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[[File:PRUIKSMA .jpg|thumb|Pruiskma's translation of Thiruvalluvar's Kuram ]] | |||
Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma is a Tamil scholar from the United States. He has translated the Thirukkural into English. | Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma is a Tamil scholar from the United States. He has translated the Thirukkural into English. | ||
== Life == | |||
Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma is a Tamil scholar from the United States. He is proficient in many world languages. In 1998, after finishing his undergraduate studies, Pruiksma moved to a small town near Madurai where he learned Tamil from Prof. K.V.Ramakoti. He translated the Thirukkural into English. He has also translated Avvaiyar's poems into English. | |||
He is currently engaged in learning new languages, translating between various languages and performing poetry on stage. He has received grants and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, 4Culture, Artist Trust, and the U. S. Fulbright Program. At present he is translating a novel by the Spanish writer Pedro Paramo into English. | |||
== Books == | |||
* The Kural (translated from the Tamil) | |||
* ''The Safety of Edges'' (poems) | |||
* ''Give, Eat, and Live: Poems of Avvaiyar'' (translated from the Tamil) | |||
* ''Body and Earth'' (with the artist C.F. John) | |||
== Links == | |||
* [https://thomaspruiksma.com/books/tiruvalluvars-tirukkural/ Thomas Pruiksma's website] | |||
*[https://thomaspruiksma.com/books/tiruvalluvars-tirukkural/ Introduction to Kural translation, Thomas Pruiksma] | |||
* [https://youtu.be/mqoXpOn2AxY Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma, "The Kural" (Translation of Tirvalluvar’s Thirukkural) w Archana Venkatesan] | |||
*[https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2022/10/06/cosmic-oceans-squeezed-into-atoms-the-kural/ Cosmic Oceans squeezed into Atoms, David Shulman's review in NY Review of Books, October 2022] | |||
*[https://scroll.in/article/1044151/kural-versus-kural-the-aesthetics-and-politics-of-two-translations-of-tiruvalluvars-classic ‘Kural’ versus ‘Kural’: The aesthetics and politics of two translations of Tiruvalluvar’s classic Suchithra Ramachandran] | |||
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Latest revision as of 16:28, 13 June 2024
இந்தப் பக்கத்தை தமிழில் வாசிக்க: தாமஸ் புரூய்க்ஸ்மா
Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma is a Tamil scholar from the United States. He has translated the Thirukkural into English.
Life
Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma is a Tamil scholar from the United States. He is proficient in many world languages. In 1998, after finishing his undergraduate studies, Pruiksma moved to a small town near Madurai where he learned Tamil from Prof. K.V.Ramakoti. He translated the Thirukkural into English. He has also translated Avvaiyar's poems into English.
He is currently engaged in learning new languages, translating between various languages and performing poetry on stage. He has received grants and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, 4Culture, Artist Trust, and the U. S. Fulbright Program. At present he is translating a novel by the Spanish writer Pedro Paramo into English.
Books
- The Kural (translated from the Tamil)
- The Safety of Edges (poems)
- Give, Eat, and Live: Poems of Avvaiyar (translated from the Tamil)
- Body and Earth (with the artist C.F. John)
Links
- Thomas Pruiksma's website
- Introduction to Kural translation, Thomas Pruiksma
- Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma, "The Kural" (Translation of Tirvalluvar’s Thirukkural) w Archana Venkatesan
- Cosmic Oceans squeezed into Atoms, David Shulman's review in NY Review of Books, October 2022
- ‘Kural’ versus ‘Kural’: The aesthetics and politics of two translations of Tiruvalluvar’s classic Suchithra Ramachandran
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