Devendra Varma
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Devendra Varma | |
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| Born | October 17, 1923 |
| Died | October 24, 1994 (aged 71) |
| Citizenship | Canadian |
| Education | University of Leeds |
| Occupation | Literary scholar |
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Devendra Prasad Varma (17 October 1923 - 24 October 1994) was an Indian Canadian literary scholar and an expert on Gothic fiction. He was particularly well known for The Gothic Flame: being a history of the Gothic Novel in England and The Evergreen Tree of Diabolical Knowledge, and also for making available hundreds of Gothic tales.
Devendra Varma was born in Darbhanga, India, in October 1923. He studied at Patna College, where he was strongly influenced by his English professors, and later went to obtain a PhD at the University of Leeds under Professor G. Wilson Knight.[1] In 1968, Varma had also "received a ‘distinction of honor’ from the State of California and a fellowship for ‘outstanding ability and signal evidence of scholarship and proficiency in research" from a subsidiary of the degree mill Sequoia University.[2][3]
Varma joined the 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles regiment and fought for the British Indian Army during World War II. Varma was wounded during an airborne and amphibious attack on Rangoon by British, American and Indian forces during the Burma Campaign (April–May, 1945). The attack was dubbed Operation Dracula.[citation needed]
