The Guntur International Poetry Festival (Telugu: గుంటూరు అంతర్జాతీయ కవితోత్సవం), also known as GIPF, is a literary festival which takes place annually in the Indian city Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. Gopichand Paruchuri and Nagasuseela Panchumarthi are the founders and organisers of the festival.[2]
| Guntur International Poetry Festival గుంటూరు అంతర్జాతీయ కవితోత్సవం | |
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| Status | Active |
| Genre | Literary festival |
| Frequency | Annually |
| Venue | Jagarlamudi Kuppuswamy Chowdary College |
| Location(s) | Guntur, Andhra Pradesh |
| Country | India |
| Years active | 16 |
| Inaugurated | 2008 [1] |
| Founders |
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| Most recent | 7 July 2020 |
| Previous event | 19–20 September 2019 |
| Next event | November 2021 |
| Website | www |
History edit
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GIPF is an annual non-profit, zero registration fee, invitation only poetry recitation event conducted to encourage budding and enthusiastic poets from India and abroad since 2008 by Poets and Lecturers Gopichand Paruchuri & Nagasuseela Panchumarthi.[3][4] Invitation to recite poem in the event is inaugurated every year according to the programme calendar released around the month of March. After scrutiny of the entries by the panel, shortlisted poets are invited for the Festival to present the poems to the fest audience. GIPF usually falls on (or) around the International Day of Peace i.e. on 21 September, as themes of poems are predominantly in the backdrop of Peace, Human Values & Non-Violence.[5] Poets recite poems which were selected by the jury in the day session which would later be published in Fest Anthology. Later in the evening Poets recite poems in their Vernacular Languages under the candle lit lights as a mark of solidarity to the victims of Violence in all forms. Last Poetry Festival was held on September 20 and 21, 2019[6] attended by poets from the United Kingdom, Poland, India, Maldives, the United States, Philippines and Bhutan.[7][8][9]
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Notable participants in 12th GIPF 2019 edit
The following notable poets and literary personalities participated in the 2019 Guntur International Poetry Festival.
- Renata Cygan
- Agnieszka Jarzębowska [10]
- Ryszard Grajek
- Anna Czachorowska
- Izabela Zubko
- Sagar Kataria
- Bozena Helena Mazur Nowak
- Dr. Lanka Siva Rama Prasad
- Alicja Kuberska
- Eden S. Trinidad
- K. V. Dominic
- Pramila Khadun
- Nehabhandarkar
2020 edition of GIPF edit
In 2020 Due to COVID situation 13th edition of GIPF [11] was conducted virtually on 7–12 July 2020 in which more than 200 poets recited poems dedicated to COVID frontline workers and victims of COVID.[12][13]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Susarla, Ramesh (22 June 2008). "Waft of verse regales listeners". N. Ravi. The Hindu.
- ^ The Hans India (2015-01-28). "On a mission to promote English in the city". Thehansindia.com. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
- ^ "Guntur International Poetry Festival | Organizers".
- ^ "Guntur to host national poetry fete". N. Ravi. The Hindu. 19 June 2008.
- ^ "Guntur hosts 9th International Poetry Festival". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
- ^ "12th GIPF - 2019 - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
- ^ "Fest in News".
- ^ "అద్భుతం.. ఆంగ్ల కవిత్వం". Sakshi (in Telugu). 2019-09-20. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
- ^ "Guntur District, 21-09-2019 : readwhere". epaper.sakshi.com. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
- ^ agronsh (2021-01-03). "Agnieszka Jarzębowska (Poland) | ATUNIS GALAXY POETRY". Atunispoetry.com. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
- ^ "13th GIPF - 2020 - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
- ^ "13th Guntur International Poetry Festival". My Unshackled Mind. 2020-07-10. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
- ^ "Director of the Arabic Network in the Philippines Eden S. Trinidad 13th GIPF 2020 By: Eden Soriano Trinidad 13th Guntur International Poetry Festival Guntur College,Guntur Andra, Pradesh, India July 7 -14, 2020" (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-07-10.