Poet, translator, and folklorist, A. K. Ramanujan has been recognized as the world's most profound scholar of South Asian language and culture. This omnibus collection brings all of his diverse poetic output in one volume. It will enable readers and scholars to see much more easily the interconnectedness of his work in different genres--original poetry and scholarly translations--and different languages.
"What makes this volume so special is its linking of Ramanujan's unique Indian American poetic sensibility and the seeming effortlessness of his well-known translations of classical Tamil poetry.... A valuable addition to any library. Highly recommended."--
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