Jatindra Nayak

Dr Jatindra Kumar Nayak is a translator, literary critic, columnist, editor, and educationalist from Odisha. He has translated several works of Odia literature into English, including Yantrarudha, an Odia language novel by Chandrasekhar Rath, Astride the Wheel. The book won the Hutch Crossword Book Award 2004 for Indian Language Fiction Translation, and established Nayak’s reputation as a notable translator in India. He has also won the Katha Translation Award for his English rendering of Tarun Kanti Mishra’s short story as The Descent. He is the founder of Rupantar, which is devoted to the cause of translation. Nayak was educated at Ravenshaw College, Cuttack, and Oxford University. He teaches English literature to post graduate students of Utkal University at Bhubaneswar.

Attending Session

January 10, 2020 ● 6.10pm
Gandhi and Inclusion - S.N. Sahu and Prakash C. Sarangi. In conversation with Jatindra Nayak.

April 22, 2020 ● 12.40pm
The Honest Boswell - Ajoy Bose and Ruben Banerjee about the challenge of writing an honest biography. In conversation with Jatindra Nayak.