...one sees in this collected volume, the best collected volume, so far, of not only an Indian poet but any poet for the last tenth of a century.' --Dom Moraes, The Times of India 'Here is a treasure house of his entire work. A book to read, enjoy--and preserve.' --Indian Review of Books 'Thepublication of ...Collected Poems...adds immeasurably to Ramanujan's stature...it is clear that [he] is among the most important Indian poets of this century.' -- Girish Karnad, Indian Express This volume of Ramanujan's collected poems represents the complex distillation of a lifetime of unusually rich sensitivity, intellectual rigour, and feeling. It will be welcomed by all lovers of contemporary poetry. Ramanujan's interests included folklore, anthropology, structuralism, and biculturalism. He was best known for his pioneering translations of ancient Tamil poetry into modern English. After he published The Interior Landscape, and Poems of Love and War i t became apparent to modern poets and scholars that there was a wealth of poetry, not all discovered, in the several Indic traditions.

 

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