R Raj Rao was born in Bombay, India. He studied in India (PhD in English from the University of Bombay, 1986) and received the Nehru Centenary British Fellowship for his post-doctoral research at the Centre for Caribbean Studies, University of Warwick, UK. In 1996, he attended the International Writing Program, Iowa. He is the author of Slide Show (poems), One Day I Locked My Flat in Soul City (short stories), The Wisest Fool on Earth and Other Plays and Nissim Ezekiel: The Authorized Biography. He has also edited Ten Indian Writers in Interview and co-edited Image of India in the Indian Novel in English (1960–1980). A professor of English at the University of Pune, Rao is also one of India’s leading gay-rights activists. He has traveled extensively, to read from his work and conduct writing workshops, in several cities in different parts of the world.
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