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SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 2023
Saudha's Jibanananda Festival to be held in East London Feb 20

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13 February, 2022, 03:40 pm
Last modified: 13 February, 2022, 03:51 pm

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Saudha's Jibanananda Festival to be held in East London Feb 20

The festival will also stage a unique playlet titled Bonolota Sen - a search for beauty

BSS
13 February, 2022, 03:40 pm
Last modified: 13 February, 2022, 03:51 pm
Photo: Collected
Photo: Collected

Jibanananda Festival that celebrates mainly the works of one of the major Bengali poets of the 20th Century in the Indian sub-continent Jibanananda Das is set to be held at the Rich Mix in East London for the third year on February 20.

Hosted by the leading institute of South Asian arts - Saudha Society of Poetry and Indian Music, the festival is bringing renowned academics, poets, writers and performers together to promote the time-winning literature of the great modernist poet in the Indian subcontinent at post-Tagorian time (Rabindranath Tagore, the first Nobel laureate from the East), said poet Ahmed Kaysher, the director of Saudha.

The speakers in the festival include award-winning poet Prof Oz Harwick from Leeds Trinity University, Professor of Asian history in Exter University Nandini Chatterjee, writer and Jibanananda researcher Dr Shahaduzzaman, fictionist Dr Noor Zaheer, poet and playwright John Farndon and British-Argentine poet Gaby Sambucceti, a press release said.

 They will explore the relevance of Jibananda's works in the 21st century from different dimensions and, in addition, will offer a comparative study on his poetry with contemporary poets of other languages of the globe.

The festival will also stage a unique playlet called Bonolota Sen - a search for beauty.

Directed by Ahmed Kaysher, this will feature Marie Hamilton, Dulruba Yasmin Ruhee, Sarwar E Alam, John Farndon, Shamim Shahan, Jasmin Chowdhury, Subas Das and Shaila Simi Nur.

Critically acclaimed spoken-word artists Poppy Shahnaz, Soma Das, Manash Chowdhury, Tanjina Nur-E Siddique and Shamsuzzoha will recite from Jibanananda's poetry while classical dancer Monidipa Seal and Sharmishtha Pandit will render a haunting visual interpretation of these poems through dance.

In addition, the festival also features music presentations based on Jibanananda's poetry by a talented singer Amith Dey.

An award-winning photographer Pablo Khaled and Nishat Afza will present a visual interpretation of a popular poem by Jibanananda Das, 'Bonolota Sen' through a selection of poetic photography.

The director and the founder of Saudha, Ahmed Kaysher said, "we have been running this festival for the last three years with new contents each time to highlight the essential oeuvre of one of the deprived and ignored voices of world literature in the 20th Century and the response is now tremendous. I am sure this year, with so many intellectual talks, re-interpretation and new performances, will bring a new turn to the festival."

 The Rich Mix, the Gronthee and RadhaRaman Society are collaborating with this festival as partners.

Jibanananda Festival / jibananda Das / poet / writer / London

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