Raja Rao

Indian-born English writer (1908–2006)

Person Human Q1975074

Facts

23 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[20]
Date of birth: November 8, 1908
Date of death: July 8, 2006
Place of birth: Hassan
Place of death: Austin
Country of citizenship: British Raj, Dominion of India, India^[6]^[7]^[8]
Occupation: writer
Employer: University of Texas at Austin^[9]
Educated at: Aligarh Muslim University, University of Madras, University of Montpellier, University of Paris, Minto Circle^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]
Award received: Sahitya Akademi Award, Neustadt International Prize for Literature, Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan in Literature & Education^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]
Notable work: The Serpent and the Rope^[15]
Cause of death: heart failure^[22]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[27]
Archives at: Harry Ransom Center^[21]
Described by source: South Asian Novelists in English: An A-to-Z Guide^[26]
Family name: Rao^[23]
Given name: Raja^[24]
Manner of death: natural causes^[25]
Name in native language: ರಾಜಾ ರಾವ್^[28]
On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Harry Ransom Center^[29]
Personal library at: Harry Ransom Center^[31]
Writing language: English^[30]

🏷️ Also known as

en Raja Rao ar راجا راو hi राजा राव ja ラジャ・ラオ ru Раджа Рао zh 拉贾·拉奧

🔖 Identifiers · 56

ISNI: 0000000118387360
VIAF cluster ID: 39383044
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n50054992
GND ID: 118835602
Awards & Winners artist ID: 0444q_
BIBSYS ID: 90411971
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 11921156d
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID: rao-raja
CONOR.SI ID: 123329123
CONOR.SR ID: 8563559
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf11953751
CiNii Research ID: 1980304959800711741

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DDB person (GND) ID: 118835602
ELNET ID: a12569859
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Raja-Rao
Encyclopædia Universalis ID: raja-rao
Europeana entity: agent/base/68420
FAST ID: 18155
Freebase ID: /m/0444q_
Goodreads author ID: 63228
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID: raja-rao
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme): 0054288
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: Raja_Rao
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017): 3488691
IdRef ID: 02708972X
IxTheo authority ID: 079610358
J9U entity ID: 987007277757805171
Kallías ID: PE00564535
Kritisches Lexikon zur fremdsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur ID: 18000000384
Libraries Australia ID: 35439924
Libris-URI: 97mpq45t3bkz37m
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA12293551
NE.se ID: raja-rao
NL CR AUT ID: jn19992000947
NUKAT ID: n2008102398, n2018169884
National Library of Greece ID: 108814
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810594345905606
National Library of Portugal ID: 1593374
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX1410631
National Virtual Library of India ID: 699k (190k–699k, n=4)
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 068455593
Open Library ID: OL309380A
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID: 97314
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803100404352
Parsifal cluster ID: 316740
Penguin India author ID: raja-rao
Perlentaucher ID: raja-rao
Prabook ID: 725624
RERO ID (legacy): A003727252
SELIBR ID: 197425
SHARE Catalogue author ID: 526666
SNAC ARK ID: w6d64ws6
Treccani ID: raja-rao
WikiTree person ID: Rao-517
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJm99GygwDtky67xg8rTHC
Yale LUX ID: person/eb2159cb-8144-4049-9fd1-e7f3c6fd79a5

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🔗 Connections

Award received 4

Padma Bhushan, Neustadt International Prize for Literature, Sahitya Akademi Award, Padma Vibhushan in Literature & Education

Educated at 4

University of Paris, University of Madras, Aligarh Muslim University, University of Montpellier

Country of citizenship 2

India, British Raj

Archives at 1

Harry Ransom Center

Cause of death 1

heart failure

Employer 1

University of Texas at Austin

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Manner of death 1

natural causes

Occupation 1

writer

Personal library at 1

Harry Ransom Center

Place of birth 1

Hassan

Place of death 1

Austin

Sex or gender 1

male

Writing language 1

English

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Summary

Raja Rao was born on November 8, 1908^[1], in Hassan^[2]. He died on July 8, 2006^[3], in Austin^[4]. He worked as a writer^[5].

FAQs

Where was Raja Rao born?

Raja Rao was born in Hassan^[2].

Where did Raja Rao die?

Raja Rao died in Austin^[4].

What did Raja Rao do for work?

Raja Rao worked as a writer^[5].

Where did Raja Rao go to school?

Raja Rao was educated at Aligarh Muslim University^[10], University of Madras^[11], University of Montpellier^[12], and University of Paris^[13].

What awards did Raja Rao receive?

Honors received include Sahitya Akademi Award^[16], Neustadt International Prize for Literature^[17], Padma Bhushan^[18], and Padma Vibhushan in literature & education^[19].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Raja Rao — place of birth (P19): Hassan. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Raja Rao — place of death (P20): Austin. Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2026-10-18. britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Raja Rao — sex or gender (P21): male. Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved 2018-11-04. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Raja Rao — country of citizenship (P27): British Raj. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Raja Rao — country of citizenship (P27): Dominion of India. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Raja Rao — country of citizenship (P27): India. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Raja Rao — educated at (P69): Aligarh Muslim University. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Raja Rao — educated at (P69): University of Madras. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Raja Rao — educated at (P69): University of Montpellier. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Raja Rao — educated at (P69): University of Paris. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Raja Rao — educated at (P69): Minto Circle. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Raja Rao — occupation (P106): writer. Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved 2026-01-11. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Raja Rao — employer (P108): University of Texas at Austin. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Raja Rao — award received (P166): Sahitya Akademi Award. sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Retrieved 2019-02-25. sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Raja Rao — award received (P166): Neustadt International Prize for Literature. neustadtprize.org. Retrieved 2022-07-05. neustadtprize.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Raja Rao — award received (P166): Padma Bhushan. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Raja Rao — award received (P166): Padma Vibhushan in literature & education. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Raja Rao — archives at (P485): Harry Ransom Center. norman.hrc.utexas.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-01. norman.hrc.utexas.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Raja Rao — cause of death (P509): heart failure. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Raja Rao — date of birth (P569): November 8, 1908. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Raja Rao — date of death (P570): July 8, 2006. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 2017-10-09. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Raja Rao — family name (P734): Rao. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Raja Rao — given name (P735): Raja. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Raja Rao — notable work (P800): The Serpent and the Rope. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Raja Rao — manner of death (P1196): natural causes. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Raja Rao — described by source (P1343): South Asian Novelists in English: An A-to-Z Guide. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Raja Rao — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Raja Rao — name in native language (P1559): ರಾಜಾ ರಾವ್. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Raja Rao — on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008): WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Harry Ransom Center. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Raja Rao — writing language (P6886): English. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-11-05. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Raja Rao — personal library at (P9419): Harry Ransom Center. wikidata.org.

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