Vanamala Viswanatha

Vanamala Viswanatha, professor of English Studies, has taught English for over four decades in premiere institutions in Bengaluru. A bilingual scholar, she has taught, published, and promoted Indian literatures in English translation, collaborating with Katha, Sahitya Akademi, and the National Translation Mission. An award-winning translator, she has translated important modern Kannada writers such as Tejasvi (1994), Vaidehi (1998), Sara Aboobacker (1999), U.R. Ananthamurthy (2001), Lankesh (2003), and Gulvadi Venkata Rao (2019). Her repertoire includes the translations of seminal pre-modern classics: Vachana (2012); The Life of Harishchandra (Harvard University Press, 2017); and Vaddaradhane, a 10th century Jaina text (HUP, forthcoming). A Translation Fellow at Ashoka University, she is currently translating L. Tolpadi’s essay collection, Musings on the Mahabharata.