Staff Reporter :
The spontaneous and vibrant gathering at Dhaka Lit Fest (DLF) has created a new horizon for Bangla literature on the world stage as many local and international writers, poets and researchers appreciated the richness and elegance of Bangla literature.
With the participation of internationally acclaimed writers, poets and scholars, the vibrant appearances of the book-lovers of all ages made Dhaka Lit Fest a platform for exchanging and sharing creative practices and knowledge.
The three-day literary event, where people with different languages and cultures gathered with a common goal to foster literature practices, virtually turned into a platform for sharing and exchanging diversified literatures and
cultures breaking the boundary of literary landscape, authors and book lovers viewed.
Imdadul Haque Milon, a noted novelist, said Dhaka Lit Fest is a wonderful event for both local writers of different genres of literatures as it creates opportunity to know literatures of different languages. As Bangladesh has rich literature and culture, the event will highlight those before the world, he added.
Annisul Hoque, an eminent writer, said, “Bangladeshi literature is really outstanding. Though Bangla literature is very rich, it did not get proper attention due to inadequate translation of literary works.”
Bringing together poets, writers and artists from different countries, the Dhaka Lit Fest provides an opportunity for them to learn about our country and literature, he said, adding, “Similarly, we also have the opportunity to learn about the literatures of many other nations.”
Sadaf Saaz, one of the directors of DLF, said, “When we started the festival, we had ambitious dreams. Despite having a rich tradition of literature stretching back well over a thousand years, Bangladeshi writings remained largely unknown throughout the world.” “Contemporary writers, apart from a few, were also cut off from the global literary landscape. We wanted the festival to feature the best of our literature and culture, past and present and to a platform take our stories way beyond our borders,” she added.
“It has really given us immense inspiration to promote and showcase Bangladeshi literature, culture and heritage at the global stage,” Kazi Anis Ahmed, one of the directors of Dhaka Lit Fest said.
“This is the seventh edition of “Dhaka Lit Fest”. Previously, it was held with the name of Hay Festival. Our main objective was to project our literature, culture and tradition at the international level through this literary festival” he added. The organizers said the seventh edition of DLF will host over 200 speakers, performers, thinkers, representing 24 countries, making it the largest and the most diverse gathering so far.
“Like every year, the programmes will celebrate diversity, pluralism, other language, culture, whilst highlighting our own, which is our way of saying “No to walls,” Walls of all kinds,” they added. The literary festival will come to a close today creating huge hopes for the visitors, organizations as well as foreign guests as many of them described this event as a wonderful gathering of diversified literature practices.
The spontaneous and vibrant gathering at Dhaka Lit Fest (DLF) has created a new horizon for Bangla literature on the world stage as many local and international writers, poets and researchers appreciated the richness and elegance of Bangla literature.
With the participation of internationally acclaimed writers, poets and scholars, the vibrant appearances of the book-lovers of all ages made Dhaka Lit Fest a platform for exchanging and sharing creative practices and knowledge.
The three-day literary event, where people with different languages and cultures gathered with a common goal to foster literature practices, virtually turned into a platform for sharing and exchanging diversified literatures and
cultures breaking the boundary of literary landscape, authors and book lovers viewed.
Imdadul Haque Milon, a noted novelist, said Dhaka Lit Fest is a wonderful event for both local writers of different genres of literatures as it creates opportunity to know literatures of different languages. As Bangladesh has rich literature and culture, the event will highlight those before the world, he added.
Annisul Hoque, an eminent writer, said, “Bangladeshi literature is really outstanding. Though Bangla literature is very rich, it did not get proper attention due to inadequate translation of literary works.”
Bringing together poets, writers and artists from different countries, the Dhaka Lit Fest provides an opportunity for them to learn about our country and literature, he said, adding, “Similarly, we also have the opportunity to learn about the literatures of many other nations.”
Sadaf Saaz, one of the directors of DLF, said, “When we started the festival, we had ambitious dreams. Despite having a rich tradition of literature stretching back well over a thousand years, Bangladeshi writings remained largely unknown throughout the world.” “Contemporary writers, apart from a few, were also cut off from the global literary landscape. We wanted the festival to feature the best of our literature and culture, past and present and to a platform take our stories way beyond our borders,” she added.
“It has really given us immense inspiration to promote and showcase Bangladeshi literature, culture and heritage at the global stage,” Kazi Anis Ahmed, one of the directors of Dhaka Lit Fest said.
“This is the seventh edition of “Dhaka Lit Fest”. Previously, it was held with the name of Hay Festival. Our main objective was to project our literature, culture and tradition at the international level through this literary festival” he added. The organizers said the seventh edition of DLF will host over 200 speakers, performers, thinkers, representing 24 countries, making it the largest and the most diverse gathering so far.
“Like every year, the programmes will celebrate diversity, pluralism, other language, culture, whilst highlighting our own, which is our way of saying “No to walls,” Walls of all kinds,” they added. The literary festival will come to a close today creating huge hopes for the visitors, organizations as well as foreign guests as many of them described this event as a wonderful gathering of diversified literature practices.
