Jason Grunebaum

Jason Grunebaum is a Teaching Professor at the University of Chicago, affiliated with the Department of Hindi and South Asian Languages and Civilizations (SALC). He has taught Hindi language and literary translation since 2004, offering courses in First-Year Hindi, Second-Year Hindi, and Advanced Translation Workshop.

• Educated at Columbia University (MFA, 2004) and Brown University (BA, 1995).
• Specializes in modern and contemporary Hindi literature, literary translation, and Hindi pedagogy.

His translated works include The Tale of the Missing Man (2018, co-translated with Ulrike Stark), which explores postcolonial themes and contemporary Indian fiction. His translations often focus on cultural exchange and narrative structure in South Asian literature.

• Global Humanities Translation Prize
• National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
• PEN/Heim Translation Grant
• Shortlisted for the DSC Prize in South Asian Literature
• Longlisted for the National Translation Award