Satendra Khanna, Associate Professor of the Practice

Satendra Khanna
Office Location:  229 Franklin Center
Office Phone:  919-660-4361
Email Address:

Teaching (Fall 2012):

Office Hours:

Tue 1:00 - 2:00
Informal: Francesca's Fridays 4:00 - 5:00
Education:

PhDUniversity of California, Los Angeles1969
BAHarvard University1964
Specialties:

Hindi
Research Interests: India Cinema and Modern Hindi Literature

He interprets the lives and works of contemporary Indian writers to an international audience through a series of documentary films and translations. His recent work includes a translation of Vinod Kumar Shukla's Naukar ki Kameez (The Servant's Shirt, Penguin India, 1999), an anthology of short fiction, His Daily Bread (Har Anand, 2000) and the series Literary Postcard on the Doordarshan national network in India.

Recent Publications

  1. Suryakant Tripathi Nirala, translator, S. Khanna, Kulli Bhat (Fall, 2012)
  2. Vinod Kumar Shukla, translator, S. Khanna, When It Comes to Flower (2012), HarperCollins India, New Delhi
  3. trans. S. Khanna (Phanishwarnath Renu, Kalanka Mukti), Freed from Disgrace (2007), Oxford University Press, Delhi, India, ISBN 978-0-19-568599-2  [abs]
  4. S. Khanna, College, edited by Nirmal kanti Bhattacharjee, Indian Literature, vol. L no. 2 (Summer, 2006), pp. 105-121, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi  [abs] [author's comments]
  5. S. Khanna, Weight, edited by Shirley Chew, Moving Worlds, vol. 5 no. 2 (Fall, 2005), pp. 88-90, University of Leeds UK  [abs]