New Delhi, 28 October 2021: Adil Jehangir Jussawalla, one of India’s most eminent poets in English, will be the Poet Laureate of the 12th Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest 2021.
Adil Jussawalla’s many-layered, clear-eyed, uncompromising poetry is mainly rooted in the city landscape, describing equally its beauty and degradation, its position as a place of refuge as well as exploitation, and the acceptance and meaning of it as home. He is also renowned for the historical breadth and sweep of his compositions. One of his best-known and oft-quoted poems is Sea Breeze which describes Mumbai as a refuge for those displaced by Partition. The body of his work is contained in three main anthologies: Land’s End, Missing Person, and Trying To Say Goodbye, for the last of which he received the Sahitya Akademi Award.
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Mr. ADIL JUSSAWALLA is a graduate of the Universities of Bombay and Oxford and of the prestigious Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. He worked for some years in the UK, after which he returned to Mumbai where he was a professor of English at St Xavier’s College and later Literary Editor at several leading Indian publications. His work
has appeared in many anthologies. Together with his distinguished peers Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, Arun Kolatkar, and Give Patel, he helped to establish “Clearing House”, a poet’s publishing co-operative.
Accepting the Poet Laureateship for Tata Literature Live! At the Mumbai LitFest 2021, Adil Jussawalla said: “It’s an honor to be named Poet Laureate of the Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest. Poetry is the oldest, most quintessential, and often a most accessible form of human literary expression, and I am pleased to know that the Mumbai Litfest gives its practitioners a well-respected platform every year.”
Director of the Festival, Amy Fernandes, said: “We are delighted that Mr. Jussawalla has accepted the Poet Laureateship for the 2021 edition of Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest. No reader in English, especially in Mumbai, is unfamiliar with his name or work. His poems are profound, perceptive, and memorable and the impact of his writing has influenced generations of poets after him, up to this day.”
Harish Bhat, Brand Custodian, Tata Sons said, “It is an absolute privilege to present the Tata Literature Live! Poet Laureate Award to Mr. Adil Jussawalla. A poet, a translator, a journalist, a lecturer, and a man who co-created the poet’s publishing co-operative – Adil dons so many hats so well! We salute his incredible contribution to Indian English Poetry.”
Previous Tata Literature Live! Poet Laureates include Javed Akhtar, K. Satchidanandan, Jayanta Mahapatra, Gulzar, Keki Daruwalla, Vikram Seth, and Joy Goswami.
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The Tata Group is the title sponsor of Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest and the festival will also be supported by a few other Tata companies. The festival was conceived by Anil Dharker (1947-2021) founder and festival director of Literature Live! which organizes the festival with the support of the Tata Group.
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About Tata Group:
Founded by Jamsetji Tata in 1868, the Tata group is a global enterprise, headquartered in India, comprising 30 companies across ten verticals. The group operates in more than 100 countries across six continents, with a mission ‘To improve the quality of life of the communities we serve globally, through long-term stakeholder value creation based on Leadership with Trust’. Tata Sons are the principal investment holding company and promoter of Tata companies. Sixty-six percent of the equity share capital of Tata Sons is held by philanthropic trusts, which support education, health, livelihood generation, and art and culture. In 2020-21, the revenue of Tata companies, taken together, was $103 billion (INR 7.7 trillion). These companies collectively employ over 800,000 people. Each Tata company or enterprise operates independently under the guidance and supervision of its own board of directors. There are 29 publicly-listed Tata enterprises with a combined market capitalization of $242 billion (INR 17.8 trillion) as of March 31, 2021. Companies include Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Tata Chemicals, Tata Consumer Products, Titan, Tata Capital, Tata Power, Tata Advanced Systems, Indian Hotels, and Tata Communications.
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About Literature Live!
Literature Live! founded by Anil Dharker in 2010, is dedicated to celebrating the written word in all its glorious forms. The Literature Live! Evenings held throughout the yearbook launches, thought-provoking talks, literary evenings, author interactions, performances, fiction, and haiku contests – have offered Mumbai a chance to participate in the many joys of literature, and undefeated by the pandemic, has digitally extended this opportunity to a
vast audience beyond the city. It also holds regular talks at colleges and events for underprivileged school children.
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Literature Live! organizes the Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest, Mumbai’s premier international literary festival, has become immensely popular because it looks at literature in a way that complements the spirit of Mumbai: energetic, cosmopolitan, and all-inclusive. Now gearing up for its 12th edition from 18-21 November 2021, Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest, with over 100 writers, thinkers, and performers from India and across the world, will be on a digital platform for the first time, offering “entry” to the Festival to a global audience along with its core attendees from Mumbai.
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