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[[File:Rana Nayyar,a literary critic,Punjab ,India.jpg|thumb|Rana Nayyar,a literary critic, at Chandigarh Literature Festival 2016,Punjab ,India]]
Professor Dr Rana Nayar (born 1957)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-CK1N-oN0DwC&q=%22Rana+Nayar%22+1957&pg=PA196 |title=From Across the Shores: Punjabi Short Stories by Asians in Britain |year=2002 |isbn=9789694941240 |accessdate=2015-05-31}}</ref> is a translator of [[poetry]] and short fiction from [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] to English.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/br/2006/12/12/stories/2006121200951700.htm |title=Short stories |publisher=Hindu.com |date=2006-12-12 |accessdate=2015-05-31}}</ref> He has more than forty volumes of poetry and translation works to his credit. He is also a theatre artist and has participated in a number of major full-length productions. He won [[Sahitya Akademi Award|Sahitya Akademi]] Golden Jubilee prize for his English translation of the [[punjabi language|Punjabi]] devotional poetry of [[Baba Farid|Saint Baba Farid]].

==Education and career==
Prof Nayar taught English literature at [[St Bede]]'s College in [[Shimla]] from 1980 to 1990. In 1990 he joined [[Panjab University]], [[Chandigarh]], where he became Professor and Head of the Department of English and Cultural Studies<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.puchd.ac.in/show-biodata.php?qstrempid=309&qstrempdesigcode=8|title= Panjab University - ''Profile of Rana Nayar''|publisher=English.puchd.ac.in|accessdate=2015-05-31}}</ref> He has also served as visiting professor with [[Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pwias.ubc.ca/profile/rana-nayar |title= Rana Nayar - Peter Wall Institute|publisher=pwias.ubc.ca|accessdate=2021-06-20}}</ref>

== Major works ==
A critic, scholar and translator, Rana Nayar has been a pioneer in bringing into [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] translation a great number of classics from Punjabi literature. Among the prominent Punjabi authors he has translated are included such literary giants as Gurdial Singh,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20121111/spectrum/book1.htm|title= The Sunday Tribune Review - ''Gurdial Singh - A Reader''|publisher=Tribuneindia.com|accessdate=2015-05-31}}</ref> Raghubir Dhand, Mohan Bhandari and Beeba Balwant inter alia. He has translated two of Gurdial's novels, "Night of the Half-moon" and "Parsa". He has also translated 14 short stories by Gurdial under the title Ëarthy Tones".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20021110/spectrum/book1.htm|title= Celebrating the Vision of Gurdial Singh - ''Earthy Tones''|publisher=The Sunday Tribune|accessdate=2020-06-15}}</ref>

Besides translating the works of such prominent women writers from [[Punjab region|Punjab]] such as [[Amrita Pritam]], Ajit Caur and Dalip Kaur Tiwana, he has helped in bringing to public notice such lesser known writers as Chandan Negi, who writes in both Punjabi and [[Dogri]]. Rana Nayar was instrumental in revival of interest in Gurdial Singh's novels and short stories.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.katha.org/site/book-view?book_isbn=9788189020248|title= Katha Book Review - ''The Survivors'' by Gurdial Singh|publisher=Katha.org|accessdate=2015-05-31}}</ref>

His first collection of poems (composed by himself) is titled ''Breathing Spaces'', which has received critical review and appreciation in Indian literary circle.

== Critical and analytical writing ==
Rana Nayar's critical works on poetry include "Edward Albee : Towards a Typology of Relationships" published in 2003 by Prestige Publishers. His other critical works which are forthcoming include ''"Mediations : Self & Society"'', which is a collection of essays on Indian history, society and culture, and ''"Third World Narrative : Theory & Practice"''. He has made seminal contribution to historical analysis of Indian literary translation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vedamsbooks.in/no107698/intersections-essays-on-indian-literatures-translations-popular-consciousness-rana-nayar|title= Inter-sections - ''Essays on Indian Literatures, Translation & Popular Consciousness''|publisher=Vedamsbooks.in|accessdate=2015-05-31}}</ref>

== Awards and recognition ==
Rana Nayar has been a Charles Wallace (India) Trust Awardee, besides having won commendation awards for translation from [[British Council]] and ''Katha''. In 2007 he won [[Sahitya Akademi]]'s Indian Literature Golden Jubilee Literary Translation Prize for Poetry. Rana Nayar is also on the editorial board of the prestigious Lakeview International Journal of Literature & Arts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lijla.weebly.com/about.html|title= LAKEVIEW Editorial Board|publisher=Lijla.weebly.com|accessdate=2015-05-31}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==
* ''Night of the Half Moon'', (1996), [[Macmillan Publishers]]
* ''Parsa'' (2000), [[National Book Trust]]
* ''From Across the Shores : Punjabi Short Stories by Asians in Britain'' (2002), [[Sterling Publishers]], {{ISBN|978-81-207241-4-3}}
* ''Earthly Tones'' (2002), Fiction House
* ''The Eye of a Doe and Other Stories'' (2003), [[Sahitya Akademi]]
* ''Melting Moments'' (2004), Unistar
* ''Tale of a Cursed Tree'' (2004), Ravi Sahitya Prakashan
* ''The Survivors'' (2005), Katha
* ''Slice of Life'' (2005), Unistar
* ''Shivoham'' (2007), [[Rupa Publications]], {{ISBN|978-81-207241-4-3}}
* ''Gurdial Singh - A Reader'' (2012), [[Sahitya Akademi]], {{ISBN|978-81-260339-7-3}}
* ''Alms in the Name of a Blind Horse'', [[Rupa Publications]], {{ISBN|978-81-291373-1-9}}

==See also==
* [[Sahitya Akademi Golden Jubilee Award]]
* [[Indian poetry]]
* [[Indian Literature (journal)|''Indian Literature'']]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.indianexpress.com/news/read-on/969450/ Rana Nayar on Gurdial Singh - Article in ''Indian Express'']

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