Sunil Sawant

Sunil Sawant is a renowned Translator and Translation Studies scholar. He works as an Associate Professor in the Department of English of Kisan Veer Mahavidyalaya, Wai, Dist. Satara, Maharashtra, India. His publications include: “From the Colonial to the Anti-Colonial: Marathi Reception of American Literature” in Translation Journal (New York, 2012); “American Novels in Marathi Translation: The Dynamics of Appropriation during the British Period”, in Socio-Cultural Approaches to Translation: Indian and European Perspectives (New Delhi: Excel India Publishers, 2010); “Revolutionary Struggle as a Counterpoint to Colonial Domination: Marathi Translations of Upton Sinclair and John Steinbeck”, in Translation Journal (New York, 2009); “A Comprehensive Model of Translation Criticism” and “Nineteenth Century Marathi Literary Polysystem”, in Studies in Translation (New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers and Distributors, 2008); and “The Tradition of the American Popular Novel in Marathi” (New Delhi: Macmillan, 2006). He has also translated three books from Marathi into English.

He has presented research papers in the international conferences held in Pune (2005), Melbourne (2009), Hyderabad (2010), New Delhi (2010), Manchester (2011), and New Delhi (2012). He has successfully completed his Major Research Project entitled “American Literature in Marathi Translation: A Study in Literary Reception” with the financial assistance from University Grants Commission, New Delhi (India).