Rustam, Ingrid Storholmen, Anirudh Umath and Matsya will read their poems at the opening. Teji and Giriraj are also likely to join the better ones

Contact: Teji (9630135805), Poorva Yagnik Kushwaha (9928550094) Giriraj (mail@pratilipi.in)

SURFACES / 6 Younger Poets & Chapbook Launch

Monday August 9 – Sarai Cafe – 6 PM

Featuring readings in Hindi and English by:

Geet Chaturvedi
Giriraj Kiradoo
Monica Mody
Nabina Das
Nitoo Das
Rahul Soni
Vyomesh Shukla

(Event arranged in collaboration with Pratilipi, a bilingual online literary magazine.)

The evening will also include a short discussion around innovation in poetry editing and publishing and launch of a special limited edition chapbook, made together with the visual artists of Sarai’s City As Studio fellowship, featuring some of the poems that will be read.

*About the readers:*

Poet and fiction writer Geet Chaturvedi has published five books including two translations. He is Editor (Magazines), Dainik Bhaskar.

Poet and translator Giriraj Kiradoo co-edits the bilingual journal Pratilipi: http://pratilipi.in/

Born in Ranchi, Monica Mody just received her M.F.A. in poetry from the University of Notre Dame where she won the 2010 Nicholas Sparks Prize. Her poetry has appeared in Wasafiri, Pratilipi, nthposition and elsewhere.

Nabina Das’s first novel, Footprints in the Bajra, was published this year by Cedar Books. She is a poet, fiction writer and India editor for the literary journal Danse Macabre.

Nitoo Das teaches English at Indraprastha College for Women, University of Delhi. Her first collection, Boki, was published by Virtual Artists Collective, Chicago, in September 2008.

Rahul Soni is a writer, editor and translator “of no fixed address”. He co-edits the bilingual journal Pratilipi and works with Writer’s Side ( www.writersside.com ) among other things.

Vyomesh Shukla has published a poetry collection and is editor of a magazine, Samas.
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Sameer Rawal, in Conversation

The exhibition will be open till 27th.

Danza Poesia

A recital of poems by Oscar Pujol and Sameer Rawal, in translation and the original (Spanish, Catalan, English, Hindi) and a rendering of Sanskrit verses, in Catalan translation, along with Bharatnatyam mudras by Merce Escrich.

Oscar Pujol is an Indologist from Catalunya, Spain. He has published a Sanskrit-Catalan Shabdkosh having around 60,000 entries, besides having published various academic books and articles. After working as Director, Education Programmes of Casa Asia (Asia House) in Barcelona since its inception he now is setting up the Instituto Cervantes in New Delhi, as its Director, to promote Spanish culture and languages in India. He has a doctorate from BHU, Varanasi in Sanskrit.

Merce Escrich is the Director of Kalavana, Barcelona, dedicated to promote Indian art and Culture in Spain. She is a disciple of Jamuna Krishnan, and performs and teaches Bharatnatyam. She is involved in many projects concerning Indian classical dance and art, and has contributed many times in various forms to their study and promotion.

Sameer Rawal lives in Barcelona, Spain, and teaches Hindi and translation strategies for intercultural communication. He writes and translates narratives and poetry between/in Hindi, English, Spanish and Catalan. He was the first to translate a Catalan novel (La Plaça del diamant) into Hindi and is now translating an anthology of stories by Merce Rodoreda. He has also published Caialx de sandal, a Hindi/Catalan book of poetry.

Venue: Krishnayan, Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur.

Date and Time: September 4, 2008. 5:00 PM.

Contact: +91-98281-12994

Email: pratilipi.in@gmail.com

Hospitality

Devi Niketan

Sponsors

Vagdevi Prakashan

Surya Prakashan Mandir

Jhamad Finance (Jaipur)

Ashok Bajaj