Monday, October 10, 2011: Top poets and writers from around the world
will head to Kerala this November for the three-day Hay Festival, as
the state plays host to its second edition of the British literary
event.
The line-up for the event, called’Hay Festival Kerala’ at
Thiruvananthapuram includes what is described as a’stellar line-up’of
poets, novelists, journalists, film-makers and performers from India and
across the world.
The festival will this year begin on November 17.The Hay Festival
began 24 years ago in Wales and has since built in scale to become the
largest festival of ideas in the UK, also running 10 festivals around
the world from Mexico and Colombia to Kenya and Beirut.This will be the
second festival in Kerala following an outstanding launch last year,
organisers said.
For the second festival in Kerala, Hay, in collaboration with
Teamwork Productions, has programmed poets working in languages from
around the world: Spanish, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindu, Welsh, Icelandic and
English.
The celebration of world languages will culminate in a poetry gala on
the Friday evening in the Kanakakunnu Palace, the former retreat of the
Travancore royal family with K Satchidanandan, Arvind Krishna Mehrotra
and Arundhati Subramaniam.
The line-up includes Jung Chang, author of Wild Swans and biographer
of Chairman Mao; BBC World Anchor Nik Gowing chairing a debate about
energy production; Oscar-winning film maker Andrew Ruhemann; author
Anita Nair; award-winning French novelist Agnes Desarthe; Simon Singh
lecturing on cosmology and codes; and writer and academic Germaine
Greer speaking about Shakespeare’s lovers.Lyndy Cooke, executive
Director of Hay Festivals, said.
“This year’s programme is a stunning line-up that celebrates the
languages of the world and the issues of the day. “As well as revelling
in great literature and ideas, we can enjoy the stunning surroundings
and great food of Kerala, and renewing good friendships at this second
edition of our festival in India”.
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