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S Jayasrinivasa Rao

English and Foreign Languages University, Fergusson College / Savitribai Phule Pune University, University of Mysore ; DVS College of Arts & Science, Shimoga

ORCID iD 0000-0002-5643-6773
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I received my doctoral degree from The English & Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, for my work on translation and the early novel in Kannada. I have 20 years of teaching experience, having taught English and communication skills to engineering undergraduates at Aurora's Scientific & Technological Institute and Aurora’s Technological & Research Institute. As editor, I edited and published books on Governance while working at Centre for Good Governance. I was the Joint Editor of Research Journal SEDME (published by NIMSME [earlier known as NISIET], Hyderabad) and Editor of NISIET Bulletin from March 2003 to March 2004.

I translate across Kannada and English and have translated into English an early Kannada novel, "Chandramukhiya Ghatavu"; poems, stories, and essays for "Steel Nibs are Sprouting: New Dalit Writing from South India" (HarperCollins Publishers India, 2013); and Kerur Vasudevacharya’s Holmes story 'Vismayajanakavada Himseya Kramavu.' My English translations of the renowned Kannada modernist poet, K. V. Tirumalesh’s Hyderabad Poems have appeared in "Caesurae: Poetics of Cultural Translation," "Muse India," and "Maidaanam" and my Kannada translations of world poetry have appeared in Kannada literary journals "Avadhi," "Bhasha Bharathi," and "Ruthumana." My book of Kannada translations of 70 Polish poems, "Suridaavo Taaregalu," published by Kuvempu University, Karnataka, was released in April 2022.

I am currently writing a fortnightly column called ‘Loka Kavya Vihara’ in "Kendasampige," where I introduce a foreign poet along with Kannada translations of their poems. I was invited by Kuvempu University, Prasaranga, to read my English and Kannada translations of poems on their ‘Poets Reading their Poems’ programme. My fortnightly column, "Forgotten Chapters," on Kannada Arunodaya literature appeared in "The Hindu" during January-December, 2020. My research papers can be seen and read in "Translation Today," "Journal of Karnataka Studies," "CIEFL Bulletin," "Literary Criterion," "Poornadrishti: Journal of Literary Studies," and "Language in India." My English translations of Kannada research essays have appeared in critical anthologies published by Sahitya Akademi and Kannada University, Hampi.

I have also written study modules for courses in Communication Skills and Comparative Literature for IGNOU, New Delhi, and English textbooks for school children.

Specialties: Literary Translation, Kannada Arunodaya Literature, Research in Literature, Cultural Studies, Content Creation and Editing, Training in Soft Skills, Teaching

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Education

  • English and Foreign Languages University Ph D
    1995 - 2001
  • English and Foreign Languages University M Phil
    1993 - 1995
  • English and Foreign Languages University PGDES
    1992 - 1993
  • Fergusson College / Savitribai Phule Pune University MA in English
    1990 - 1992
  • University of Mysore ; DVS College of Arts & Science, Shimoga BA
    1987 - 1990

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Publications (15)

  • The Forgotten Anthology: Hattiyangadi Narayana Rao’s ‘Aangla Kavitavali,’ the first collection of English poems translated into Kannada
    Poornadrishti: Journal of Literary Studies ISSN:2583-7338 2023
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  • Kannada Modernism in Hyderabad: 5 Poems by K.V. Tirumalesh
    MAIDAANAM: CULTURE, HISTORY, AND POLITICS FROM THE DECCAN AND SOUTHERN INDIA 2022
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  • ಸುರಿದಾವೋ ತಾರೆಗಳು SURIDAAVO TAAREGALU
    PRASARANGA, KUVEMPU UNIVERSITY, SHANKARAGHATTA, KARNATAKA 2022
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  • HYDERABAD POEMS II - English translation of three Kannada poems by K. V. Tirumalesh
    MUSE INDIA - the literary ejournal [ISSN: 0975-1815] 2021
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  • ಪೋರ್ಚುಗೀಸ್ ಕವಿ ಫನಾಂಡೊ ಪೆಸೋವಾ-ನ ನಾಲ್ಕು ಕವನಗಳು Portuguese Kavi Fernando Pessoa-na Nalku Kavanagalu
    Bhasha Bharathi Triannual ಭಾಷಾ ಭಾರತಿ ಚಾತುರ್ಮಾಸಿಕ - Kuvempu Bhasha Bharathi Pradhikaara ಕುವೆಂಪು ಭಾಷಾ ಭಾರತಿ ಪ್ರಾಧಿಕಾರ 2021
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  • HYDERABAD POEMS - English translation of seven Kannada poems by K. V. Tirumalesh
    CAESURAE: POETICS OF CULTURAL TRANSLATION (ISSN 2454 - 9495) 2021
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  • Inventive and Polyphonic -- Review of English translation of Gulvadi Venkata Rao's "Indira Bai"
    The Hindu - Friday Review (Bangalore Edn.) 2019
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  • To Correct or Not to Correct -- Usual and Unusual Errors among Telugu Speakers of English.
    Language in India 2012
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  • The Fall of Chandramukhi - English translation of "Chandramukhiya Ghatavu" a Kannada Novel written in 1900
    Abhiruchi Prakashana, Shimoga, Karnataka 2012
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  • Rewriting Social Reform: The Early Phase of the 'Social' Realist Novel in Kannada
    2011
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