Rajagopal Parthasarathy, better known as R. Parthasarathy is an Indian writer, critic and editor of English language. He is an educator, poet, critic, as well as translator. His name is taken among the quartet who laid the foundation of Indian English poetry, the other three being Jayanta Mahapatra, A. K. Ramanujan and Nissim Ezekiel. He is a recipient of The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. – A.K. Ramanujan Book Prize for Translation for the year 1996. Rough Passage and Poetry from Leeds are his poetry collections published in English.
R. Parthasarathy – Acclaimed English Writer
R. Parthasarathy was born in 1934 in Tirupparaiturai near Tiruchchirappalli of Tamil Nadu. He completed his Ph. D from University of Texas in 1987. Since 1960s he has been into teaching profession. His translation of Tamil work Chilappathikaram to English – The Tale of the Anklet: An Epic of South India brought him acclamation. It also earned him Sahitya Academy award for translation in 1995. His first poetry collection Poetry from Leeds was published in 1968.
R. Parthasarathy – Some interesting and lesser-known facts
1. He served as a British Council Scholar at Leeds University, UK, during 1963-1964.
2. Most of his translation works are from Tamil to English.
3. He was a recipient of the Ulka Poetry Prize of Poetry India in 1966.
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