R K Narayan (Author Of Malgudi Days)

About RK Narayan

Rasipuram Krishnaswami Narayanswami was a famous Indian author primarily known for Malgudi Days. He was born on 10th October 1906 in Madras where most of his childhood spent in his grandmother’s home. Later on for further studies, he moved to Mysore, where his father was a school teacher. He achieved a degree in B.A.
R K had already made up his mind that he wants to be a writer. R K got married to Rajam. After marriage, he became a reporter for a newspaper called ‘THE JUSTICE’. His friend, who was living in oxford managed to show the script of the novel “Swami and his friends” to Graham Greene who later on published it. R.K. Narayan got blessed with a baby girl in March 1936. His wife Rajam died due to a typhoid attack. He never got remarried after his wife’s death. Rajam’s death left him depressed, but he came up with his fourth edition called ‘The English Teacher‘ and this book was more autobiographical.

What is Malgudi:

Malgudi is a fictional town located in the short stories of R K NARAYAN’S novel ‘MALGUDI DAYS.’

R K Narayan Books and Novels:

There are uncountable books written by him in which Swami and Friends was his first novel some of the much popular includes-
  • Malgudi Days
  • The Guide
  • Bachelor Of Arts
  • The Darkroom
  • The English Teacher
  • The Vendor Of Sweets
  • A Tiger Of Malgudi

R K Narayan’s Short Stories:

He has a collection of short stories which include A Horse and Two Goats, Under The Banyan Tree, The Ramayan, The Mahabharat, The World Of Malgudi, The Grandmothers Tale, etc. 
‘Gods, demons and others‘ was his first mythological collection of a short story embellished by his younger brother R K Laxman.

RK Narayan Famous Works

Initially, R K Narayan used to do reporting for Madras Newspaper. Many publishers rejected his first novel Swami and friends, which was a comic story about two Indian boys.continue reading--> About R K Narayan.

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