Akash kumar biography
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Akshay Kumar
Indian actor, film producer (born 1967)
"Khiladi Kumar" redirects here. For other use, see Khiladi.
For other people named Akshay Kumar, see Akshay Kumar (disambiguation).
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| Born | Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia (1967-09-09) 9 September 1967 (age 57) Delhi, India |
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| Years active | 1991–present |
| Works | Full list |
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| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Khanna family (by marriage) |
| Awards | Full list |
| Honours | Padma Shri (2009) |
Akshay Hari Om Bhatia[1] (born Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia; 9 September 1967[2]), known professionally as Akshay Kumar (pronounced[əkˈʂəjkʊˈmɑːɾ]), is an Indian actor and film producer working in Hindi cinema. Referred to in the media as "Khiladi Kumar",[3][4] through his career spanning over 30 years, Kumar has appeared in over 150 films and has won several awards, including two National Film Awards and two Filmfare Awards. He received the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian honour, from the Government of India in 2009. Kumar is one of the most prolific actors in Indian cinema.[5][6]Forbes included Kumar i
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Akash Kumar
Akash Kumar (Ph.D., Columbia University) is a scholar of medieval Italian literature, with particular focus on the history of science and philosophy, Mediterranean studies, and digital humanities. His first book project, Dante’s Elements: Translation and Natural Philosophy from Giacomo da Lentini to the Comedy, explores the confluence of scientific thought and the early lyric tradition that creates a vernacular intellectual identity vital to the writing of Dante’s Commedia.
Current projects include a second book, tentatively titled Boundary Conditions: Chess and Cultural Crossings in Medieval and Renaissance Italy, which explores representations of the game of chess from the 13th to the 16th centuries as a interpretive lens with which to interrogate the crossing of boundaries of culture, language, class, and gender. As a founding member of the Cosmopolitan Italies Collective and a member of the executive committee of the Critical Race, Diasporas, and Migrations Caucus of the American Association of Italian Studies, Kumar has also been interested of late in thinking about migration, decolonizing Dante, and the global medieval.
In addition to a number of articles and book chapters, Kumar has also collaborated with Richard Lansing (Brandeis University) on the