Santha Rama Rau
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Santha Rama Rau (24 January 1923 – 21 April 2009)[1] was an Indian-born American writer.
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Born | (1923-01-24)24 January 1923 Madras, British India (now Chennai, India) |
Died | 21 April 2009(2009-04-21) (aged 86) Amenia, New York, United States |
Alma mater | Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts |
Genre | Travel writer, novelist, playwright |
Notable works | This is India (1953) (novel) A Passage to India (1960) (play adaptation) |
Spouse | Faubion Bowers (1951–1966; divorced) Gurdon Wattles (1970–1995; his death) |
Partner | ((Faubion Bowers)) |
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