A. K. Ramanujan

Abin Chakraborty (Chandernagore College)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 10.3.1.03: Indian Writing and Culture: Post-colonial, 1947-present.
Vol. editors: Claire Gallien (Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3), Pavan Kumar Malreddy (J W Goethe University of Frankfurt), Delphine Munos (Université de Liège)

Dates

Born 1929
Died 1993
Activity 1949-1993

Places

Born in India
Active in India

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Poet, critic, scholar, academic, folklorist, and translator, A.K. Ramanujan (1929-1993) was a man of manifold erudition and expertise who left his mark on a number of inter-related disciplines for which he was widely recognized as one of those rare luminaries to whom versatile excellence comes naturally. Equally dexterous in Tamil, Telegu, Kannada, Sanskrit and English, he was an Indian author of global significance whose contributions won him the Padmashree Award in 1976 and prestigious academic positions and fellowships as part of his scholarly career in the United States. These include the William E. Colvin endowment Professorship at the University of Chicago and the MacArthur Prize Fellowship. Such recognitions testify to the erudition of a man whose literary and critical output…

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Citation: Chakraborty, Abin. "A. K. Ramanujan". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 03 September 2013 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=3701, accessed 23 November 2024.]