FESTIVALS HELD SINCE OCTOBER 1999 |
| Date |
Occasion |
Venue |
| To be decided |
Screening of films on Neela Padmanabhan (Tamil) and Ayyappa Paniker (Malayalam). |
Trivandrum |
| To be decided |
Gulzar's film on Sahitya Akademi to be screened. |
Chennai |
| To be decided |
Screening of films on Malayalam and Kannada writers. |
Kasargod |
| To be decided |
Screening of films produced by the Akademi. |
Visakhapatnam |
| To be decided |
Screening of films produced by the Akademi. |
Vizianagaram |
| To be decided |
Gulzar's film on Sahitya Akademi to be screened. |
Bangalore |
| 3 May 2005 |
A Film Festival was held in collaboration with General Education Centre, Aligarh Muslim University, wherein films on 50 years of Sahitya Akademi, Qazi Abdul Sattar and Shahryar were shown. |
Aligarh |
| 17-18 December 2004 |
Aayne(Mirrors), a Festival of Poetry and Films was held as part of the special Golden Jubilee Programmes of the Akademi consisting of a Mushaira/ Kavi Sammelan with the participation of the President of the Akademi, Professor Gopi Chand Narang, and eminent Indian poets. Documentary films on eminent Indian writers were screened. |
Goa |
| 14-15 October 2004 |
A programme Rabindranath in Perspective was held as part of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Sahitya Akademi. Dr. Ram Kumar Mukhopadhyaya welcomed the audience and Sri Alokeranjan Dasgupta inaugurated programme. Debarati Mitra delivered the speech. Tagore's songs were rendered by Asis Bhattacharya, Rajasree Bhattacharya and Swastika Mukhopadhyay. On 15 October 2004, Sri Sunil Gangopadhyay, Vice-President, Sahitya Akademi gave an introductory speech and Phalguni (introductory part) under the direction of Suman Mukhopadhyay was staged. |
Kolkata |
| 17-19 October 2004 |
A three-day programme Kavyabharati– A Golden Jubilee Festival of Indian Poetry was held. |
Mumbai |
| 17-19 October 2004 |
A three-day programme Kavyabharati– A Golden Jubilee Festival of Indian Poetry was held. Professor K. Satchidanandan welcomed the guests and Rafiq Zakaria inaugurated the Festival While Professor Gopi Chand Narang presided. Inaugural readings were done by Sri Nilmani Phookan, Sri Sunil Gangopadhyay, Smt Padma Sachdev, Sri Keki N. Daruwalla, Sri K. Ayyappa Paniker, Sri Vinda Karandikar, Sri Gulzar and Sri Javed Akhtar. There were eight reading sessions in which a number of poets including Sri Narayan Surve, Sri Balachandran Chulikkad, Sri Namdeo Dhasal, Sri Eunice De Souza, Sri A.M.K. Shahryar, Sri Shafi Shauq, Sri Chandrasekhar Kambar, Smt Anuradha Patil, Sri Suresh Dalal, Sri Surjit Patar, Sri Udaya Narayan Singh, Sri Kedarnath Singh, Sri Kailash Vajpeyi, Sri Chandraprakash
Deval, Sri Krishin Rahi and many others participated. |
New Delhi |
| 15 October 2004 |
A programme was held in collaboration with Seher and India International Centre. Sri Prahlad Singh Tipanya presented Kabir-Gayan while Sri Purushottam Agrawal spoke on Kabir in our times. |
New Delhi |
| 11-13 October 2004 |
Words & Gestures – A Golden Jubilee Theatre Festival was held wherein plays based on tales and stories by Premchand, Ismat Chughtai, Manto and Kamtanath staged under the direction of Naseeruddin Shah |
New Delhi |
| 1-3 September 2004 |
Words & Worlds: Film on Indian Authors, a special Golden Jubilee Film Festival was held. The function was inaugurated by Dr. Chandrashekhar Kambar, distinguished Kannada writer and Akademi Award Winne |
Bangalore |
| 4-6 August 2004 |
Words & Worlds: Films on Indian Authors, a special Golden Jubilee Film Festival was held. The function was inaugurated by D. Jayakanthan, distinguished Tamil writer and a Fellow of the Sahitya Akademi |
Chennai |
| 19-21 July 2004 |
A three-day Film-Festival programme featuring films on Bengali writers was held in collaboration with Nandan, West Bengal Film Centre. |
Kolkata |
| 31 March 2004 |
The inaugural programme under the new series Sur Sahitya was held in collaboration with Seher and India International Centre.The Bhakti-Sufi music was presented by Pandit Surinder Singh and Mukhtyar Ali. Vishwanath Tripathi introduced the theme. |
New Delhi |
| 21 March 2003 |
An evening of poetry was held to celebrate the
World Poetry Day in which Sri Sunil Gangopadhyay, Vice-President,
Sahitya Akademi, read the inaugural readings and Sri Narayan
Surve was in the chair. Poets from different parts of the country
were invited. |
New Delhi |
| 21 March 2002 |
An Evening of Poetry was
held to celebrate the World Poetry Day.. |
New Delhi |
| 12 February 2001 |
A programme with Mr. Dieter
M. Graf, one of the German writern-in-residence. |
Chennai |
| 5 February 2001 |
A programme with Mr. Dieter
M. Graf, one of the German writers-in-residence. |
Kolkata |
| 27-29
January 2001 |
An Indo
- German Translation workshop was held in which a number of German
and Indian scholars and translators participated |
New
Delhi |
| 19 January 2001 |
Mr. Thorsten Becker
participated in a programme. |
Kolkata |
| 9 January
2001 |
Ms. Felicitas
Hoppe participated in a programme. |
Bangalore |
| 8 January
2001 |
Mr. Arnold
Stadler participated in literary Forum meeting |
New Delhi |
| 5 January 2001 |
Ms. Felicitas Hoppe
participated in a programme. |
New Delhi |
| 27 December
2000 |
Ms.
Felicitas Hoppe participated in a Meet the Author programme |
Kolkata |
| 15 December
2000 |
Mr.
Thorsten Becker participated in a literary Forum meeting |
Bangalore |
| 12 December
2000 |
Ms. Katherin
Schimidt participated in a reading session |
New Delhi |
| 8 December
2000 |
Mr. Thorsten
Becker participated in a Meet the Author Programme |
Chennai |
| 27 November
2000 |
Ms. katherin
Schimidt participated in a Reading session |
Kolkata |
| 18 November
2000 |
Ms. katherin
Schimidt participated in the Meet the Author Programme |
Chennai |
| 15 November
2000 |
Ms. katherin
Schimidt participated in Literary Forum Meeting |
Bangalore |
| |
Six German writers
visited India and participated in various programmes organised
in collaboration with the Max Mueller Bhavan |
|
| 14-15 March
2000 |
Nepali Sahitya
Utsav in Collaboration with Dakshin Sikkim Sahitya Sammelan,
Namchi
in which several writers participated |
Namchi |
| 23 November
1999 |
Srijan Utsav
with poets from Purulia and neighbouring districts and Calcutta |
Purulia
(W.B.) |
| 4-5 November
1999 |
Bharatiya
Sahitya Utsav in collaboration with Department of Youth Affairs,
sports and Culture, Andaman and Nicobar
Administration |
Port-Blair |
