Kerala Literature Festival
kerala literature festival klf founded annual literary festival held beach kozhikode kerala india festival beach nonaligned platform committed providing open liberal forum debate discussion foster progressive discourse seventh latest edition klf held january – kerala literature festival organized dc kizhakemuri foundation philanthropic organization founded tribute late dc kizhakemuri freedom fighter social activist writer publisher considered doyen indian publishing known father paperback revolution india took book mass instrumental abolishment sale tax book kerala literature festival klf endorsed supported government kerala kerala tourism culture department renowned poet – critic prof k satchidanandan festival director along publisher ravi deecee dc book chief facilitator editorial team dc book work closely klf content th edition klf held january writer around globe took part event sixth edition klf scheduled january festival returned beach calicut twoyear hiatus due covid pandemic grand celebration klf hosted nobel laureate oscar winner booker prize recipient literary luminary celebrity across world speaker including bestselling writer jeffrey archer nobel laureate abhijit banerjee ada yonath piyush pandey francesc miralles geethanjali shree wendy doniger ramachandra guha palanivel thiagarajan sanjeev sanyal anand neelakantan shashi tharoor manu pillai prakash raj shobhaa de took part klf virtual festival step towards building international relation devastating pandemic digital edition also witnessed international poetry festival poet country including palestine israel south africa italy united state america ireland session premiered youtube facebook page fifth edition held january kozhikode beach presence artist actor celebrity writer thinker activist discussing literature art cinema culture dance music environment science technology cultural night include fireside chat act performing artist around world speaker previous edition include arundhati roy richard stallman noam chomsky video yuval noah harari video sadhguru romila thapar ramachandra guha shashi tharoor rakesh sharma rishi kapoor chetan bhagath karan thapar rajdeep sardesai sobhaa de sagarika ghose addition literature topic include environment climate change spain guest nation tamil literature featured festival open public nonexclusive open platform discussion idea exchange fourth edition festival held january kozhikode beach renowned author discussion poetry festival music dance movie screening photo exhibition wale chosen guest nation set five track ezhuthola aksharam thulika vaaku vellithira kijote kathakali ignacio garcia sufi rock outfit alif featuring ulrike almut sandig russian music dance concert l subramaniam steffan donnely performed bilingual piece contemporary theater qawwali night mystic sufiana mehfil defining moment klf richard stallman yuval noah harrari shashi tharoor satish aalekar keki daruwala chetan bhagat caryl lewis ravinder singh jeet thayil attended festival third edition festival held – february kozhikode beach klf inaugurated arundhati roy mt vasudevan nair prakash raj event supported kerala state government kerala tourism department kozhikode municipal corporation district administration kochi muziris biennale integral part festival guest nation year ireland represented gabriel rosenstock paddy bushe liam carson alan titley amanda bell conor kostick romila thapar ashis nandy sagarika ghose rajdeep sardesai noam chomsky rishi kapoor participated second edition kerala literature festival held – february kozhikode beach noted malayalam short story writer novelist paul zacharia inaugurated klf highlight klf interaction sadguru jaggi vasudev sashi kumar manju warrier cartoon v vijayan also exhibited kerala literature festival writer across world took part klf writer abroad include south african writer ari sita britishpakistani writer qaisra shahraz slovene writer evald flisar translator editor numerous publication alexandra büchler literature across frontier portuguese translator bruno viera amaral poet literary curator nia davy wale united kingdomthe session held four venue titled ezhuthola aksharam thulika vellithira second edition festival introduced programme student student klf promoting knowledge literature art culture event included open discussion author contemporary topic dc kizhakemuri foundation first thought cultural space people interact come together later conceptualized kerala literature festival calicut converging place history culture trade vasco da gama great portuguese explorer touched indian subcontinent shore city freedom square permanent venue klf constructed former mla pradeep kumar constructed square architect team de earth led pp vivek vinod cyriac envisioned designed square freedom square today rank among six world mustsee museum featured architecture plus design festival aim provide non aligned platform cultural exchange promotes free speech dialogue brings writer thinker activist closer people varied background interest empower writer thinker take liberty exercise freedom thought expression first edition witnessed writer speaker including vasudevan nair adoor gopalakrishnan anand taslima nasrin ashok vajpeyi khadeeja mumtaz mmukundan sarah joseph githa hariharan meena kandasamy pratibha ray td ramakrishnan padmanabhan subhash chandran leena manimekalai girish kasaravalli name kerala literature festival