Artist · India

1921 to 2015

In their own script

“ஆர். கே. லட்சுமண்”

Portrait of R. K. Laxman
Cover of Shankar's WeeklyShankar's Weekly1951You Said It (The Common Man)
Born1921
Born inMysore
CountryIndia
Workcartoonist
Alsoillustrator
Died2015
Died inPune
Comics on record2

R. K. Laxman.

cartoonist · illustrator

India, 1921 to 2015

In short

Rasipuram Krishnaswami Laxman (24 October 1921 to 26 January 2015) was an Indian cartoonist, illustrator, and humorist. He was best known for his creation The Common Man and for his daily cartoon strip, You Said It in The Times of India, which started in 1951. R. K. Laxman started his career as a part-time cartoonist, working mostly for local newspapers and magazines.

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Biodata

Born
1921, Mysore, Kingdom of Mysore (now Karnataka), India
Died
2015, Pune
Citizenship
India, British Raj, Dominion of India
Work
cartoonist, illustrator
Career

R. K. Laxman, in numbers

Lifetime

Sketchbook

Portrait of R. K. Laxman

Bibliography

2 works, decade by decade