To celebrate the new arrival of poetry symbolized by this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature 2020 to American poet Louise Glück

Forum on Contemporary Theory &

Balvant Parekh Centre for General Semantics & Other Human Sciences

Jointly organizes an evening of discussion on Why Poetry Matters, Today?

on 23rd October 2020, at 4 pm Friday

Venue: Balvant Parekh Centre C-302 Siddhi Vinayak Complex Behind Baroda Railway Station Faramji Road, Baroda-390007 Tel: (0265) 2320870 Or You can also Join us on meet.google.com/bcp-okqv-wce

On this occasion eminent Gujarati poet Sitanshu Yashaschandra will deliver the introductory remarks about the poet Louise Gluck, and her poetry. He will also share his views on why poetry matters, today.

About the Chief Speaker: Sitanshu Yashaschandra is among contemporary Gujarati literature’s most eminent representatives. A much celebrated poet and playwright, he is also a critical theorist, translator and academic. His creative, critical and academic work has received wide critical acclaim in India and elsewhere. He has received several prestigious awards. At present he is the president of highly reputed literary institution Gujarati Sahitya Parishad, Ahmedabad.

Discussants:

Sachin Ketkar: A bilingual poet, translator edited by him is in the press. He is a Vandana Shantuindu is a poet, fiction and researcher, he is a Professor of English retired bank employee. He lives and works writer and translator. She writes both in at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of in Vadodara, Gujarat. Gujarati and Hindi and also has books Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat. His primary published in both the languages. She has area of research is Indian literatures and Kranti (Yevtikar) Kanate is a Hindi poet also penned a few books for children. Her cultures with emphasis on Marathi and and translator. Kranti Yevtikar has translation of Kashma Kaul’s book Dardpur Gujarati literatures and cultures. published poetry collections and a verse from Hindi to Gujarati has been awarded by drama, she is also the editor of Sahitya the Gujarat Sahitya Akademi, Gandhinagar. Neeti Singh: A mystic, poet, translator, Parikrama, a literary quarterly published by She lives and works in Vadodara, Gujarat. researcher, Dr Singh works as an Associate Akhil Bharatiya Sahitya Parishad. She has Professor of English the Maharaja Sayajirao translated poetry in Hindi both from English Indu Joshi: Indu Joshi is a distinct voice University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat. and Gujarati languages. She lives in from the younger generation of poets Her primary areas of research are the Vadodara, Gujarat. writing in Gujarati today. She has interface of literature in English of Religious graduated from M. S. University in Gujarati and Spiritual Studies; cultural and Ajay Sarvaiya has been involved in and has also completed her doctorate from comparative approaches in Indian Literary creative writing (fiction and poetry) in the same. Gajar (2017) is her first poetry Gujarati for more than two decades now. Studies. collection published by Sahitya Akademi. His short-story collection "Fact and Fiction She lives and works as a teacher in Naresh Chandrakar: A Hindi poet, critic ane Biji Vaartaao" (2010) consists of and translator, he has three critically experimental fiction. His collection of Vadodara, Gujarat. acclaimed poetry collections, two books of critical essays "Borges ane Hun: Gujarati Olakh ni Shodh" (2008) breaks boundaries literary criticism and has translated The program is convened and compèred by between fiction and criticism. His poetry Piyush Thakkar, a poet, painter and art- considerable extracts from Memoirs by collection Aam Hovun has been published writer. Pablo Neruda to Hindi. His forthcoming recently. He is Assistant Professor at the publication of selected writings of Edward Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Said in Hindi, partially translated and Vadodara. ALL ARE WELCOME