Schiffman, H. Writes on linguistic culture and language policy.
Seely, Clinton B. Department of South Asian languages and civilizations, University of Chicago, scholar of Bangla language and literature.
Selby, Martha Ann Associate professor of South Asian studies, University of Texas at Austin.
Sharma, Padma With Ramachandran, C.N. has translated from the Kannada.
Sharma, Sunil (b. 1964) Professor of Persian and Indian Literatures at Boston University.
Sharma, T.R.S. Has taught English literature in universities in India and abroad, edited three volumes of Ancient Indian Literature for the Sahitya Akademi.
Shauq, Shafi Professor and head of the post-graduate department of Kashmiri at the University of Kashmir.
Shivanath Dogri writer, scholar, translator, on Sahitya Akademi advisory board for Dogri.
Shulman, David Poet in Hebrew, and professor of South Asian studies and comparative religion at Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
Siegel, Lee New York writer and cultural critic.
Singh, Gurcharan Educationist and writer, retired as vice chairman of the Punjab School Education Board.
Singh, Kesri Rajasthani poet, edited an anthology of Rajasthani poetry translated into English.
Singh, Khushwant Novelist, columnist, translator.
Sitesh, Aruna Principal, Indraprastha College, Delhi, writes fiction in Hindi, co-edits quarterly Pratibh India.
Sivadasan, C.P. (1940-2010) Kannur University, member of Kerala Sahitya Akademi, wrote criticism on Malayalam and English literature.
Sorley, H. T. (19 CE-20 CE) British officer with the Indian civil service, posted in Sindh, learned Sindhi to translate and write on Shah Abdul Latif.
Sundaram, P. S. Professor of English at various universities in India, translates from the Tamil.
Swain, Rabindra K. Poet writing in English, translates from the Oriya.
Swami Mahadevananda (Roger Timms) An actor on the British stage, he came to India to study Indian dance and drama, later took sannyasa at Rishikesh; president of Sivananda Yoga-Vedanta Centres International.
Swamy, Nagabhushana O.L. Lecturer in English, Kannada critic, columnist, translator.
Thomas, A. J. Poet writing in English, translates fiction and poetry from the Malayalam.
Trivedi, Harish Professor in department of English, Delhi University.
Usborne, C. F. (1874-1919) Indian civil service. His translation of Waris Shah’s Heer and Ranjha is regarded as a classic.
Vajpeyi, Ananya Teaches in the history department of University of Massachusetts, Boston.
Vaudeville, Charlotte French Indology scholar, specializing in bhakti/devotional literature.
Warder, A. K. Indology scholar, mainly in Buddhist Studies, Pali and Sanskrit, Professor Emeritus of Sanskrit at the University of Toronto.
Weissbort, Daniel Professor of English and comparative literature at the University of Iowa; with the poet Ted Hughes he founded the magazine Modern Poetry in Translation in 1965; has translated Russian poetry, edited an anthology of post-war poets of eastern and central Europe; has published four volumes of his own poetry.
Winter, Joe Teacher in England, poet, lived in Kolkata for a while, translated Tagore and Jibananda Das from the Bangla.
Zide, Arlene New York-based poet and translator from Hindi and Urdu.
While every effort has been made to find information about the translators, this has not been possible in all cases; any omissions brought to our attention will be remedied in future editions.
Copyright Acknowledgements
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‘Tusker Kills Mahout at Religious Ceremony’, Anand Thakore, Elephant Bathing, Poetrywala, Mumbai, 2012.
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‘Imaginary Re-Union 2’, Vidyapati, trans. Ajit Kumar Ghosh, Sahitya Akademi, Vol. 3, Delhi, 1999.
‘From Hush-a-bye Baby’, Periyazhwar (Vishnuchittan), trans. P.S. Sundaram, The Azhwars, PBI, Delhi, 1996.
‘Like an Elephant, Caught’, Akkamahadevi, trans. B.C. Ramchandra Sharma, Sahitya Akademi Medieval Indian Literature, Vol. 2, 1994, ed. K. Ayyappa Paniker, Sahitya Akademi, Delhi.
‘Yeshwant Rao’, Arun Kolatkar, Jejuri, Clearing House, Mumbai, 1976.
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‘From Bahinabai’s Life and Thinking’, Bahninabai Chaudhuri, trans. Chandrashekhar Jahagirdar and Justin E. Abbott, Sahitya Akademi Medieval Indian Literature (Vol. 3), ed. K. Ayyappa Paniker, Sahitya Akademi, Delhi, 1999.
‘The Dove of Death’, from the Rig Veda, trans. Wendy Doniger, The Rig Veda, PBI, 2005.
‘Chet (March-April)’, Guru Nanak, trans. Khushwant Singh, Hymns of the Gurus, PBI, Delhi, 2003.
‘Like a Monkey on a Tree’, Basavanna, trans. A.K. Ramanujan, Speaking of Siva, PBI, Delhi, 1973.
‘From Rahasya Manjari’, Devadurllabha Das, trans. Rajendra Prasad Das, Sahitya Akademi Medieval Indian Literature (Vol. 3), ed. K. Ayyappa Paniker, Sahitya Akademi, Delhi, 1999.
‘God My Darling’, Janabai, trans. Arun Kolatkar, The Boatride and Other Poems, Pras, Mumbai, 2009.
‘Strange Are the Times’, Bullah Shah, trans. K.S. Duggal, Sahitya Akademi Medieval Indian Literature (Vol. 3), ed. K. Ayyappa Paniker, Sahitya Akademi, Delhi, 1999.
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From Eight Poems, Sheikh Farid, trans. J.S. Neki, Sahitya Akademi Medieval Indian Literature (Vol. 3), ed. K. Ayyappa Paniker, Sahitya Akademi, Delhi, 2000.
‘I Want a God’, Vipin Parikh, trans. Pradip N. Khandwalla, Beyond The Beaten Track, Gujarat Sahitya Parishad, Ahmedabad, 2008. ‘Who Shall Deliver Me from the Body of This Death?’, Periyalvar, from Hymns to the Alvars (trans. J.S.M. Hooper), Hymns of the Alvars, Calcutta Association Press, Kolkata, 1929.
‘Man and God’, Mohammad Iqbal, trans. Khushwant Singh, Celebrating the Best of Urdu Poetry, PBI, Delhi, 2007.
‘Wonder of Wonders’, Eknath, trans. Arun Kolatkar, The Boatride and Other Poems, Pras Prakashan, Mumbai, 2009.
‘From Sivamahimnahsta
va’, Puspadanta, trans. Arthur Avalon, Luzac and Co., London, 1917.
‘Vaishnav Struts about Town’, Akha, trans. Gieve Patel, The Little Magazine.
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‘If You Abuse Me with Your Language’, Narsinh Mehta, trans. Swami Mahadevananda, Devotional Songs of Narsi Mehta, Motilal Banarasidas Publications, Delhi, 1985.
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‘This Pain Has Driven Me Mad’, Mirabai, trans. (for this anthology) Ranjit Hostoke, Mirabai ki Padavali, Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Allahabad/Prayag 1973.
From Tiruccentur Pillaittamil (Little House Poem 4), Palalikkuttar, trans. Paula Richman, Extraordinary Child, PBI, Delhi, 2008. ‘Let’s Be Girls, Ma’, Nazrul Islam, trans. Rachel Fell McDermott, Singing to the Goddess, OUP, New York, 2001.
‘Both of Us Are Tired’, Sakalesha Madarasa, trans. B.C. Ramchandra Sharma, Sahitya Akademi Medieval Indian Literature (Vol. 2), ed. K. Ayyappa Paniker, Sahitya Akademi, Delhi, 1997. ‘God’s Own Dog: VI’, Tukaram, trans. Dilip Chitre, Says Tuka, PBI, Delhi, 1991
‘O Sakhi, the Flute Plays in the Grove’, Salabega, trans. Sachidananda Mohanty and Smita Mohanty, Sahitya Akademi Medieval Indian Literature (Vol. 3), ed. K. Ayyappa Paniker, Sahitya Akademi, Delhi, 1999. ‘What a Joke!’, Ramprasad Sen, trans. Rachel Fell McDermott, Singing to the Goddess, OUP, New York, 2001.
‘Tell Me Why This Bad Mood Now’, Tyagaraja, trans. William J. Jackson, Tyagaraja: Life and Lyrics, OUP, Delhi, 1991. ‘I Swear’, Purandara Dasa, trans. Keshav M. Mutalik, Songs of Divinity, ed. Keshav M. Mutalik, Popular Prakashan, Mumbai, 1995. From Tiruppavai, Andal, trans. P.S. Sundaram, The Poems of Andal, Ananthacarya Indological Research Institute, Mumbai, 1987. ‘Krishna the Omnipresent’, Subramania Bharati, trans. Prema Nandkumar, Poems of Subramania Bharati, Sahitya Akademi, Delhi, 1977, 2004.
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