Raja Rao Writer

Raja Rao (Kannada: ರಾಜ ರಾವ್) (8 November 1908 – 8 July 2006) was an Indian writer of English language novels and short stories, whose works are deeply rooted in Hinduism. 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 1964. For the entire body of his work, Rao was awarded the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1988. Rao's wide ranging body of work, spanning a number of genres, is seen as a varied and significant contribution to Indian English literature, as well as World literature.

Personal facts

Birth date	November 08, 1908
Birth place	Hassan Karnataka , Presidencies and provinces of British India
Date of death	July 08, 2006
Place of death	Austin Texas , United States
Education	Aligarh Muslim University

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Career start	1938
Career end	1998
award	Padma Bhushan Padma Vibhushan Sahitya Akademi Award Neustadt International Prize for Literature
language	Kannada language