Krishna Manavalli

Krishna Manavalli is a professor in the department of English at Karnatak University, Dharwad. She is a literary critic and translator who works in both English and Kannada. In her long and brilliant academic career in the US and India, Krishna has worked on multiple areas such as contemporary British literature, South Asian writing, postcolonial studies, feminism, cultural studies and translations. Krishna is also a member of the English advisory board of the Sahitya Akademi, and is on many academic and university administrative boards in the state.

Krishna’s recent publications include the translation of the renowned Kannada writer Chandrasekhar Kambar’s novels Karimayi (2017) and Shivana Dangura (2017). Krishna has received the 2019 Karnataka Sahitya Academy award for her translation of Karimayi.