Raja Rao

Raja Rao was born in Hassan, in the State of Mysore, on 8 November 1908 according to most sources, into a Brahmin family, and lost his mother at the age of four. After graduating in 1929, he studied in Montpellier and then at the Sorbonne, published his first short stories there and in 1931 married Camille Mouly, who taught French in Montpellier. Back in India, he met Gandhi at Sevagram, took part in the 1942 movement and co-edited the journal Tomorrow in Bombay. He taught philosophy in Austin from 1966, received the Neustadt Prize in 1988 and died in Austin on 8 July 2006.

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• NovelKanthapuraRaja Rao · 1938Literature