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Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma is an author, translator, teacher, and performer.

His translation of the classical Tamil masterpiece on ethics, power, and love, THE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural, was published by Beacon Press and was recently acclaimed "without doubt the best ever into English" by David Shulman in the New York Review of Books. Other books include THE SAFETY OF EDGES (poems), GIVE, EAT, AND LIVE: Poems of Avvaiyar (translated from the Tamil), and BODY AND EARTH (with the artist C.F. John).

He speaks and performs widely, teaches for the Cozy Grammar series of online video courses, and has received grants and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, 4Culture, Artist Trust, and the U. S. Fulbright Program.

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ஆறாவது அனைத்துலகத் திருக்குறள் மாநாடு | அறிமுகம் | தாமஸ் ஹிட்டோஷி புரூக்ஸ்மா

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A Greeting for the 6th International Thirukkural Conference in Toronto

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Pedro Páramo Book Talk | Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma and María de Lourdes Victoria | "Miedo de Volver"

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Thirukkural Class in English with Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

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திருக்குறள் வகுப்பு | தாமஸ் ஹிட்டோஷி புரூக்ஸ்மா | மலையினும் மாணப் பெரிது

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The Kural, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, Jr on Nonviolence | Free Online Class

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Tamil Makkal Mandram | Chithirai Thiruvizha 2025 | Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

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Austin Tamil Sangam | Deepavali Mahakondattam 2024 | Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

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The Kural and Mental Health | Not Being Defeated by Adversity | Free Webinar

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Houston Children's Day Celebration | Kural Koodal | Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

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Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma | A Short Introduction in Tamil | The Poetry of the Kural in Translation

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The Art of Listening: Poetry and Developing Your Ear as a Writer

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A Greeting for the Thirukkural Symposium in Washington DC

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A Greeting for the Valluvan Tamil Academy 14th Annual Day Celebration

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Kural 691 on Dealing With Difficult Leaders

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Kural 475 on Discernment

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Kural 411 on Listening and True Wealth

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Kural 409 on Learning, Privilege, and Greatness

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Kural 400 on Learning and True Wealth

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ஐந்தாவது உலகத் திருக்குறள் மாநாடு | அறிமுகம் | தாமஸ் ஹிட்டோஷி புரூக்ஸ்மா

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A Greeting for the 5th International Thirukkural Conference in Chicago

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A Greeting for the 11th World Tamil Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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Taller Than a Mountain: An Online Course on the Kural with Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

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Kural 1330 | Thirukkural on Love, Sulking, and Joy

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Kural 874 | Thirukkural on Friendship and Enmity

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Kural 1164 | Tirukkural (Thirukkural) on Love and Longing

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Kural 76 | Tirukkural (Thirukkural) on Love and Wrongdoing

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Kural 452 | Tirukkural (Thirukkural) on Nature, Company, and Knowledge

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Kural 1157 | Tirukkural (Thirukkural) on Love, Absence, and Longing

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Kural 671 | Tirukkural (Thirukkural) on Debate, Resolve and Discipline

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Kural 140 | Knowledge and Flowing with Nature | Tirukkural (Thirukkural) English Explanation

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Kural 999 | Tirukkural (Thirukkural) on Being Kind and Smiling

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Kural 421 | Tirukkural (Thirukkural) on the Nature of Knowledge

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Kural 93 | Tirukkural (Thirukkural) on Sweet Speech and Good Deeds

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Kural 701 | Tirukkural (Thirukkural) on Body Language

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Kural 475 | Tirukural (Thirukkural) on Humility and Strength | The Weight of a Feather

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Kural 92 | Tirukkural (Thirukkural) on Offering Sweet Words with a Smile

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Kural 637 | Tirukkural (Thirukkural) on Knowledge and Ecology

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Kural 571 | Thirukkural on Compassion | In English and Tamil

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Kural 158 | Forbearance | Thirukkural English Translation With Explanation

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Kural 786 | Thirukkural on Friendship

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Kural 108 | Tirukkural (Thirukkural) | Gratitude

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Kural 1094 | Thirukkural on Love

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Kural 668 | Tirukkural (Thirukkural) in Everyday Life | Clarity of Action

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Kural 102 | Tirukkural (Thirukkural) on Helping Others in Need

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Kural 66 | Tirukkural (Thirukkural) on Family and the Music of Children

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Kural 731 | Tirukkural (Thirukkural) on Environment and Country

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Kural 597 | Tirukkural (Thirukkural) on Perseverance and Never Giving Up

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Kural 61 | Tirukkural (Thirukkural) on Children and Family

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Kural 82 | Tirukkural (Thirukkural) on Hospitality and Life

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Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma reading "Here: A Poem in Five Parts" at Mukai Farm & Garden

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In Service of the Unseen | A Kural Conversation with Michael Meade and Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

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Kural 872 | Tirukkural (Thirukkural) on the Power of Words

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Sweeter Than Ambrosia | A Kural Conversation with Ian Boyden and Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

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Thunder and Sweetness: A Talk for the Toronto Tamil Literary Garden 2021 Awards Ceremony

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Kural 90 on Hospitality | Tirukkural (Thirukkural) in English

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Kural 1027 | Family and Strength | Tirukkural (Thirukkural) in English with Explanation

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Kural 489 | Tirukkural (Thirukkural) on Taking Action in Time

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Between Silence and Speech | A Kural Conversation with Shin Yu Pai and Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

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Kural 468 | Tirukkural (Thirukkural) on Right Action

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