Perumal Murugan is a prominent author of Tamil literature. An award-winning writer, poet and scholar, he has garnered both critical acclaim and commercial success for his vast array of work. Some of his novels have been translated into English to immense acclaim, including Seasons of the Palm, which was shortlisted for the Kiriyama Prize in 2005, and One Part Woman, his best-known work, which was shortlisted for the Crossword Award and won the prestigious ILF Samanvay Bhasha Samman in 2015.
Lisa Björkman is Assistant Professor of Urban and Public Affairs at the University of Louisville, and Research Scholar at CETREN (Transregional Research Network), University of Göttingen,
Professor of Sociology, Ph.D. 1999 (Sociology), University of Wisconsin; B.A. 1987 (Political Science), Northwestern University. Now works with New York University.
Martin Kämpchen, a Ph.D. in German Literature from Vienna and Comparative Religions from Visva-Bharati, is an author, biographer, researcher and translator of Tagore.
