New Delhi Nov 25 PTI Turkish bestselling novelist Elif Shafak Hollywood actor-writer Rupert Everett award-winning Srilankan writer Shehan Karunatilaka and eminent Jamaican poet Kei Miller are among the 25 names featuring on the Jaipur Literature Festivals JLF second list announced on ThursdayTouted as the worlds largest free literary event the festival now in its 15th edition expected to see participation by over 180 authors thinkers politicians and popular culture icons across the world will host sessions offline from January 28 to February 1 and virtual till its closure on February 6 2022It will be held at the new venue of Hotel Clarks Amber JaipurGiving the festival a diverse flavour the second speaker list include names like award-winning British poet Ruth Padel Booker prize shortlisted author Monica Ali and David Mitchell British archaeologist David Wengrow and British nature writer Robert MacfarlaneOur second list of speakers unfurls to provide a further glimpse into the rich diversity of voices to be platformed at Jaipur Literature Festival 2022 We are proud to present writers and thinkers dreamers and doers from across languages cultures and continents said Namita Gokhale writer and co-director of JLFAlso featured on the second list are politician-author Jai Ram Ramesh British historian and biographer Andrew Lownie actor-author Sonali Bendre and Nandana Dev Sen poet Akhil Katyal and K Satchidanandan American academic Maya Jasanoff and writer-journalist Anindita GhoseThe list continues with bestselling author Manu Pillai Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar recipient author Tanuj Solanki Bangladeshi journalist Mahfuz Anam art historian Vidya Dehejia engineer-author Naushad D Forbes journalist-filmmaker Vinod Kapri writer-publisher Ritu Menon and novelist Saikat MajumdarWe are coming back with a truly spectacular line up of literary superstars from across the world In fiction we have this years Booker winner the great Damon Galgut his predecessors Monica Ali DBC Pierre Pullizer winner Jonathan Franzen and Turkish superstar Elif Shafak said William Dalrymple historian and co-director of JLFWe have Rob Macfarlane on nature writing Rupert Everett on Hollywood Vidya Dehejia on Chola bronzes We also have a special focus on archaeology and ancient history Cat Jarman on the Vikings David Wengrove on the Dawn of Everything and many more he addedLike previous editions the ninth edition of the Jaipur BookMark JBM a platform for publishers literary agents writers translators translation agencies and booksellers from across the world will run parallel to the festival PTI MG KJ

Damon Galgut wins the Booker Prize for his wonderful work in ‘The Promise. Galut is the third South African novelist to win the award and after a gap of 20 years. 2021 Booker Prize announced Damon Galgut, a South African novelist won the prestigious prize on Wednesday. His book “The Promise,” is a story about […]