e-Kerala Literature Festival 2021 kicks off on the 28th of May with a Poetry Festival.
Cultural Minister of Kerala Shri. Saji Cheriyan to inaugurate. Poets from Israel, Palestine, Lakshadweep to partake
DC Kizhakemuri in association with DC Books will host the Kerala Literature Festival (e-KLF 2021) on 28th May with a poetry festival. This year, Kerala Literature Festival celebrates the 75th birthday of Prof. K Satchidanandan, the festival director of an international poetry festival. With over 50 poets from more than nine countries, the poetry festival will be inaugurated at 10 AM by the Cultural Minister of Kerala, Shri Saji Cheriyan. The inaugural ceremony will be presided over by Festival chairman, A Pradeep Kumar, Chief Facilitator Ravi Deecee, Festival Advisor Hemali Sodhi, General Convener Abdul Hakeem. To celebrate the world-renowned poet’s 75th birthday, the festival is set to kick off with poems by Asma Azaizeh from Palestine and Ismath Hussain from Lakshadweep. The festival runs all through the day till 7:30 PM.
With over 50 poets from more than 10 countries like Palestine, Israel, South Africa, Italy, United States of America, Ireland etc., the roster boasts the presence of world-class poets like Taslima Nasrin, and Indian poets like Salma, Chandrakanth Patil, Kutti Revathi, Nishi Chowla, Balachandran Chullikadu, KG Shankarapilla, P P Ramachandran, Rafeek Ahmed etc. The Poetry festival on May 28th is just the beginning of a series of programs that will continue to lead up to the eventual physical event at the beaches of Kozhikode in January 2022. For people who have not attended the festival all these years, the digital face of KLF will make for an exciting opportunity to feel the essence and flavour of the biggest bilingual literature festival in Asia. The poetry festival can be viewed from the DC Books’ official Facebook and Youtube pages.
For more info
Contact: Mr .Govind Deecee
Phone: 9847480808
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