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Literary Festival : 7 – 15 December 2009


 

Delhi

Kolkata

Trivandrum

 

Delhi, 7 – 12 December 2009         Entry : Free (except Workshop)

Day

Time

Venue / Title

Monday
7th
December

7 pm

Alliance Française, Auditorium :
Inauguration of Littératures, a French Festival of Letters in the presence of HE Mr Jérôme Bonnafont and Hon’ble Minister Nandan Nilekani, followed by In Light of India; Olivier Germain-Thomas, André Velter, Ashok Vajpeyi and William Dalrymple

Tuesday
8th
December

11:30 am

FRC, 2 Aurangzeb Road :
Literary Croissant, poetry performance; André Velter and various poets

          

4 pm

FIRC, 2 Aurangzeb Road :
Graphic novel practitioners Meet; Nicolas Wild, David B., PAO (
by invitation only)

          

7 pm

India Habitat Center, Gulmohar Auditorium :
Colonization, legend and legacy; Pascal Bruckner, Laurent Mauvignier in conversation with Alok Rai

Wednesday
9h
December

7 pm

India Habitat Center, Gulmohar Auditorium
Love in the 21st Century; Pascal Bruckner, Catherine Cusset, Alka Pande, Tarun Tejpal

Tuesday
10th
December

11:30 am

FIRC, 2 Aurangzeb Road :
Literary Croissant, What is French Literature Today?  (in French) Discussion and Readings; Laurent Mauvignier, Catherine Cusset, Grégoire Bouillier, Philippe Vasset, moderated by Dominique de Gasquet

          

7 pm

India Habitat Center, Gulmohar Auditorium :
Representing the Self; Grégoire Bouillier, Catherine Cusset in conversation with Pratik Kanjilal and Leela Venkataraman

Friday
11th
December

2 pm

Meridien Hotel, Raisina Road :
Nicolas Wild

          

7 pm

India Habitat Center, Gulmohar Auditorium :
Epileptic to Kabul Disco, the new French Graphic novel; Nicolas Wild, David B., Sarnath Banerjee, Manjula Padmanabhan

Saturday
12th
December

7 pm

India Habitat Center, Gulmohar Auditorium :
Being contemporary : the French novel and the 21st Century; Philippe Vasset in conversation with Indrajit Hazra

 

 

 

Credits & Acknowledgements : India Habitat Center, Full Circle, Meridien festival


 

Kolkata, from 13 to 16 December 2009        Entry : Free

Top

Day

Time

Venue / Title

13th
December

10 am – 3 pm

Press Conference on Sumangal WBTDC
Launch with David B., Olivier Germain-Thomas, Laurent Mauvignier,  Philippe Vasset, André Velter  (
by Invitation only)

13th
December

6 pm

Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani:
Distinct Voices with Laurent Mauvignier in conversation


          

7.30 pm

20, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata – 700019
Srijan of, for and by the creative,


14th
December

7 pm

Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani:
Scriptgeneration with Philippe Vasset in conversation


15th
December

11 am

Vivekananda Hall, Jadavpur University:
David B. in conversation with Abhijit Gupta Rimi B. Chatterji and Pinaki De


15th
December

3 pm

Vivekananda Hall, Jadavpur University:
Laurent Mauvignier and Philippe Vasset in conversation with Dr Supriya Chaudhuri and Dr Subha Dasgupta


          

4 pm

Seminar Room, Asiatic Society, 1 Park Street:
Olivier Germain-Thomas with Prof. Biswanath Bandopadhyay.


15th
December

7 pm

Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani:
Song Offerings with André Velter and Utpal Basu introduced by Reba Som

16th
December

7 pm

Oxford Bookstore, Park Street:
Home and the World, Olivier Germain -Thomas in conversation with Nabaneeta Deb Sen and Buddhadeb Guha


 

 

 

Credits & Acknowledgements : ICCR, Oxford Bookstore, Asiatic Society, Jadavpur University


 

 

Trivandrum, from 13 to 15 December 2009                Free (except Workshop)

Top

Day

Time

Venue / Title

13th
December

5 pm – 7 pm

Taj Residency
The Writer and the City : Grégoire Bouillier, Pascal Bruckner, Catherine Cusset and Nicolas Wild in discussion with Adoor Gopalakrishnan and Paul Zacharia; moderator: Dominique Vitalyos


14th
December

2 pm - 6 pm

Auditorium, Fine Arts College
Graphic Novel Workshop with Nicolas Wild for the students of the Fine Arts College, Toonz Animation Academy, Vismayamax School


14th
December

2 pm - 6 pm

Department of English Auditorium, Kerala University
Meet the authors: Grégoire Bouillier, Pascal Bruckner, Catherine Cusset

15th
December

5 pm - 7 pm

Vyloppilli Samskriti Bhavan
French Literature today in Kerala: Grégoire Bouillier and Catherine Cusset in conversation with M. Mukundan and Dominique Vitalyos

 

 

 

 

 

 


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