Spreading the word

On the eve of Chandigarh Literature Festival 2016, which is to take place at Chandigarh Club from October 10 to October 13, Literature Across Frontier (LAF) director, Alexandra Buchler along-with Mitul Dikshit, chairman, Adab Foundation and poetess Sampurna Chattarji have announced the schedule of the festival. Adab Foundation is organising the Chandigarh Literature Festival (CLF 2016).

Alexandra Büchler, who is a well established translator and editor of numerous publications, has served on the board of the Advocacy Network Culture Action Europe and of the UK Translators’ Association’.

“A very interesting session Polyphony – a poetry session with European poets is slated to take place in the evening of November 12 at 4:15 pm. In this, three European poets-Adrian Grima (Maltese), Yolanda Castano (Spanish/Galician), Brane Mozetic (Slovenian) and three Indian poets- Surjit Patar (Punjabi), Monika Kumar(Hindi) and Sampurna Chattarji (English) will be seen in a multilingual poetry recitation, the result of reading and translating each other at a Literature Across Frontiers Workshop,” said Alexandra Buchler.

Mitul Dikshit said, “We have designated two venues at Chandigarh Club. While Venue I will witness critics in conversation with authors and film directors, venue II will showcase some critically acclaimed films. Day 1’s highlight is the Lifetime Achievement Award to well known author Kiran Nagarkar.

An interesting panel discussion on the topic of Freedom & The Writer is planned. This will feature renowned writers like V K Karthika, Kiran Nagarkar, Meenal Baghel and Nayantara Sehgal.

Other sessions include author Janice Pariat in conversation with critic Rahul Soni about her book Sea Horse. Meenal Baghel will be seen in conversation with author Vibhuti Narayan Rai about his book Hashimpura. Another thought-provoking session will be of festival director Annie Zaidi’s conversation with author of Gita Press and the Making of Hindu India, Akshaya Mukul. It is noteworthy that Mukul had recently refused to share the stage with PM Modi at an award ceremony for his book Gita Press & the Making of Hindu India. —TNS