Pazmarneri Subrahmanya Sundaram[1] | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1910 (1910) |
| Died | 1998 (aged 87–88) |
| Occupation | Professor of English |
| Known for | TranslatingTirukkural into English |
P. S. Sundaram (1910–1998), bornPazmarneri Subrahmanya Sundaram, was an Indian professor of English, best known for translating theTirukkural and various Tamil classics intoEnglish. He had degrees in English from theUniversity of Madras and theOxford University. He served as professor of English for about 40 years in different parts ofNorth India.[2]
P. S. Sundaram was born into aTamil-speaking family. In 1930, he obtained a first-class master's degree inEnglish literature from thePresidency College,Chennai. He went to theOxford University for higher studies and returned to India in 1934, after which he joined the DAV College inLahore, beginning his decades-long career as a distinguished academic. In 1938, he joined theRavenshaw College inCuttack as head of the English department. He went on to become the principal, and in 1953 he became a member of the Orissa Public Service Commission. With his government service ending in 1959, he was forced to seek non-government employment in his mid-forties. He then joined as principal of theBareilly College and later continued in the same capacity at the Maharani's College inJaipur until his retirement in 1974.[3]
Retirement gave him the freedom to pursue his passion for classicalTamil literature. Backed by his command in both Tamil and English, he took up the task of translating various Tamil classics.[3] He wrote a biography on the Indian author in EnglishR. K. Narayan and translated the Tamil poetSubramania Bharati into English.[2][3] In 1987, he privately published an English translation of the Tirukkural. The translation was made in verse and was published under the titleTiruvalluvar The Kural.[4] He then translated the mystical poems of Andal and other Alwars in the Vaishnavite Bhakti tradition. In the final years of his life, he translated the 12,000-odd verses of theKamba Ramayanam into English.[3]
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