P. S. Sundaram
Pazmarneri Subrahmanya Sundaram[1] | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1910 |
| Died | 1998 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Professor of English |
| Known for | TranslatingTirukkuralinto English |
P. S. Sundaram(1910–1998), bornPazmarneri Subrahmanya Sundaram,was an Indian professor of English, best known for translating theTirukkuraland various Tamil classics intoEnglish.He had degrees in English from theUniversity of Madrasand theOxford University.He served as professor of English for about 40 years in different parts ofNorth India.[2]
Biography[edit]
P. S. Sundaram was born into aTamil-speaking family. In 1930, he obtained a first-class master's degree inEnglish literaturefrom thePresidency College,Chennai.He went to theOxford Universityfor higher studies and returned to India in 1934, after which he joined the DAV College inLahore,beginning his decades-long career as a distinguished academician. In 1938, he joined theRavenshaw CollegeinCuttackas head of the English department. He went on to become the principal, and in 1953 he became a member of the Orissa Public Service Commission. With his government service ending in 1959, he was forced to seek non-government employment in his mid-forties. He then joined as principal of theBareilly Collegeand later continued in the same capacity at the Maharani's College inJaipuruntil his retirement in 1974.[3]
Retirement gave him the freedom to pursue his passion for classicalTamil literature.Backed by his command in both Tamil and English, he took up the task of translating various Tamil classics.[3]He wrote a biography on the Indian author in EnglishR. K. Narayanand translated the Tamil poetSubramania Bharatiinto English.[2][3]In 1987, he privately published an English translation of the Tirukkural. The translation was made in verse and was published under the titleTiruvalluvar The Kural.[4]He then translated the mystical poems of Andal and other Alwars in the Vaishnavite Bhakti tradition. In the final years of his life, he translated the 12,000-odd verses of theKamba Ramayanaminto English.[3]
Literary works[edit]
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- Tiruvalluvar, The Kural (1987)
- Kamba Ramayana (2002)
- Andal's Thiruppavai and Nachiar Thirumozhi
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^"Authors linked with" Tirukkuṟaḷ "".data.bnf.fr.BnF Data. n.d.
- ^abA. A. Manavalan, ed. (2010).A Compendium ofTirukkuralTranslations in English.Chennai: Central Institute of Classical Tamil. p. xxxii.ISBN978-81-908000-2-0.
- ^abcdN. S. Jagannathan, ed. (2002).Kamba Ramayana.Gurgaon: Penguin Books. p. vii–x.ISBN978-01-430281-5-4.
- ^Narasimhan, Raji (1988). "Review: A New Translation of" Kural "".Indian Literature.31(1(123)): 141–144.JSTOR23336680.
Further reading[edit]
- Manavalan, A. A. (2010).A Compendium ofTirukkuralTranslations in English(4 vols.). Chennai: Central Institute of Classical Tamil,ISBN978-81-908000-2-0.
