Indian author`s works at Texas |
Renowned Indian-American author and philosopher Raja Rao`s archive that includes a broad range of materials from unpublished works to manuscripts of his well-known novels has been acquired by the University of Texas for advancing the study of arts and humanities. Rao`s estate donated the archive to the Ransom Centre, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas in Austin.It`s a notable acquisition in part because Rao is widely considered to have been one of India`s most noted authors, having received the Neustadt International Prize for Literature and other honours.Raja Rao (1908-2006), considered one of India`s earliest and most outstanding English-language novelists, was the author of numerous works of fiction, short stories, poetry, talks, essays and "The Great Indian Way: A Life of Mahatma Gandhi" (1998), about Mohandas Gandhi`s time in South Africa.Rao`s archive includes a broad range of materials, from unpublished works to manuscripts of his well-known novels `Kanthapura` (1938), `The Serpent and the Rope`(1960) and `The Chessmaster and his Moves` (1988).
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