Second edition of Kerala Literary Festival on Feb 2

Nearly 300 writers of national and intemational repute will participate in the second edition of the Kerala Literature Festival here from February two to 5.

Jnanpith laureate M T Vasudevan Nair will inaugurate the festival, a press release said.

In an unique event of the edition, famed writer M Mukundan will interview Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

National luminaries such as Ramachandra Guha, Romila Thapar, Shashi Tharoor, Sudhir Kakar and Kanhaiya Kumar will take part and over 200 writers from the Malayalee literary world will also be attending this festival, the release said.

Intemational writers like Qaisra Shahraz (Pakistan), Evald Flisar (Slovenia), Ari Sitas (SouthAfrica), Runo Isaksen (Norway) will add colour to the events.

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