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Professor of Practice in Creative Writing, Ashoka University
Co-Director Ashoka Center for Translation, Ashoka University
Arunava Sinha is Professor of Creative Writing at Ashoka University. He earned his Bachelor of Arts (English Honours) from Jadavpur University.
He translates classic, modern and contemporary Bengali fiction and nonfiction into English, and from English into Bengali. Over eighty of his translations have been published so far. He has won, and been shortlisted for, several translation awards. He has conducted translation workshops at the British Centre for Literary Translation, UEA; University of Chicago; Dhaka Translation Centre; and Jadavpur University, and mentored translators around the world.
Besides India, his translations have been published in the UK, the US, and Australia in English, and in several European and Asian countries through further translation.His research interests are focused on the translation of fiction, non-fiction and poetry between the languages of India, including English.
Selected Publications
Introduction to Creative Writing
Literary Journalism
Craft of Writing: Translation
Translation Workshop
