Chinese Life and Culture Through the Poetic Lense

Date and Time: 14 February 2020, 6:30pmAdd to Calendar 14/02/2020 18:30 14/02/2020 20:00 Asia/Kolkata Chinese Life and Culture Through the Poetic Lense Must check for Details and on Event day before visiting -
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Event Description: Chinese Life and Culture Through the Poetic Lense

Discussion on the Chinese poet, Tianhe’s work Toiling for a Grain of Paddy

Translations in English and Hindi by Rita Malhotra and Sadhna Agrawal

Guest Speaker: Mr. Zhang Jianxin, Cultural Counsellor, Embassy of the People’s Republic of China, New Delhi

Discussants: Prof. Hemant Adlakha, Centre for Chinese and Southeast Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University; and Dr. Shreeparna Roy, Head, Chinese Studies, Dept. of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi

Readings by Dr. Rita Malhotra and Sadhna Agrawal

Chair: Dr. H.K. Kaul, President, The Poetry Society (India)

Tianhe is one of the eminent poets and an important native voice in poetry in contemporary China. Writing on pastoral theme poetry since 1982, he is the author of more than 14 collections of poems and has won more than thirty poetry awards, including the highest award in China – Luxun Literature Prize, The Prize for Young Chinese Poets

Collaboration: The Poetry Society, India

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