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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. Rao has been described as a powerful writer and a scholar well versed in the Hindu, Buddhist, and Christian philosophies. 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

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Raja Rao is the 6,941st most popular writer (down from 6,896th in 2019), the 1,193rd most popular biography from India (down from 1,131st in 2019) and the 132nd most popular Indian Writer.

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Among writers, Raja Rao ranks 6,941 out of 7,302. Before him are Louisa Lawson, Noel Streatfeild, David Sedaris, Giorgio A. Tsoukalos, Maggie O'Farrell, and Sidney Lanier. After him are Cyril Montana, Aravind Adiga, Kage Baker, Marian Keyes, William Allingham, and Laurent Gaudé.

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Among people born in 1908, Raja Rao ranks 427. Before him are Tom Tully, Max Abramovitz, Sally O'Neil, Helen Twelvetrees, Gene Raymond, and Roop Singh. After him are Dennis Morgan, Penny Singleton, Will Lee, and Fearless Nadia. Among people deceased in 2006, Raja Rao ranks 408. Before him are Sarah Caldwell, Adrienne Shelly, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Kenneth Richmond, Martha Tilton, and Henry M. Morris. After him are Francisco Javier Toledo, Jesús Rollán, Corinne Rey-Bellet, Mohamed Abdelwahab, Mohammed Bijeh, and Kirby Puckett.

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In India

Among people born in India, Raja Rao ranks 1,193 out of 1,861. Before him are Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy (1972), Poonam Dhillon (1962), Durga Khote (1905), Vijay Deverakonda (1989), Vidit Gujrathi (1994), and Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (1920). After him are Aravind Adiga (1974), Farooq Sheikh (1948), Sushma Seth (1936), Om Birla (1962), Parvathy Thiruvothu (1988), and Divyanka Tripathi (1984).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Raja Rao ranks 132. Before him are Nayantara Sahgal (1927), Geetanjali Shree (1957), Toru Dutt (1856), Rahat Indori (1950), Kiran Desai (1971), and Rupi Kaur (1992). After him are Aravind Adiga (1974), Urvashi Butalia (1952), Jasodhara Bagchi (1937), Bharati Mukherjee (1940), Shobhaa De (1948), and Kamala Markandaya (1924).

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