132. Before him are Geetanjali Shree (1957), Ali Sardar Jafri (1913), Nayantara Sahgal (1927), Bharati Mukherjee (1940), Toru Dutt (1856), and Krishna Hutheesing (1907). After him are Kiran Desai (1971), Shobhaa De (1948), Kamala Markandaya (1924), Rupi Kaur (1992), Ram Swarup (1920), and Sarojini Sahoo (1956).

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