Madikeri, Nov. 19: Three writers from Karnataka, including Madikeri writer Deepabhasti, have been selected for the Kerala Literature Festival, which is considered to be Asia's largest literature festival.
This time, Booker Prize-winning Deepabhasti, Bhanu Mushtaq, and Vivek Shan Bhag have been selected to participate as guests in the 9th Kerala Literature Festival sponsored by Germany.
The literature festival will be held from January 22 to 25 on the beach of Kozhikode in Kerala. Writers and literary figures from 15 countries, including Germany, will participate in the festival. 450 writers from around the world will interact with readers in 330 sessions organized at 7 locations on the beach . Discussions and dialogue sessions have been organized in this literature festival on literature in various languages of the world, including Malayalam and Kannada.
The four-day literary festival in Kozhikode is expected to attract 5 lakh literature enthusiasts from all over the world, and Kozhikode city is expecting a turnover of Rs. 150 crore.
Commenting on being selected for the prestigious literary festival, Deepabhasti said that this literary festival, which creates a literary buzz on the beaches of Kerala, is different from all other literary events. It also provides an opportunity for serious readers and thinkers from not only Kerala but also many parts of the world to interact here. She said that she is happy to be selected for the prestigious literary festival.
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