Gananath Das
Gananath Das, also known as G. N. Das, is an Indian author and translator from the state of
.Career
Gananath Das began his career as an Indian Administrative Service officer and retired in 1972.[1][2]
Literary works
After his retirement, Das started studying various saint poets starting with Kabir Das of the 15th century CE. He began writing about the life and philosophy of Kabir Das in Odia and translated 500 of his couplets into English in verse form and published them in three volumes. The first volume containing 100 couplets was published in 1992, which was published by the
In 1992, Das published his translation of 100 songs of Guru Nanak in Odia under the title Nanak Satak and 100 love poetry of Kabir Das in English in verse form. These were published by Abhinav Publications of New Delhi.[3]
In 1994, Das translated the entire work of the
See also
Citations
- ^ a b c Tamilselvan et al., 2017, p. 32.
- ^ Ashraf n.d.
- ^ Tamilselvan et al., 2017, pp. 32–33.
- ^ Tamilselvan et al., 2017, pp. 31–33.
- ^ Sundararajan, 1997, p. vii.
References
- Tamilselvan, R.; Manimala, J.; Murali, M.; Mathan, V. P. S.; Amirtharaj, T. Vijay (2017). உலக மொழிகளில் திருக்குறள் மொழிபெயர்ப்புகள் [Tirukkural translations in world languages] (1st ed.). Chennai: Kaavya. ISBN 978-93-86576-35-4.
- Sundararajan, S. (1997). Foreword. In: Thirukkural in Oriya (G. N. Das, Trans.) (in Odia). Cuttack: Vidyapuri. pp. vii.
- Ashraf, N. V. K. (n.d.). "Thirukkural in Oriya". OOCities. Retrieved 22 April 2017.