a critical history of english literature by b.r malik

Narayan was born in 1906 in Madras (now Chennai, Tamil Nadu), British India into a Hindu family. He was also nominated to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. In a career that spanned over sixty years Narayan received many awards and honors including the AC Benson Medal from the Royal Society of Literature, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan, India's second and third highest civilian awards, and in 1994 the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, the highest honor of India's national academy of letters.

Narayan's short stories have been compared with those of Guy de Maupassant because of his ability to compress a narrative. He has been compared to William Faulkner who created a similar fictional town and likewise explored with humor and compassion the energy of ordinary life. Narayan highlights the social context and everyday life of his characters. The Financial Expert was hailed as one of the most original works of 1951 and Sahitya Academy Award winner The Guide was adapted for the film (winning a Filmfare Award for Best Film) and for Broadway. The fictional town of Malgudi was first introduced in Swami and Friends. 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. He was a leading author of early Indian literature in English along with Mulk Raj Anand and Raja Rao.

Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami (10 October 1906 – ) was an Indian writer known for his work set in the fictional South Indian town of Malgudi.

A critical history of english literature by b.r malik