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'''Rajagopal.Parthasarathy'''<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Rai|first1=Dr Shri Krishan|last2=Karmakar|first2=Goutam|title=Growth of a Poetic Mind: A Glimpse into the Poetic Journey of R. Parthasarathy|journal=International Journal of English Research|year=2015|volume=1|issue=1|pages=22–25|url=http://www.englishjournals.com/archives/2015/vol1/issue1/1-2-13}}</ref> also known as Rajagopal Parthasarathy (born 1934) is an Indian poet,<ref>{{cite web|title=Short Biography R. Parthasarathy|url=http://www.shareyouressays.com/118153/short-biography-r-parthasarathy|website=ShareYourEssays|publisher=ShareYourEssays|access-date=21 May 2016}}</ref> [[translator]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Translation as an Afterlife: Making Dead Indian Poets Speak|url=http://weberstudies.weber.edu/archive/archive%20B%20Vol.%2011-16.1/Vol.%2015.1/15.1Parthasarathy.htm|website=Weber. The Contemporary West|publisher=WeberStudies|access-date=21 May 2016}}</ref> critic, and [[editing|editor]].<ref>[http://www.drunkenboat.com/db10/01asi/parthasarathy.html About R. Parthasarathy : At Drunken Boat]</ref><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Rajagopal Parthasarathy was born on 20 August 1934 in Tirupparaiturai near [[Tiruchchirappalli]]. He was educated at Don Bosco High School and Siddharth College, [[Mumbai]] and at [[Leeds University]], UK, where he was British Council Scholar in 1963–64.<ref>{{cite web|title=R Parthasarathy|url=http://www.veethi.com/india-people/r._parthasarathy-profile-4536-25.htm|publisher=Veethi|access-date=21 May 2016}}</ref> He completed his PhD, Programme from the University of Texas at Austin in 1987.<ref>{{cite web |title=Parthasarathy, R. 1934– |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/parthasarathy-r-1934 |website=encyclopedia.com |publisher=encyclopedia.com |access-date=15 September 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
He was lecturer in [[English Literature]] in [[Mumbai]] for ten years before joining Oxford University Press in 1971 as Regional Editor in [[Chennai]]. He moved to [[New Delhi]] in 1978. He is Associate Professor of English and [[Asian Studies]] at [[Skidmore College]] in [[Saratoga Springs]], [[New York (state)|New York]], United States .<br />
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His works<ref>{{cite web |title=Elements of Exile and Alienation in R. Parthasarathy's Poem 'Trial' |url=http://www.arsartium.org/pdf/2015/20.%20Elements%20of%20Exile%20and%20Alienation%20in%20R.%20Parthasarathy's%20Poem%20'Trial'%20by%20Vinay%20Kumar%20Dubey.pdf |website=arsartium.org |publisher=arsartium.org |access-date=25 August 2018}}</ref> include ''Poetry from Leeds'' in 1968, ''Rough Passage'' published<ref>{{cite web |title=Post-Colonial Reading of R. Parthasarathy's Poem 'Exile' |url=https://literariness.org/2018/07/18/post-colonial-reading-of-r-parthasarathys-poem-exile/ |website=literariness.org |publisher=literariness.org |access-date=25 August 2018}}</ref> by [[Oxford University Press]] in 1977, a long poem ( Preface ''"a book where all poems form part of a single poem, as it were" – R. Parthasarathy'' ) and ''Ten Twentieth-Century Indian Poets'', edited by him and published by [[Oxford University Press]] in 1976. He also translates from Tamil to English.<ref>[https://www.questia.com/googleScholar.qst;jsessionid=LQdc0DJPx12H1rZpkn1l0lQXGjpSymg0Ftnvz1J1TpCfJf1QsDYj!-1572281347!748858375?docId=95705024 Tamil Literature by R. Parthasarathy]</ref> His [[translation]] into modern English verse of the 5th-century [[Silappatikaram|Tamil epic]], ''The Tale of the Anklet: An Epic of South India''<ref>{{cite web|title=R. Parthasarathy Poet ( b. 1934 )|url=http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poets/detail/r-parthasarathy|publisher=Poetry Foundation|access-date=21 May 2016}}</ref> was published by Columbia UP in 1993. It received the [[Sahitya Akademi]] Translation Prize in 1995 and The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. – [[A.K. Ramanujan]] Book Prize for Translation in 1996. He was also awarded the Ulka Poetry Prize of ''Poetry India'' in 1966. He was a member of the [[University of Iowa]] Writing Program during 1978–79, and member of the Advisory Board for English of the [[Sahitya Akademi]] – the National Academy of Letters, [[New Delhi]], India.<ref>{{cite web |title=An Evaluation of R. Parthasarathy as an Indian Poet writing in English |url=http://www.literary-articles.com/2013/12/an-evaluation-of-r-parthasarathy-as.html |website=literary-articles.com |publisher=literary-articles.com |access-date=25 August 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
*[http://www.aasianst.org/publications/book-prizes-ramanujan.htm The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. – A.K. Ramanujan Book Prize for Translation, 1996 for R. Parthasarathy ]<br />
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==Books==<br />
*''Rough Passage''. (Poetry in English). New Delhi: [[Oxford University Press]], India 1977. {{ISBN|0-19-560690-6}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Love as a Synaesthetic Experience in R. Parthasarathy's Rough Passage |url=http://www.the-criterion.com/V2/n3/Joyanta.pdf |website=the-criterion.com |publisher=the-criterion.com |access-date=25 August 2018}}</ref><br />
*''Poetry from Leeds''. [[Leeds]]: [[Oxford University Press]], UK 1968.<br />
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==Editor==<br />
*''Ten Twentieth-Century Indian Poets''. ( Chosen and Edited by R. Parthasarathy ). New Delhi: [[Oxford University Press]], India 1977. {{ISBN|0-19-562402-5}}<br />
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==Translations==<br />
*''Cilappatikaram of Ilanko Atikal (The Tale of an Anklet): An Epic of South India''. ( Translator – R. Parthasarathy ). [[New York City]]: [[Columbia University Press]], USA 1993.<ref>{{cite web |title=Review of Parasarathy 's translation of the Cilappatikaram of Ilanko Atikal |url=https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1088&context=facsch_papers |website=digitalcommons.butler.edu |publisher=digitalcommons.butler.edu |access-date=25 August 2018}}</ref><br />
*''Erotic Poems from the Sanskrit: An Anthology''. ( Translator – R. Parthasarathy ). [[New York City]]: [[Columbia University Press]], USA November 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title="Erotic Poems from the Sanskrit: An Anthology" by R Parthasarathy |url=http://asianreviewofbooks.com/content/erotic-poems-from-the-sanskrit-an-anthology-by-r-parthasarathy/ |website=asianreviewofbooks.com |publisher=asianreviewofbooks.com |access-date=25 August 2018}}</ref><br />
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== Appearances in the following poetry Anthologies ==<br />
* ''The Golden Treasure of [[Writers Workshop]] Poetry'' (2008) ed. by Rubana Huq and published by [[Writers Workshop]], [[Calcutta]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Rubana Huq, ed. The Golden Treasury of Writers Workshop Poetry. Review : ASIATIC, VOLUME 3, NUMBER 1, JUNE 2009 |url=http://journals.iium.edu.my/asiatic/index.php/AJELL/article/view/82/67 |website=journals.iium.edu.my |publisher=journals.iium.edu.my |access-date=4 September 2018}}</ref><br />
* ''A New Book of Indian Poems in English'' (2000) ed. by [[Gopi Kottoor]] and published by [[Poetry Chain]] and [[Writers Workshop]], [[Calcutta]]<br />
* ''Ten Twentieth-Century Indian Poets'' (1976) ed. by R. Parthasarathy and published by [[Oxford University Press]], [[New Delhi]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Ten 20th Century Indian Poets |url=https://www.cse.iitk.ac.in/users/amit/books/parthasarathy-1976-ten-20th-century.html |website=cse.iitk.ac.in |publisher=cse.iitk.ac.in |access-date=23 August 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*[http://weberstudies.weber.edu/archive/archive%20B%20Vol.%2011-16.1/Vol.%2015.1/15.1Parthasarathy.htm Translation as an Afterlife: Making Dead Indian Poets Speak by R. Parthasarathy]<br />
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==See also==<br />
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*[[Indian English Poetry]]<br />
*[[Indian poetry in English]]<br />
*[[Indian English Literature]]<br />
*[[Indian literature]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/r-parthasarathy/ R. Parthasarathy at Poetry Foundation]<br />
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