The 17th edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival, a literary show will take place from February 1 to February 5, 2024. The Festival will bring together some of the brightest minds in the world. It also has released its second list of speakers. The event will act as a platform for literary enthusiasts, writers, thinkers, and visionaries.
List of 25 Speakers at the Jaipur Literature Festival:
| S.no. | Name | Notable Works/ Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Akhil Katyal | “Like Blood on the Bitten Tongue: Delhi Poems,” “How Many Countries Does the Indus Cross.” |
| 2 | Amia Srinivasan | “The Right to Sex.” |
| 3 | Andrew Quintman | “The Life of Milarepa.” |
| 4 | Arundhathi Subramaniam | Notable Indian poet with a Sahitya Akademi Award. |
| 5 | Bonnie Garmus | “Lessons in Chemistry.” |
| 6 | Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni | “The Palace of Illusions,” “The Last Queen.” |
| 7 | Damon Galgut | Booker Prize winner. |
| 8 | Diana Evans | Orange Award winner. |
| 9 | Gulzar Saab | Over 100 books to his credit. |
| 10 | Hernan Diaz | “Trust and in the Distance.” |
| 11 | Kai Bird | “American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer.” |
| 12 | Katie Kitamura | PEN longlisted “Intimacies.” |
| 13 | Kelly Dorji | “The Hidden Rainbow.” |
| 14 | Luke Syson | Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum at the University of Cambridge. |
| 15 | Justice Madan B. Lokur | Former Judge of the Supreme Court of India and Fiji. |
| 16 | Malcolm Turnbull AC | 29th Prime Minister of Australia. |
| 17 | Maria Goretti | “From My Kitchen to Yours.” |
| 18 | Merve Emre | Author of “The Annotated Mrs. Dalloway.” |
| 19 | Navdeep Suri | Former Indian Ambassador to the UAE, High Commissioner to Australia, Ambassador to Egypt, and Consul General in Johannesburg. |
| 20 | Roger Cohen | Pulitzer Prize and George Polk award recipient. |
| 21 | Sarnath Banerjee | Accomplished in graphic novels, art, and filmmaking. |
| 22 | Shumona Sinha | Author of “Down with the Poor!” |
| 23 | Vincent Brown | “The Reaper’s Garden: Death and Power in the World of Atlantic Slavery,” “Tacky’s Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War.” |
| 24 | Vivek Shanbhag | Author of 13 works of fiction. |
| 25 | Yascha Mounk | “The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time,” “The Great Experiment: Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure.” |
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Jaipur Literature Festival 2024 will focus on literary works in languages such as Assamese, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Odiya, Punjabi, Tamil, and Urdu. The theme for the 17th Jaipur Literature Festival will be “Stories Unite Us.” The Jaipur Literature Festival 2024 will take place at the exquisite Hotel Clarks Amer, Jaipur.