Writers, Etc - Karthika Nair in conversation with Karthika V.K. at Alliance Francaise De Delhi, 72, Lodhi Estate > 6:30pm on 10th December 2012
Time : 6:30 pm
Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
Place : M.L. Bhartia Auditorium, Alliance Francaise De Delhi, 72, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi - 110003
Landmark : Next to Annexe building of India International Centre
Venue Info : Events | About | Map | Nearest Metro Stations - 'Khan Market(Violet Line)' & 'Jor Bagh(Yellow Line)'
Event Description : Alliance Française de Delhi, Institut Français en Inde and The French Embassy in India present Karthika Nair in conversation with Karthika V.K.
Writers, Etc. – Session 18
Four our eighteenth session we invite the dynamic Karthika Nair, in conversation with Karthika V.K. Karthika Nair is the author of a poetry collection, Bearings (HarperCollins India, 2009). She was born in India, lives in Paris, and works as a producer in performing arts. This proximity to performing arts, and to dance, in particular, is refracted in much of her poetry, which has been published in several anthologies and journals including Indian Literature, Caravan India, The Asia Mag, Live Mint, Terre à Ciel, Penguin's 60 Indian Poets and Blood axe Book of Contemporary Indian Poets, The Literary Review and The Poetry Review. Her poems have been translated into French and Italian.
Nair co-scripted British-Bangladeshi choreographer Akram Khan's Laurence Olivier-award-winning dance production Desh (2011), working alongside Khan, visual artist Tim Yip, composer Jocelyn Pook and performance poet Polar Bear. Desh, which weaves quasi-biographical stories within the wider history of a newly-independent Bangladesh, received a rousing, emotional response from the Bangladeshi Diaspora in the UK, and has been hailed as a "masterpiece" (Luc Jennings, Observer) and "technically ingenious, theatrically unsettling and emotionally unbearable." (Sarah Frater, the Evening Standard).
Young Zubaan (India) and Editions Hélium (France) will soon be bringing out The Boy, the Bees and Bonbibi, one of the stories she wrote for Desh, as a children's book illustrated by Joëlle Jolivet. She is currently working on her next collection for HarperCollins, an account of the Mahabharata war in 18 voices.
V. K. Karthika is responsible for the growth and vision of the local publishing programme including the management of the editorial and rights teams at HarperCollins India. She joined HarperCollins India in 2006 from Penguin India, where she served as Executive Editor and Rights Director, with the additional roles of Publisher- Puffin, Ladybird and Penguin Malayalam. Boasting a premier track record and 11 years in the publishing industry, Karthika has helped to build many top writers and brands.
Writers, Etc is our literary platform: a space where the written word gets primacy, where written ideas and their practitioners can interact with each other and the general public, coming together to ask pertinent questions and seek their answers: what role does literature play in contemporary societies? How do writers see their responsibilities vis-à-vis the public and, turning that over, how do we see writers? How has the written word adapted to its place among the growing pantheon of varied and addictive forms of cultural transmission? The aim is to encourage a discovery,
unencumbered by genre, of all the written oeuvres, ranging from living legends to new and emerging talent.
Related Events : Talks | Books | Places for Books
Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
Place : M.L. Bhartia Auditorium, Alliance Francaise De Delhi, 72, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi - 110003
Landmark : Next to Annexe building of India International Centre
Venue Info : Events | About | Map | Nearest Metro Stations - 'Khan Market(Violet Line)' & 'Jor Bagh(Yellow Line)'
Area : Lodhi Road Area Events
Event Description : Alliance Française de Delhi, Institut Français en Inde and The French Embassy in India present Karthika Nair in conversation with Karthika V.K.
Writers, Etc. – Session 18
Four our eighteenth session we invite the dynamic Karthika Nair, in conversation with Karthika V.K. Karthika Nair is the author of a poetry collection, Bearings (HarperCollins India, 2009). She was born in India, lives in Paris, and works as a producer in performing arts. This proximity to performing arts, and to dance, in particular, is refracted in much of her poetry, which has been published in several anthologies and journals including Indian Literature, Caravan India, The Asia Mag, Live Mint, Terre à Ciel, Penguin's 60 Indian Poets and Blood axe Book of Contemporary Indian Poets, The Literary Review and The Poetry Review. Her poems have been translated into French and Italian.
Nair co-scripted British-Bangladeshi choreographer Akram Khan's Laurence Olivier-award-winning dance production Desh (2011), working alongside Khan, visual artist Tim Yip, composer Jocelyn Pook and performance poet Polar Bear. Desh, which weaves quasi-biographical stories within the wider history of a newly-independent Bangladesh, received a rousing, emotional response from the Bangladeshi Diaspora in the UK, and has been hailed as a "masterpiece" (Luc Jennings, Observer) and "technically ingenious, theatrically unsettling and emotionally unbearable." (Sarah Frater, the Evening Standard).
Young Zubaan (India) and Editions Hélium (France) will soon be bringing out The Boy, the Bees and Bonbibi, one of the stories she wrote for Desh, as a children's book illustrated by Joëlle Jolivet. She is currently working on her next collection for HarperCollins, an account of the Mahabharata war in 18 voices.
V. K. Karthika is responsible for the growth and vision of the local publishing programme including the management of the editorial and rights teams at HarperCollins India. She joined HarperCollins India in 2006 from Penguin India, where she served as Executive Editor and Rights Director, with the additional roles of Publisher- Puffin, Ladybird and Penguin Malayalam. Boasting a premier track record and 11 years in the publishing industry, Karthika has helped to build many top writers and brands.
Writers, Etc is our literary platform: a space where the written word gets primacy, where written ideas and their practitioners can interact with each other and the general public, coming together to ask pertinent questions and seek their answers: what role does literature play in contemporary societies? How do writers see their responsibilities vis-à-vis the public and, turning that over, how do we see writers? How has the written word adapted to its place among the growing pantheon of varied and addictive forms of cultural transmission? The aim is to encourage a discovery,
unencumbered by genre, of all the written oeuvres, ranging from living legends to new and emerging talent.
Related Events : Talks | Books | Places for Books
Writers, Etc - Karthika Nair in conversation with Karthika V.K. at Alliance Francaise De Delhi, 72, Lodhi Estate > 6:30pm on 10th December 2012
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