The fourth Kalinga literary Festival will be held from June 10 to 12 here with participation of around 200 celebrities from the worlds of literature, cinema, media and politics. The theme of the festival is ‘literature for Peace and Harmony.’
Chief guest Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will inaugurate the festival, while Union HRD Minister of State Dr MahendraNath Pandey will be guest of honour and chief key note speaker. Other speakers in the inaugural session include eminent writer and poet Dr Kedarnath Singh and renowned writer and academic Dr HS Shivprakash.
More than 20 new books will be released during the three-day festival.
The festival will introduce special sessions for poets and artists.
‘Mystic Kalinga. It will showcase art exhibitions of international artists. Another crucial addition to the festival is the establishment of literary awards including the Kalinga International literary Award, Kalinga literary Youth Award and the Kalinga Karubaki Award.
The awardees are Haraprasad Das (4th Kalinga literary Award), Anand Nilakantan (Kalinga International Award), Paramita Satapathy (Kalinga Karubaki Award). Besides Kalinga literary Youth Award will be distributed to 30 young minds selected from Odisha.