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Achievementsv He won the National prize of the Indian Literacy Academy.

vIn 1965 he won the National Association of Independent Schools award.

vHe was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature multiple times, but never won the any.

vR.K. Narayan won numerous awards and honors for his works. These include:

vSahitya Academic Award for The Guide in 1958;

vPadma Bhushan in 1964

vAC Benson Medal by the Royal Society of Literature in 1980

vR.K. Narayan was elected an honorary member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters in 1982.

vHe was nominated to the Rajya Sabha in 1989

A year before his death,

in 2001, he was awarded India's second-highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan.

He died on May 13,2001

Narayan's greatest achievement was making India accessible to the outside world through his literature. He is regarded as one of the leading English language Indian fiction writers!

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