The DELHI INTERNATIONAL LITERARY FESTIVAL Programme
(Subject to Change)
Venues:
Lalit Kala Akademi Kaustav auditorium [*1]
Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhawan, Copernicus Road, New Delhi 110001.
Telephones: (++91)-23384634, 23381833, 23387246
#Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA),
No. 1, C.V. Mess, Janpath, New Delhi 110001. Telephone: (++91)-23070910
#Fortune Select Global Hotel, Gurgaon, Global Arcade, M.G.Road, Sikanderpur, Gurgaon, Haryana 122002
Tel: ++91.124 4196666 | www.fortunehotels.in
December 14th Sunday
[at the IGNCA, New Delhi & Fortune Hotel, Gurgaon]
11:00 Inauguration by guest of honour, Prathibha Prahlad [Festival Director, DIAF] / Opening words by Ashok Vajpeyi [Chairman, DILF] and Sudeep Sen [Director, DILF].
11:15-1:30 Readings 1 [IGNCA]: Kunwar Narain [India], Jane Draycott [UK], Keki Daruwalla [India], D W Gibson [USA], Adam Czerniawski [Poland/Wales], Anna Moi [Vietnam/France], Fred D'Aguiar [Guyana/USA/UK]
Release of Renate Dorrestein's Hindi translation of her new novel
7.15-9:15 Readings 2 [Fortune Hotel, Gurgaon]: Kim Morrissey [Canada/UK], Arthur Sze [USA/China], Triztan Vindtorn [Norway], Arundhati Subramaniam [India], Neshe Yashin [Cyprus], Imtiaz Dharker [India]
December 15th Monday
[at the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi]
12:00-2.00 Readings 3 [*2]: Anamika [India], Samuel Shimon [Iraq/UK], Li Li [China/Sweden], Surjit Patar [India], Arno Bertina [France], Aminur Rahman [Bangladesh], Tjawangwa Dema [Botswana]
5:00-6:30 Panel Discussion: "Literary Translation, Editing & Publishing":
Bas Kwakman [Managing Editor, Poetry International Web, The Netherlands], Dilip Chitre [Editor, New Quest, India], K Satchidanandan [Indian Literature, India], Bina Sarkar Ellias [Editor, Gallerie, India], Antara Dav Sen [Editor, The Little Magazine], Amir Or [Helicon, Israel]. Chaired by Ashok Vajpeyi & Sudeep Sen [Editor, Atlas, India/UK/USA].
6.30-8:30 Readings 4: Pia Tafdrup [Denmark], Tessa Ransford [Scotland], Iztok Osojnik [Slovenia], Renate Dorrestein [The Netherlands], Moon Chung Hee [South Korea], Clare Morgan [Wales/UK].
December 16th Tuesday
[at the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi]
12:00-2.00 Readings 5: Jenny Lewis [UK], K Satchidanandan [India], Santiago Gamboa [Colombia], Peter Esterhazy [Hungary], Cecile Guilbert [France]
6.15-8:30 Readings 6 [*2]: Sarnath Banerjee [India], Amir Or [Israel], Zoran Anchevski [Macedonia], Dilip Chitre [India], Carol Moldaw [USA], Gulzar & Pavan Varma [India]
