Fatima Bhutto, a Pakistani poet and granddaughter of former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, will be the star attraction of the fourth Deccan Chronicle-Kovalam Literary Festival to be held at the Kanakakunnu Palace here on October 1 and 2.
Fatima will deliver the sixth annual K.C. John Memorial Lecture and will also read from her latest book ‘Songs of Blood and Sword,’ which narrates the trouble-torn history of the Bhutto family.
Apart from her, a heady mix of writers from India and outside is taking part in the festival which will be inaugurated by the former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Dr Farooq Abdullah.
“This is the first time Fatima is visiting Kerala,” said Binoo K. John, author and founder director of KLF. “We also have two major Israeli writers, Metti Lerner and Savyon Liebrecht, taking part in the festival.”
Further, noted writer David Davidar will read from his latest book ‘Ithacca’ and will interact with the audience.
Lovers of literature will also get to hear Anuradha Roy reading from ‘A Folded Earth,’ Ashwin Sanghi from ‘Chanakya’s Chant’ and Shehan Karunatileke from ‘Chinaman’.
Mohammed Hanif, the Pakistani writer who attracted much attention in the last instalment of the KLF, will present his latest work ‘Our lady of Alice Bhatti’ and Basharat Peer will draw the attention of the audience to the sorrows of Kashmir by reading from his ‘Curfew’d Night’.
Other writers slated to attend the festival are Kanika Dhill, poet Meena Kandasamy, Palash Mehrotra, and Suresh Menon.
Source:
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/kochi/bhutto-be-star-attraction-kovalam-litfest-059
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