S. Shakthidharan on Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha
The Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast features a series of conversations with past and present Windham-Campbell Prize winners about their favorite books and plays. Hosted by Michael Kelleher. Mike chats with S. Shakthidharan (or Shakthi) about Hilda Rosner’s translation of Siddhartha, Herman
On the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast, S. Shakthidharan, a past prize winner, shares his thoughts on Hermann Hesse's novel Siddhartha. He discusses his favorite translation of the book, Hilda Rosner's work. Shakthidharan, born in Sri Lanka and raised in Sydney, Australia, currently resides there. He has written several plays, including Counting and Cracking and The Wrong Gods.
The Windham-Campbell Prizes, administered by Yale University Library's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, awarded him the Green Room Award for Outstanding New Australian Writing in 2024 and the Victorian Premier's Literary Award and Prize for Drama in 2020.
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