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Chair Poetry Evenings international festival returns to Kolkata in November

Chair Poetry Evenings international festival returns to Kolkata in November

Kolkata, Oct 18 (UNI) With the onset of the winter chill in the cultural capital of India, Kolkata will witness the second edition of the Chair Poetry Evenings international festival on 22nd, 23rd and 24th of November.
The festival which revolves entirely around poetry will host poets from Australia, Hungary, Slovakia, Chile, USA, Netherlands, Portugal and different parts of the country.
This year’s international guests include Brian Turner from USA, Anthony Lawrence from Australia, Sara F Costa from Portugal, Jesús Sepúlveda from Chile, Elmar Kuiper from the Netherlands, BalázsSzőllőssy from Hungary, HajnalCsilla Nagy from Slovakia, and Indian guests include Arundhathi Subramaniam, Devi Prasad Mishra, Ashutosh Dubey, Hemant Divate, Yashodhara Roy Chaudhuri, Angshuman Kar,Katyayani, Bina Sarkar Elias, Prabodh Parikh, Koushiki Dasgupta and Abhimanyu Mahato.

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