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{{Short description|Indian writer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Mamta Sagar
| image = File:MamtabyChukki.jpg
| nationality = Indian
| occupation = Writer, translator
| years_active = 1992–present
}}

'''Mamta Sagar''' ({{lang-kn|ಮಮತಾ ಸಾಗರ}}) is an [[Indian people|Indian]] poet, academic, and activist writing in the [[Kannada]] language.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Subramaniam |first1=Arundhathi |title=Mamta Sagar (poet) - India |url=https://www.poetryinternational.org/pi/poet/13507/Mamta-Sagar/en/tile |website=Poetry International Archives |accessdate=19 April 2020}}</ref> Her writings focus on identity politics, feminism, and issues around linguistic and cultural diversity. She is a professor of [[Academic writing|Academic]] and [[Creative Writing]] at [[Srishti Institute of Art Design and Technology|Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Teaching Faculty |url=http://www.srishti.ac.in/people/faculty |website=Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology |accessdate=19 April 2020}}</ref>

==Education and career==
Sagar has a PhD in [[Comparative literature]] from the [[University of Hyderabad]]. She has worked with Hyderabad Central University and [[Bangalore University]], where she has taught Comparative Literature, [[Translation studies|Translation Studies]], [[Kannada literature|Kannada Literature]], Feminism, and Postcolonial and Cultural Studies. Sagar received the Charles Wallace India Trust fellowship in 2015.

==Bibliography==
*''Kaada Navilina Hejje'' (Footprints of the Wild Peacock) - 1992
*''Chukki Chukki Chandakki'' - 1993
*''Nadiya Neerina Teva'' (Dampness of the River) - 1999
*''Hiige Haaleya Maile Haadu'' (Like This the song) - 2007
*''Growing Up as a Woman Writer'' - 2007
*''MahiLa Vishaya'' - 2007
*''Illi Salluva Maatu'' - 2010
*''Hide & Seek'' - 2014
*''kShaNabindu'' - 2018
*''Interversions'' (compilation)

===Notable translation work===
* Poems by [[Tirumalamba]]
* ''The Swing of Desire'' - the play ''Mayye Bhaara Manave Bhaara''
* ''Seemantha'' (2003) - short story by Nagaveni
* ''870'' (2011) - by [[Emily Dickinson]]
* ''Slovenian-Kannada Literature Interactions'' (2011)
* ''Beyond Barriers: Slovenian-Kannada Literature Interactions'' (2011)
* ''Slovenian-Kannada Literature Interactions'' (2011)
* ''Preetiya Nalavattu NiyamagaLu'' (2017) - novel by [[Elif Shafak]]

==Other notable work==
Sagar has translated poetry, prose, and critical writings into Kannada and English. Her own poems have been translated into many languages, and have been included in textbooks from [[Jain University]], Bangalore and the [[University of Kerala]]. Some of her poems are accompanied by music by [[Vasu Dixit]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Deepika |first1=K. C. |title=Introducing Kannada classics in rock form |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/introducing-kannada-classics-in-rock-form/article17413506.ece |website=The Hindu |accessdate=19 April 2020}}</ref> Bindumalini, and Sunitha Ananthaswamy.<ref>{{cite web |title=Song - Slaughter |url=https://avadhimag.com/?p=148999 |website=I - Awadhi |accessdate=19 April 2020}}</ref>

Sagar produced ''Interversions 1,2, & 3'', three poetry films based on her own collection of the same name, with Srishti Films as part of the Wales-India collaborative projects (2018). She has also written and produced ''For Gauri'', a video presentation of her poem written for [[Gauri Lankesh]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Aji |first1=Sowmya |title=Poetry flowed like blood and tears at a rally in Bengaluru this week to protest the murder of Gauri Lankesh|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/poetry-flowed-like-blood-and-tears-at-a-rally-in-bengaluru-this-week-to-protest-the-murder-of-gauri-lankesh/articleshow/60715375.cms |website=Economic Times |publisher=India Times |accessdate=19 April 2020}}</ref>

Sagar has curated many international and national poetry and theater events in [[Hyderabad]] and Bangalore, including ''Kaavya Sanje'', a multilingual community poetry event at the Bangalore Literature Festival, and she is actively involved with international poetry translation projects.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Peschel |first1=Sabine |title=Project 'Poets Translating Poets' proves that poetry is more than art |url=https://www.dw.com/en/project-poets-translating-poets-proves-that-poetry-is-more-than-art/a-19326940 |website=Deutsche Welle |accessdate=20 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mamta Sagar |url=https://www.lit-across-frontiers.org/profiles/mamta-sagar/ |website=Literature Across Frontiers |accessdate=20 April 2020}}</ref>

==Awards and honours==
* 2012 - AUROPOLIS Poet in Residence
* 2019 - Sanchi Honnamma Kaavya Prashasti
* 2019 - Bhashabharathi Translation Award for ''Preetiya Nalavattu Nyamagalu'' (translation of Elif Shfak's ''The Forty Rules of Love'' into Kannada)

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://archive.today/20130418134022/http://www.uni-aas.si/2010/05/17-literarno-glasbeni-festival-ziva-knjizevnost Ljubljana Poetry Festival, Slovenia]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120426071959/http://www.ccp.si/english/izpis.php?id=873 International Poetry Translation Workshop, Dane, Sezana, Slovenia]
*[https://archive.today/20130221102654/http://www.caratula.net/archivo/N35-0410/poesia-sagar.php GRANADA POETRY FESTIVAL 2010, NICARAGUA]
*[http://tongocthach.vn/index.php?loading=6&sid=032afd896fe76&title=index&setallid=010000110111000111001100111&group_id=23&new_id=894&cap=T%E1%BA%A1p%20v%C4%83n%20%28Miscellanea%29 Literature Festival, Hanoi-Ha long bay, Vietnam 2010]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120525050127/http://www.festivaldepoesiademedellin.org/pub.php/en/Revista/ultimas_ediciones/81_82/sagar.html International Poetry Festival of Medellin,Colombia]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190307173945/http://www.cca.ukzn.ac.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=281:mamta-sagar-india&catid=31:participant-bios&Itemid=1 Poetry Africa 2005]
*[http://www.womenswriting.com/writerdetails.asp?writerid=24 Seemantha, Translated By Mamta G Sagar]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110715101325/http://www.poemsabout.com/poet/mamta-g-sagar/ Best Poems from Mamta G. Sagar]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070317061300/http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/10/stories/2007031019650200.htm MahiLa Vishaya Book launch in Hyderabad]
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