Vanamala Viswanatha

India, Translator

An acclaimed translator and academic, Professor Vanamala Viswanatha has taught English literature over the past four decades at premier institutions in Bengaluru. Vanamala has also served as Honorary Director, Centre for Translation, Sahitya Akademi, and as Member, National Translation Mission. Her translation of The Life of Harishchandra (Harvard University Press, 2017), the first ever translation of a medieval Kannada poetic classic, in the Murty Classical Library of India Series, is a landmark publication.