N. R. Narayan

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Author
gptkbp:adaptation Film adaptations of his works
gptkbp:artMovement gptkb:Sahitya_Akademi_Award
Modernism
Realism
gptkbp:associatedWith Malgudi
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Karnataka_Sahitya_Akademi_Award
Padma Bhushan
gptkbp:birthDate 1906-10-10
gptkbp:characteristics Conflict between tradition and modernity
gptkbp:children gptkb:R._K._Narayan
gptkbp:contribution Indian_English_literature
gptkbp:culturalImpact Significant_impact_on_Indian_culture
gptkbp:deathDate 2001-11-13
gptkbp:education gptkb:Loyola_College,_Chennai
gptkbp:famousFor Creating_the_fictional_town_of_Malgudi
gptkbp:fellowship gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Literature
gptkbp:firstPublished gptkb:Swami_and_Friends
gptkbp:genre Fiction
gptkbp:historicalSite South_Indian_culture
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label N. R. Narayan
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Salman_Rushdie
Indian_literature
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Mahatma_Gandhi
Western literature
Local folklore
Indian_mythology
gptkbp:inspiration Rural_India
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:nationality Indian
gptkbp:notableFeature Economics
Education
Identity
Love
Politics
Religion
Social issues
Urbanization
Friendship
Tradition
Migration
Swami
Family dynamics
Modernity
Caste system
Malgudi residents
gptkbp:notableWork Malgudi Days
gptkbp:occupation Novelist
gptkbp:philosophy Humanism
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Madras,_India
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Bangalore,_India
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:The_Hindu
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Malathi_Narayan
gptkbp:theme Indian_society
gptkbp:translatedInto Works translated into multiple languages
gptkbp:wrote Simple and direct