Mamta Sagar
Mamta Sagar is an Indian poet, writer, academic, translator, and activist writing in the Kannada language.[1] Her writings focus on identity politics, feminism, and issues around linguistic and cultural diversity. She is a professor of Academic and Creative Writing at Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology.[2]
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Nationality | Indian |
Occupation | Writer, translator |
Years active | 1992–present |
Education and career
Sagar has a PhD in Comparative literature from the University of Hyderabad. She has worked with Hyderabad Central University and Bangalore University, where she has taught Comparative Literature, Translation Studies, Kannada Literature, Feminism, and Postcolonial and Cultural Studies. Sagar received the Charles Wallace India Trust fellowship in 2015.
Bibliography
Title | Year | Notes |
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Kaada Navilina Hejje (Footprints of the Wild Peacock) | 1992 | poetry collection |
Chukki Chukki Chandakki | 1993 | a play for children, directed by Iqbal Ahmed in Bangalore |
Nadiya Neerina Teva (Dampness of the River) | 1999 | poetry collection |
Hiige Haaleya Maile Haadu (Like This the song) | 2007 | poetry collection |
Growing Up as a Woman Writer | 2007 | |
MahiLa Vishaya | 2007 | collection of essays in Kannada and English on gender, language, literature, and culture |
Illi Salluva Maatu | 2010 | collection of column writings published by Chaitrapallavi Prakashana, 2010 |
Hide & Seek | 2014 | collection of selected poems in English with the source text in Kannada |
kShaNabindu | 2018 | poetry collection; in collaboration with Vasu Dixit & Bindumalini |
Interversions | - | compilation of collaborative poetry activities |
Notable translation work
- Preetiya Nalavattu NiyamagaLu (2017), translation of Elif Shafak's novel into Kannada
- 870 (2011) by Emily Dickinson into Kannada
- Seemantha (2003), Kannada short story by Nagaveni into English
- The Swing of Desire, translation of the Kannada play Mayye Bhaara Manave Bhaara, included in the anthology, Staging Resistance: Plays by Women in Translation, edited and introduced by Tutun Mukherjee. Oxford University Press, New Delhi. 2004.
- Beyond Barriers: Slovenian-Kannada Literature Interactions, trilingual compilation of poems and short stories (2011)
- Poems by Tirumalamba, the first woman poet among the early modern Kannada, into English
- Poems by Slovenian poets Brane Mozetic and Veronika Dintinjana and Slovenian Short story writers Andrej Blatnik and Suzana Tratnik into Kannada for the book Slovenian-Kannada Literature Interactions edited by her for Centre for Slovenian Literature, Ljubljana, Slovenia 2011.
- Translated many passages into Kannada for Tim Supples's production of Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream, 2008.
- Co-translated the Kannada play MAHA CHAITRA into Malayalam with Dr Chitra Panikkar, published in Kerala Kavitha 2000 edited by Dr. K. Ayyappa Panikkar, January 2000, Calicut.
Other notable work
Sagar has translated poetry, prose, and critical writings into Kannada and English. Her poems have been translated into many languages, including English, Spanish, French, Vietnamese, Galician, Maltese, Japanese, Chinese, Slovenian, Serbian, Russian, and Cebuano. Her poems have been included in textbooks from Jain University, Bangalore and the University of Kerala. Some of her poems are accompanied by music by known musicians Vasu Dixit,[3] Bindumalini, and Sunitha Ananthaswamy.[4]
Sagar produced Interversions 1,2, &3, three poetry films based on her own collection of the same name, with Srishti Films as part of the Wales-India collaborative projects (2018). She has also written and produced For Gauri, a video presentation of her poem written for Gauri Lankesh.[5]
She has toured with Mark Gwynne Jones in India and the UK on 'Melding Voices', the UK Arts Council-funded projects. She was interviewed and included in the documentary Cultures of Resistance, directed by Iara Lee. Her poetry and interviews were showcased in Los Chicos de Mañana, a documentary directed by Javier Monero for Flying Cat Productions, Spain. A collection of her poems has been published in Spanish in Caratula (Edición No. 35, Abril – Mayo 2010. Director: Sergio Ramírez. Editor: Francisco Ruiz Udiel, Nicaragua). Como esto en la pagina la cancion is another collection of her poems in Spanish translated by Nicolás Suescún and Nelson Roque Valdés (2008).
Sagar has curated many international and national poetry and theatre events in Hyderabad and Bangalore, including 'Kaavya Sanje', a multilingual community poetry event at the Bangalore Literature Festival, and she is actively involved with international poetry translation projects.[6][7] She conducted a poetry workshop in Durban, South Africa in 2005.
Awards and honours
- 2012 - AUROPOLIS Poet in Residence
- 2019 - Sanchi Honnamma Kaavya Prashasti
References
- Subramaniam, Arundhathi. "Mamta Sagar (poet) - India". Poetry International Archives. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- "Teaching Faculty". Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- Deepika, K. C. "Introducing Kannada classics in rock form". The Hindu. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- "Song - Slaughter". I - Awadhi. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- Aji, Sowmya. "Poetry flowed like blood and tears at a rally in Bengaluru this week to protest the murder of Gauri Lankesh". Economic Times. India Times. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- Peschel, Sabine. "Project 'Poets Translating Poets' proves that poetry is more than art". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- "Mamta Sagar". Literature Across Frontiers. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
External links
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- Ljubljana Poetry Festival, Slovenia
- International Poetry Translation Workshop, Dane, Sezana, Slovenia
- GRANADA POETRY FESTIVAL 2010, NICARAGUA
- Literature Festival, Hanoi-Ha long bay, Vietnam 2010
- International Poetry Festival of Medellin,Colombia
- Poetry Africa 2005
- Seemantha, Translated By Mamta G Sagar
- Best Poems from Mamta G. Sagar
- MahiLa Vishaya Book launch in Hyderabad