1. Rana Nayar was born on 1957 and is a translator of poetry and short fiction from Punjabi to English.
10 Facts About Rana Nayar
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Rana Nayar has more than forty volumes of poetry and translation works to his credit.
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Rana Nayar is a theatre artist and has participated in a number of major full-length productions.
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Rana Nayar won Sahitya Akademi Golden Jubilee prize for his English translation of the Punjabi devotional poetry of Saint Baba Farid.
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Rana Nayar has served as visiting professor with Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies.
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Rana Nayar has translated three of Gurdial's novels, Night of the Half-moon, Parsa and Alms in the Name of a Blind Horse.
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Rana Nayar has translated 14 short stories by Gurdial under the title Earthy Tones.
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Rana Nayar was instrumental in revival of interest in Gurdial Singh's novels and short stories.
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Rana Nayar has made seminal contribution to historical analysis of Indian literary translation.
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Rana Nayar has been a Charles Wallace Trust Awardee, besides having won commendation awards for translation from British Council and Katha.