West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Bangladesh State Minister for Cultural Affairs, K M Khalid will be present at the inaugural function of the International Kolkata Book Fair (IKBF) 2022 beginning on February 28.
This being the 50th year of Liberation War of Bangladesh, the Publishers and Booksellers Guild, the organisers of the fair, have decided to give special focus on Bangladesh during this edition of the book fair, Guild general secretary Tridib Chatterjee said on Wednesday.
Famous Bangladeshi writer Selina Hossain will also be present at the inauguration and participate in the literary discourse during the book fair.
The 13-day book fair would be held at Central Park ground in Salt Lake.
He said three gates of the book fair will be the replica of three books penned by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangladesh.
Among the other gates, there will be a Satyajit Ray Gate in tribute to the maestro on his 100th birth anniversary and Abanindranath Gate which is a tribute to writer, artist Abanindranath Tagore.
Twenty countries will participate at the International Kolkata Book Fair 2022.
