Writers Edition

Eminent writer and Jnanpith Awardee Dr Prathibha Ray announced the fourth Panorama International Literature festival 2023 conducted globally by Writers Capital Foundation. The world-record-winning literary festival for being the lengthiest literature festival dedicated to humanity is scheduled to be held from 1-31 of January and will feature ‘Air’ as the theme.

“Man is lonely today because he builds walls instead of bridges. Literature builds bridges and breaks down walls and enriches human personality,” said Dr Prathibha Ray announcing the event. “The theme of the festival which discusses both philosophical and environmental aspects of air is relevant in the present day. I hope that the platform would facilitate excellent deliberations, cross-cultural communication and a reaffirmation of the power of the written word,” she added.

The festival will be held in hybrid mode this year where delegates will be presenting their works virtually as well as physically at national festivals in the participating countries. In India, the festival is being partnered with the Central University of Kerala and Kerala Sahitya Akademi. Though internationally, Spain is hosting the event, the national event in India will be held in Kerala Central University campus in Kasaragod of Kerala.

It is the linguistic/cultural diversity of Kasaragod, a land of seven languages, that attracted the Panorama International Literary Festival to the district. Writers from different parts of the country are participating in the three-day event in and around the campus. Various departments in the university jointly lead the programme.

Unlike other literary festivals, Panorama International Literature Festivals are held as literary sanctuaries where places of historic and culturally significant places will become the venues for various sessions. Apart from visiting various historic locations in Kasaragod, the group of delegates will also learn art forms like Theyyam (Daiva) which are prominent in the northern part of Kerala which was formerly as part of Karnataka.

Athens (Greece): In the beautiful universe, everything is connected with an unbreakable string of love, promoting the same is the very purpose of my poetry, said Johanna Devadayavu, noted poet and humanitarian. She was speaking during the ‘Meet the Author’ programme conducted by Writers Capital Foundation in association with the Writers International edition.

“I mostly write about love. When I say love, it could be love, it could be about the energy that is all around us from which everything evolves. In all my poems readers would find an alignment with this concept,” said Johanna. “This greater love dwells in everyone. Some are aware of it and nurture it into unfolding something magnificent in their lives, but some strangle it. My poems are aimed to touch the heart of people so that they will nurture this love in their hearts and do something beautiful in their lives and make it meaningful,” she added.

Greek authors Pantelis Hatzis and Elena Karabi also attended the event. Secretary General of Writers Capital Foundation Prof. Irene Doura Kavadia presided over the programme. Dr. Janatha Ramanathan introduced the author. The weekly programme of WCIF, ‘Meet the Author’ introduces popular authors from across the world who have marked their presence in the sphere of literature with their significant works.

After the great success of the first edition presented at the “Biennale Amedeo Modigliani” in Venice (Italy), ‘REGENERATION 2’ returns in a second edition. In the innovative first “Holoperformance” where the artist Filippo Papa in an act of regeneration anointed his naked body by spreading it with primary colours but not only, holographic dematerialization was seen through holographic technology. The unpublished verses of the poet Joan Josep Barcelo echoed throughout the duration of the performative act. Filippo Papa and Joan Josep Barcelo create a new way of making art by coining the neologism “Holoperformance”, the union between performing art, holographic technology and poetry.

This innovative work returns on 3 September 2022 after being selected by the organization of the international event “Cittadella Art Parade – Fluxus 60th – Tribute to Francesco Conz”. Cittadella Art Parade wants to give the city and the public something new and innovative and offer itself over the years as a forge of ideas, catalyst and producer of excellent culture. Cittadella Art Parade will be a cultural bridge between past, present and future. For this first edition, the organizers want to pay homage to the Fluxus artistic movement on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of its birth and to Francesco Conz (Cittadella 1935-Verona 2010). In fact, not everyone knows that Conz was, a promoter, publisher and collector of Fluxus works and of the most important international avant-gardes in the world.

For the occasion, the film “Conz. The last collector” by director Roberto Delvoi will be screened and a path will be created where unpublished images and texts will tell the human and artistic story of the great publisher and collector from Cittadella. Just before the screening of the film “Conz. The last collector” Papa and Barcelo will present “Regeneration 2” where body and soul will merge into a single performance that has already marked the beginning of a new vision that bridges art visual, literature and new innovative technologies. Given this recognition, “Regeneration 2” is a bodily, poetic and holographic performance homage to the global artistic inspiration that goes towards the future. It is shown in continuity with the research of the past as a new frontier of art multidisciplinary and contemporary multimedia.

Protagonists the living and holographic body of Papa and the sonorous and holographic presence of Barcelo. Art blends with the word. Colour dematerializes through holographic technology and becomes matter with the physicality of the body. The leitmotif is an original representation of positive feelings, regenerating oneself, loving oneself and returning to the essentiality of shapes from black and white to colour and vice versa. Leave only the naked soul visible to the eyes of those who have seen this event live. Joan Josep Barcelo and Filippo Papa must be acknowledged for having created a new dimension of art between dream and reality.

Filippo Papa born in Leonforte (EN) in 1986 is an eclectic Sicilian visual artist who has been included, among the most significant exponents of the contemporary art scene, in the two most important Italian publishing publications such as the Atlas of Contemporary Art published De Agostini and CAM Mondadori. In addition, he is the winner of the Italy prize for photography 2022. His art finds its maximum expression ranging from architectural photography – characterized by contact with the divine through the extreme synthesis of forms obtained from black and white and the strong contrasts between lights and shadows – and the performance in which his body is the protagonist, mirror of his many intimate and carnal facets. Movement becomes strength, gestures pay homage to myths and artists of the past. A new metaphysical vision that connects time and space by creating hybrid languages ​​between the various forms of art.

Joan Josep Barcelo born in Palma de Mallorca (Spain) in 1953 is the author of numerous poetry books in Catalan and Italian which has received important international awards in his literary career such as the Dante 2021 award. His unique style is characterized by surrealism and abstraction, with references to a dreamlike and mythical, spiritual and carnal world, in search of a revolutionary concept. He tells us about the land and the sea, the polar landscapes and the desert, following the characteristics of a universe in which the word becomes the breath of a new time. Light and darkness dominate the language until desire is the spark of fire in search of infinity.

Mysore: The Central University of Kerala, one of the pioneer institutions in India under the Ministry of Education, India has joined the Panorama International Literature Festival (PILF) as the major collaborator of the national event which is scheduled to be held in January 2023. National events are being held in various countries as a part of PILF season 4 worldwide in which prominent writers and academicians will be taking part.

The fourth season of one of the major literature festivals in the world, the Panorama International Literature Festival is having the participation of more than 76 countries across the world. Hosted by Spain this year, the festival is a World Record-Winning programme for being the lengthiest literature festival dedicated to spreading humanitarian values and helping cultural exchange and is being participated by renowned writers and academicians from across the world.

The Central University of Kerala came into being in 2009 under the Central Universities Act 2009. The University is founded on the noble vision of a ‘Caring Wisdom’ and is guided by the lofty ideals of academic and social commitment, moral steadfastness and intellectual and spiritual enlightenment, as reflected in the vision statement. From this humble beginning, the University has grown into an institution offering twenty-seven postgraduate and twenty-two research programmes with a total enrolment of around 2500 students. The campus of the University known as Thejaswini Hills is located at Periye, Kasaragod on 310 acres of land.

Writers Capital Foundation thanked Vice-Chancellor Prof. (Dr) Venkateshwaralu, Associate Professor & Head, Department of English & Comparative Literature Dr. Joseph Koyippally and staff and faculty of the Central University of Kerala for being a part of the major festival aimed at uniting nations through creative media and fostering global peace and harmony.

Athens: The international launch of ‘The Adventures of Roulis Nefroulis’ was held on July 2, at 8 pm at the Event Hall of Serafio of the Municipality of Athens under the auspices of the City of Athens. A number of prominent personalities, representatives of the literary field, the academic community, distinguished representatives from the field of Medicine and other scientific fields as well as representatives of the state attended the programme.

‘The Adventures of Roulis Nefroulis’ a tale by Elena Magiati-Karabi and Pantelis Hatzis tells the story of “Roulis Nefroulis”, which is available for free distribution to children undergoing treatment in nephrology units in the country. The national launching of the book published by Writers International Edition was held on June 4 in Naoussa, Greece.

The international launching event was coordinated by Saia Tsaousidou, International President of the Association of European Journalists AEJ. The former Minister of Insurance and Labor Dimitris Stratoulis, Dr. Theodoros Hiras, Nephrologist at Sismanogleio General Hospital of Attica, and Theofanis Apostolou, former President & current Scientific Associate of the Hellenic Nephrological Society, talked about the book. Eleni Barbalia, a graduate of the Drama School of the Athens Conservatory, recited dramatized excerpts from the book. Authors Elena Magiati-Karabi and Pantelis Hatzis talked about the tale, which touched the delicate strings of young and old, as well as the major issue of organ donation, while Linguist and litterateur Prof. Irene Doura-Kavadia spoke on behalf of the Editions.

The Award Ceremony of the Panorama International Literature Festival International conducted by Writers Capital International Foundation was also held along with the book launch. The world record-winning programme was held from 1-31 January this year gathering writers from 65 countries and 6 continents.

Secretary-General of Writers Capital International Foundation Prof. Irene Doura-Kavadia presented the awards to the Greek awardees. Along with the Panorama awards, the Golden Book Awards 2022, as well as the International Women’s Awards 2021-22 were also presented to esteemed Greek authors and Ladies who excelled in their field and placed themselves in the service of humanity.

Athens: The national launching of the much-celebrated Tale “The Adventures of Roulis Nephroulis, the Little Kidney” by Elena Magiati-Karabi and Pantelis Hatzis will be held at ERIA Hall, Naoussa on June 4. The event will host a number of prominent literary figures.

The event will host a number of prominent literary figures as well as honourable representatives from the field of medicine and other scientific fields. Stella Arabatzi, Pathology Specialist Maria Kolvatzi and nursing faculty Aphrodite Lapavitsa will speak during the event. Former Minister of Employment Dimitris Stratoulis, Co-author of the book Elena Magiati-Karabi, Nephrologist and the medical editor of the book Theodoros Chiras and Writers International Edition Editor-in-chief Irene Doura-Kavadia will address the event virtually. Georgina Athanassiou and Sofia Zisiopoulou will read the excerpts of the book.

The book that tells the story of Roulis Nephroulis is published for free distribution among children who are under treatment for various ailments in the country. “Reading books or engaging children in activities similar to this are inevitable while trying to bring them back to a healthy life,” said authors Elena Magiati-Karabi and Pantelis Hatzis. “While children are the future of any country, we believe that this project will benefit a number of children across the nation thus preparing the country with healthy citizens,” they added.

The Writers Capital International Foundation’s prestigious Global Icon of Literature Awards 2022 will be presented to the Greek poet, writer and cultural activist Antonis Samiotakis. In a press release, the jury said that the award is considering his overall contributions in the field of literature, arts and culture.

Antonis Samiotakis, a great litterateur, is a cosmopolitan monk from Greece. His mental and psychical placement towards life is, with holiness to human beings, dignity, human virtues and ideas. He has been brought up in a family coming as a refugee from Izmir, when it was Hellenic and a grandfather who had a textile factory.

After coming to Greece, they had a new factory again but after the German attack 1941-42 they lost it again, leaving his father a trainman while Antonis was brought up in Oinoi, near Athens, and then in the suburbs of Piraeus. Being in fact poor, he was “fermented” with poverty and human needs, in order to be educated and develop to a free person.

He found himself as a newspaper delivery boy and during the years around 1985-1990, he became a councilman at the most densely populated municipality of Athens, the city of Kokkinia. He played a major role in establishing important cultural centres, musical school and theatrical school departments, spiritual centres and many more schools of literature and Arts.

In this way, Kokkinia became the “lighthouse” for other towns which started creating such departments and educating people in all aspects, and this became a bright period of time for Municipal activities. With his inner culture and sensitive heart he started to examine his own world. He became a mentor for people who studied Poetry, a Critic, and a Director too, as he has written theatrical plays as well.

A philanthropist by nature, he deals with African organizations to alleviate people’s pain in addition to other individual activities. He is the founder of the Peiramatic Museum of Literature, which has stood with his own money for the last 10 years, with private collections of paintings and sculptures dedicated to the Poetry and the history of Kokkinia, the town he adores. As a journalist for many years, he has acquired an unmistakable criterion for things remarkable about culture and humanization. The emblem of the museum is the owl, which in Greece is the symbol of wisdom.