Fwd: ... a face-to-face with a writer par-excellence!!

 

To all Srijanites:

You are most cordially invited to this rare face-to-face with one of the most gifted writers of our times, Atiq Rahimi, on Sunday, the 17th of January, 2010, at 4 p.m. at our rooftop at 120, Lenin Sarani, Kolkata-13!

But we have to request you to please confirm to us that you would be with us and also please be committed to staying with us until 6:30 p.m.

A brief summary of Rahimi's profile is appended below this e-card:

 

 

Atiq Rahimi was born in 1962 in Kabul to a senior public servant. Growing up in Kabul, Rahimi attended the French language Lycee Isteqlal. Following the Soviet invasion, Rahimi fled Afghanistan, taking refuge in Pakistan for a year and then relocating to France after receiving political asylum.

On completion of his studies at the Sorbonne, Rahimi joined a Paris based production entity where he produced 7 documentaries for French television as well several commercials. Taking time off in the late 1990s, Rahimi embarked on his first writing project. His 2000 Dari/Persian book, Earth and Ashes, was an instant bestseller in Europe and South America. A movie based on this book, directed by Rahimi, was awarded the Prix du Regard vers l'Avenir at the Cannes Film Festival in 2004. The film was featured in 50 festivals winning a total of 25 awards including the one at Cannes and a Golden Dhow award for best feature film at the Zanzibar International Film Festival.

In November 2008, Rahimi won France's most prestigious literary prize, the 105-year-old Prix Goncourt [1], for "Syngue Sabour", or Stone of Patience. In Syngue Sabour, Rahimi tells the story of a woman whose husband has been wounded in battle in a country resembling Afghanistan and now lies as paralysed as a stone. Syngue Sabour is Rahimi's fourth book and his first novel written in French.

Having returned to his native Afghanistan in 2002, Rahimi is also intimately involved in with the nation's largest media group, Moby Group (www.mobygroup.com), as a Senior Creative Advisor. The group established by brothers Saad Mohseni, Zaid Mohseni and Jahid Mohseni owns TOLO TV (www.tolo.tv), ARMAN FM (www.arman.fm), KABOORA PRODUCTION (www.kaboora.com), BARBUD MUSIC (www.mobygroup.com), LEMAR TV (www.lemar.tv), AFGHAN SCENE MAGAZINE (www.afghanscene.com)as well as a host of other media related entities. Rahimi continues to work closely with Moby in developing programs and genres for its various media outlets.

More importantly Rahimi has helped developed a generation of new Afghan filmmakers and directors.

Rahimi created and developed TOLO TV's \"Raz ha een Khana\" (Secrets of this House), Afghanistan's first soap opera. The hugely popular Secrets of this House took out the Special Award at the Seoul Drama Awards (www.seouldrama.org) in October 2008.

 

Rahimi now divides his time between Kabul and Paris.

 

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Rahimi

 

Srijan

invites you to share an evening ADDA with Atiq Rahimi, one of the most gifted writers of the world today...

 

Sunday, 17 January, 2010 (4 to 6:30 p.m.) at its Rooftop, 120, Lenin Sarani, Kolkata - 13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sixth youth Poetry Festival

   

 

 Srijan announces its  Sixth Youth Poetry Festival
to be held on Saturday the 30th of January, 2010 (3:30 to 7:00 pm) at its rooftop at 120, Lenin Sarani, Kolkata - 700013 and requests all to be with us to witness the miracle of the flowering of buds !! 
Also to please encourage the youth to write and to participate ......
 
Amongst those who have already agreed to be there and encourage the youth are the following literati, publishers and those from the media: Ananda Lal, Anjum Katyal, Antara Dev Sen, Badal Basu, Bishambhar Newar, Joy Goswami, Mike Flannery, Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Nawal, Sanjukta Dasgupta, Saadia Azim, Sarat Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Srijato, Sunil Gangopadhyay, Utpal Kumar Basu, Vinay Sharma, Yajnaseni Chakraborty, etc.

To be eligible one should be 24 or below, writing in English, Bangla, Hindi or Urdu and has to submit BEFORE JANUARY 20 not more than three self-written poems (which will not be returned) with one's name, date of birth, address, telephone number, email address and the name of school, college, university and class and medium of instruction to Srijan, by email ID < srijan2000@gmail.com > or or by post to 20, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata- 700 019 (mobile: 98315 04751).

For any clarification or help, everyone is most welcome to contact our Sixth Youth Festival Coordinator, Shahwar Kibria (99031 12150)

Or any member of our team: Immediate Past Coordinator, Inam Hussain Mullick (98310 82194) or our Area Coordinators, Abhijit (98044 69080), Arjun (98742 05927), Baaset (98832 50083), Bhaskarjyoti (94321 61943), Chandan (98329 73300), Debarshi (98308 03351), Dipanwita (98300 39288), Kabya (98747 88973), Mriganka (98741 13157) Nabameeta (91636 12407), Pavel (92393 62898), Rangeet (96816 61896), Ripan (99333 79755), Savio (98360 90819), Shubha (98745 45069), Shubho (93312 95134), Sourik (90388 90181), Tanmoy (98327 15126), or Language Coordinators (Bangla, English, Hindi, Urdu), Anjana Basu (98310 05126), Boudhayan Mukhopadhyay, (93305 81722), Ejaz F. S. (98304 83810), Vijay Jhunjhunwalla (93310 51331), or Srijan (98315 04751)

Srijan is also grateful to the internationally renowned nature photographer from Austria, Stefan Kümmel, for contributing his masterpiece, Glockenblume, to Srijan to carry this message to the Youth!