Jaipur Literature Festival Comes to an End_ Organisers Confirm Margaret Atwood, Kazuo Ishiguro, Ian McEwan for 2016 - IBNLive
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1/26/2015 JaipurLiteratureFestivalcomestoanendorganisersconfirmMargaretAtwood,KazuoIshiguro,IanMcEwanfor2016IBNLive
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Jaipur:TheeightheditionoftheJaipurLiteratureFestival,theworld'slargestfreeliteraryfestival,endedonahightodayasthefestivalannounced2,45,000recordedfootfallsoverthefivedaysarecordnumber.
Thefestivalhasseenadoublingofinternationalvisitorsfrom50differencecountries,anda40percentincreaseinstudentsattendingthefestivalheldatDiggiPalace.Thisyearthefestivalwelcomedover300authorsand140musicians.Theyparticipatedin209sessionsacross10venues,includingtwonewlocationsAmerFortandHawaMahal.TheFestivalfurthereditsmissionofmakingliteratureaccessibletoallbytakingauthorstoschoolsinJaipur,with50sessionstakingplaceovertwoweeksinpartnershipwithPrathamBooks.
NotablesessionofthefestivalincludedtwopackedsessionseachforNobellaureateSirVSNaipaulandformerPresidentofIndia,DrAPJAbdulKalam.ThetwospeakersdrewthebiggestaudienceattheRajnigandhaFrontLawnwith5,000excitedbookloversperevent.
Thisyearthefestivalwelcomedover300authorsand140musicians.
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OtherhighlightsoverthefivedaysincludedManBookerPrizewinnerEleanorCatton,renownedtravelwriterPaulTheroux,legendsofthesilverscreenWaheedaRehman,NaseeruddinShahandShabanaAzmi,aswellasleadingnovelistsSarahWaters,KamilaShamsie,AmitChaudhuriandEimearMcBride.
ThisyeartheFestivalawardedthreeprizes,includingtheDSCPrizeforSouthAsianLiterature,whichwaswonbyJhumpaLahiri,theOjasArtAwardwhichwaspresentedtoBhajjuShyamandVenkatRamanSinghShyam,aswellastheKhushwantSinghMemorialPrizeforPoetrywhichwasawardedtopoetArundhathiSubramaniamforherwork'WhenGodisaTraveller'.
ThefestivalclosedonSundayeveningwithadebateon'Iscultureisthenewpolitics',featuringSuhelSeth,RajivMalhotra,ArshiaSattarandShaziaIlmi.Theaudiencewerealsopolledonthedebateduringtheevent,with55.7percentagreeingthatculture,isthenewpolitics.
TheJaipurLiteratureFestivalsettobeheldattheSouthbankCentreinLondonthisMay,andtheninBoulder,Colorado,USintheautumn.
WilliamDalrymple,authorandcoDirectorofthefestival,said,"Thishasbeenaphenomenalyear.WealreadyhaveMargaretAtwood,KazuoIshiguro,IanMcEwan,NoamChomsky,ALKennedyandThomasPikettyconfirmedfornextyear!"
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