LIFE AND LITERATURE

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  A HERO                                       R. K. NARAYAN           A Hero is written by R. K. Narayan. His full name was Rasipuram Krishna Swami Iyer Narayana swami. He was born on 10th October 1906. He was died on 13th May 2001. He was an Indian writer, novelist, and short story writer. He was best known for his work set in the fictional South Indian town of Malgudi. He was a leading author of early Indian literature in English along with Mulk Ray Anand and Raja Rao. His notable award Padma vibhushan,Sahithya Academi award, Filmfare Award for best story. His works in novel The English Teacher (1945),Waiting for the Mahatma(1955),... His short stories are Lawley Road (1956),The grandmother's Tale (1993),. A Hero        R. K. Narayan's stories belong to the Indian soil and are redolent of its culture. His stories depict South Indian life and his view of the world and those who live in it. Simple but fascinating plot, living characterization, strict economy of narra

  MILTON’S POETRY AND PROSE Early Years John Milton was born in London on December 9, 1608. His parents were John Milton, Sr. and Sarah Jeffery, who lived in a prosperous neighborhood of merchants. John Milton, Sr. was a successful scrivener or copyist who also dabbled in real estate and was noted as a composer of liturgical church music. The Miltons were prosperous enough that eventually they owned a second house in the country. Milton seems to have had a happy childhood. He spoke of his mother's "esteem, and the alms she bestowed." Of his father, Milton said that he "destined me from a child to the pursuits of Literature, . . . and had me daily instructed in the grammar school, and by other masters at home." Though the senior Milton came from a Catholic family, he was a Puritan himself. Milton's religion, therefore, was an outgrowth of family life and not something he chose at a later period in his maturity. Education Sometime, as early as age se