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Identify the author of "The Guide" which won the Sahitya Akademi Award.
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R.K. Narayan
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- R.K. Narayan
- Mulk Raj Anand
- Saadat Hasan Manto
- Khushwant Singh
Explanation & Context
R.K. Narayan's "The Guide," published in 1958, won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1960, India's premier literary honor.
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