കോഴിക്കോട് സാഹിത്യ നഗരമാകുമ്പോൾ | Discussion with K Satchidanandan, Dr Beena Philip, and Ravi Deecee

Описание: "കോഴിക്കോട് സാഹിത്യ നഗരമാകുമ്പോൾ"

Discussion with K Satchidanandan, Dr Beena Philip, Ravi Deecee at KLF 2023

About Speakers ↓:

K Satchidanandan: K Satchidanandan, is an award winning, bilingual, poet, editor, literary columnist, and translator. He is perhaps the most widely translated of contemporary Indian poets, and has 23 collections of his poetry published in several Indian and foreign languages. In addition to poetry, he published several books of travel, plays and criticism and translations of poetry from around the world. He is a Fellow of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi, and won many literary awards, including the National Akademi award, the World Poetry Peace Prize from the UAE, the India-Poland Friendship Medal, and the Dante Medal from Ravenna. He received a Knighthood from the Government of Italy and was in the Ladbroke final shortlist of Nobel Prize for Literature probables in 2011.

Dr. Beena Philip: Dr. Beena Philip, fondly called as Beena teacher, is the current mayor of Kozhikode district. She is the 4th woman to hold the position. Formerly the principal at Nadakkavu Government Girls Vocational Higher Secondary School and Azchavattom Government Higher Secondary School, she was part of the team that started the Spectrum Project in Nadakkavu school, which marked the changing face of government schools.

Ravi Deecee: Ravi Deecee heads DC Books one of the leading publishing houses of India. He is also the founder of Kerala Literature Festival; one of the largest lit fest in Asia. Ravi is also the Managing Director of Current Books India Private Limited; South India’s largest bookstore chain. He is a management graduate from University of Massachusetts. He has travelled extensively across the globe; participating in conferences and seminars as resource person in publishing and book selling. He is the former Vice President of Federation of Indian Publishers, Governing Council Member of Kendra Sahitya Akademi, Higher Education Council, Government of Kerala, German Book Office, Charter Member of The Indus Entrepreneurs Kerala, Member of Executive Council of Confederation of Indian Industries, Kerala.

Moderator: Dr Mohammed Firoz C

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