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Poems are best received when they are heard being
spoken aloud, when their emotional content is being expressed by the
human voice, and not just printed ink and paper. The intimate act of
listening to poetry can be enjoyed in many ways.
‘Poetry with Prakriti’ is a new festival being
presented in Chennai by Prakriti Foundation from December 15-30,
2007, where poets from varied backgrounds in multiple languages will
read and share their poetry at many different locations across the
city.
This will allow multiple groups of people to
enjoy creative expression rendered through poetry. The 25 poets have
been drawn from Tamil, English, Kannada and other regional
languages. These poets use different methods of expression in their
work - from regular poetry to Haiku, from deeply personal work to a
comment on our times.
A poetry contest on the theme of 'Newness' will
be judged by a three -member committee and the winner announced on
the last day of the festival.
Details are available on
www.poetrywithprakriti.in
The festival will open with a reading by French
Senegalese poet Amadou Lamine Sall with the cultural collaboration
of Alliance Francaise, Chennai, and conclude with a performance of
Racine's play 'Phaedre' in Tamil directed by a noted French director
at the Museum Theatre on December 30, also with the collaboration of
Alliance.
The participating poets are:
| Anjum Hasan |
Vasantha Surya |
| Kuttirevathi |
Gieve Patel |
| T R Joy |
K Ramesh |
| Priya Sarukkai |
Jeet Thayil |
| Vivek Narayanan |
Sujatha Shankar Kumar |
| K Srilata |
Tishani Doshi |
| Pratibha Nandakumar |
Vasanth |
| Arundhathi Subramaniam |
Sushil Sivaram |
| Meena Kandasamy |
Sharanya Manivannan |
| George K. |
Sukiertharani |
| Sridala Swami |
Siddhartha Menon |
| R J Kalpana |
Anuradha Vijayakrishnan |
Scharada Bail
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