A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature
Celebrating
the power of literature, the iconic Jaipur Literature Festival is all set to
run from 19th- 23rd January 2023.
The literary extravaganza will feature an esteemed host of speakers, writers,
and humanitarians for its 2023 edition in the pink city of Jaipur to celebrate
the best of fiction, non-fiction, food, history, current affairs and politics,
AI and technology, translations, poetry, adaptations and music, language,
climate crisis, noir, identity, medicine and health, and cryptocurrency and
economy at Hotel Clarks, Amer, Jaipur.
The
final set of speakers, announced today, comprises some of the world’s best thinkers,
writers, and speakers, including writer Akshaya
Mukul; author Alka Saraogi;
author Amia Srinivasan; publisher Ananda Devi; Pulitzer-Prize winning
author Caroline Elkins; academic David Wengrow; 2022 Hasselblad Award recipient Dayanita Singh;
member of Lok Sabha Feroze Varun Gandhi;
Indian Monk and the winner of the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke International
Film Festival Award, Gaur Gopal Das;
flute maestro Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia;
scriptwriter, lyricist and poet Javed
Akhtar; author Jonathan Freedland;
award-winning correspondent for The
Guardian Luke Harding; academic and author Maryam Aslany;
author Merlin Sheldrake; CEO of
cult.fit Mukesh Bansal and Co-Founder
and Chairman of Infosys Technologies Limited Nandan Nilekani.
The
much-anticipated list goes on to mention filmmaker Onir; historian
and writer Orlando
Figes; 2007 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism Literature and
Creative Communications Arts P
Sainath; Sahitya Akademi Golden Jubilee Award and the
JLF Mahakavi Kanhaiya Lal Sethia Awardee Ranjit
Hoskote; historian
and academic Ruth
Harris; economist and writer Sanjeev Sanyal;
author and practising senior advocate Saurabh
Kirpal; author and politician Shashi
Tharoor; Pulitzer
Prize for General Non-Fiction, Siddhartha
Mukherjee; internationally bestselling author Simon Sebag-Montefiore; writer and rapper Sumit Samos;
author Toby Walsh; Director of the
V&A, the world’s leading museum of art, design and performance Tristam Hunt; renowned pop singer Usha Uthup; writer Vidya
Krishnan; political scientist Yascha Mounk;
and translatorof the winning novel of JCB prize for Literature 2022, Baran Farooqi. The Festival will also
feature some of the award-winning historians like Tom Holland, Alex von
Tunzelmann, David Olusoga, Edward Chancellor, and Katy Hessel, amongst others.
The
previously announced list of speakers includes eminent journalist, writer and
translator Arunava Sinha; Sahitya Akademi Award winner Aruna Chakravarti; award-winning writer
Ana Filomena Amaral; leading
bi-lingual editor, writer and translator Manisha
Chaudhry; Padmabhushan
awardee Mridul Kirti; and
former diplomat Navdeep Suri.
The
2023 edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival will offer an immersive
experience of literature, discourse, musical performances, art installations,
merchandise, local cuisine and more to all art, literature and culture
enthusiasts gathered to bask in the glory of the ‘greatest literary show on
Earth’. Celebrating the uniting power of language, the Festival will provide an
inclusive platform to all Indian and multiple foreign languages with sessions
spread across 5 venues with over 250 speakers. To register for the Festival,
visit here.
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