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{{Infobox book
| name = In Our Translated World: Contemporary Global Tamil Poetry
| title_orig =
| translator = Anushiya Ramaswamy, Maithili Thayanithy and M. L. Thangappa.
| image = In Our Translated World.jpg
| border = yes
| caption =
| authors = 78 Poets
| country = {{flagu|Canada}}
| editor = [[Chelva Kanaganayakam]]
| language = English, Tamil
| genre = Poetry
| publisher = [[Tamil Literary Garden]] jointly with TSAR Publications
| pub_date = 2013
| media_type = Book
| pages = 269
| isbn = 1927494362
}}
'''''In Our Translated World: Contemporary Global Tamil Poetry''''' is a [[bilingual]] ([[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[English language|English]]) anthology of [[Tamil literature|Tamil poetry]], published in 2013. This collection contains poems by 78 Tamils, of whom 21 are women.<ref name="review_by_richard"/> The authors are from many countries, including [[India]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Malaysia]], [[Singapore]], [[Canada]], [[Australia]] and [[Europe]]. Similarly, their backgrounds and experiences are diverse, described as being "women and men, young and old, Hindu, Muslim and Christian".<ref name="review_by_nive"/>

In a note about the importance of this work, Professor Sascha Ebeling of the Department of South Indian Studies, [[University of Chicago]] stated the following: "Never before has an anthology of Tamil poetry in translation offered such a broad perspective, and no other book to date demonstrates so well the fact that over the past two decades Tamil literature has become a truly global affair.".<ref name="tsar"/>

''In Our Translated World'' is the result of a project undertaken by [[Tamil Literary Garden]] with funding from [[Government of Ontario|Ontario government's]] Trillium Foundation and others.<ref name="review_by_nive"/> It was edited by [[Chelva Kanaganayakam]],<ref name="chelva_interview"/> professor in the Department of English and the Director for the Centre for South Asian Studies at the [[University of Toronto]].<ref name="review_by_richard"/> This book was released on 9 March 2014 at the Scarborough Convention Centre.<ref name="monsoon_article"/>

== Selection and translation ==
The selection committee consisted of poets, writers and academics. This included Mohanarangan, Sukumaran, A. Yesurasa, Selvam Arulanantham, Usha Mathivanan, Thirumavalan, S. Yuvarajan, Latha and Annar.<ref name="review_by_pathivukal"/>

The works were translated by Anushiya Ramaswamy, Maithili Thayanithy and [[M. L. Thangappa]].

== Themes ==
The poems in this anthology cover a range of themes.<ref name="scott_edward_anderson"/> The "struggle between [[modernity]] and [[tradition]]", "transition from an oppressive [[plantation]] culture to urban spaces", [[urbanization]], "[[Sri Lankan Civil War|Sri Lankan Tamils political upheaval]] and its consequent social and cultural disintegration", sexual assault, violence, poverty, women issues, [[Emigration|emigrant]]/[[Immigration|immigrant]] experiences and [[existentialism]] are major themes covered in this collection.<ref name="review_by_pathivukal"/>

== See also ==
* [[Tamil literature]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="review_by_richard">{{Cite web | title = Contemporary Global Tamil Poetry (Book Review) | website=sangam.org | publisher = Ilankai Tamil Sangam | year = 2013 | access-date = 2014-03-23 | url = http://sangam.org/contemporary-global-tamil-poetry/}}</ref>

<ref name="review_by_nive">{{Cite web | title = In Our Translated World | website = tamilculture.ca | publisher = TamilCulture | year = 2014 | access-date = 2014-03-23 | url = http://tamilculture.ca/translated-world/ | archive-date = 2014-03-23 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140323200447/http://tamilculture.ca/translated-world/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>

<ref name="tsar">{{Cite web | title = In Our Translated World: Contemporary Global Tamil Poetry | website = tsarbooks.com | publisher = TSAR Books | year = 2014 | access-date = 2014-03-23 | url = http://www.tsarbooks.com/TSAR_InOurTranslatedWorld.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140321040002/http://www.tsarbooks.com/TSAR_InOurTranslatedWorld.htm | archive-date = 2014-03-21 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
<ref name="review_by_pathivukal">{{Cite web | title = வாசிப்பும், யோசிப்பும் 37 : எமது மாறிய உலகினுள் (In Our Translated World) | website = geotamil.com | publisher = Pathivukal | year = 2014 | access-date = 2014-03-23 | url = http://www.geotamil.com/pathivukalnew/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1936:-37-in-our-translated-world&catid=28:2011-03-07-22-20-27&Itemid=54 | archive-date = 2014-03-23 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140323200305/http://www.geotamil.com/pathivukalnew/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1936:-37-in-our-translated-world&catid=28:2011-03-07-22-20-27&Itemid=54 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

<ref name="chelva_interview">{{Cite web | title = Interview with the editor and Prof. Chelva Kanaganayakam and Tamil Poet and Prof. Cheran | website=youtube.com| publisher = TSAR Books | year = 2014 | access-date = 2014-03-23 | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6q4xECeSDI&sns=fb}}</ref>

<ref name="scott_edward_anderson">{{Cite web | title = Scott Edward Anderson about In Our Translated World |website=seapoetry.wordpress.com| publisher = TSAR Books | year = 2014 | access-date = 2014-03-23 | url = http://seapoetry.wordpress.com/2014/03/23/poems-of-displacement-love-and-other-modern-tamil-concerns/}}</ref>

<ref name="monsoon_article">{{Cite web | title = Monsoon Journal Article about In Our Translated World | website = monsoonjournal.com | publisher = TSAR Books | year = 2014 | access-date = 2014-03-23 | url = http://www.monsoonjournal.com/ArticleFiles/Archives/Arch_on_1-Mar-2014/Archive_1-Mar-2014.pdf | archive-date = 2014-03-25 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140325010241/http://www.monsoonjournal.com/ArticleFiles/Archives/Arch_on_1-Mar-2014/Archive_1-Mar-2014.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref>
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