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Raja Rao
Indian-American English writer
Raja Rao | |
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| Born | (1908-11-08)8 November 1908 Hassan, Kingdom of Mysore, British India (now in Karnataka, India) |
| Died | 8 July 2006(2006-07-08) (aged 97) Austin, Texas, USA |
| Occupation | Writer, professor |
| Language | Kannada, French, English |
| Alma mater | Osmania University University of Madras, University of Montpellier Sorbonne |
| Period | 1938–1998 |
| Genre | Novel, short story, essay |
| Notable works | Kanthapura (1938) The Serpent and the Rope (1960) |
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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