The Eleventh Edition of Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest
Monday, November 16th to Sunday, November 22nd 2020

Virtual Festival
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David Hare

Playwright, United Kingdom

David Hare is one of Britain’s most internationally performed playwrights and screenwriters. In a millennial poll of the best hundred plays of the 20th century, five were his.

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The Play’s The Thing

  • 18th November
  • 7:45 pm - 8:45 pm

Speaking truth to power as a dramatist.
Sir David Hare in conversation with Anahita Uberoi.

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  • Emma Donoghue

    Author, Ireland

    Born in Ireland, and based in Canada, Emma Donoghue is an internationally bestselling author of novels (The Pull of the Stars, Akin, The Wonder, Frog Music) and short stories,…

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  • Farrukh Dhondy

    Author & Columnist, United Kingdom

    Farrukh Dhondy was born in Pune in 1944, went to school and college there and came to Britain on a scholarship to Cambridge. He is a writer of fiction,…

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  • Javed Akhtar

    Poet & Lyricist, India

    Son of well-known Urdu poet and film lyricist Jan Nisar Akhtar and Safia Akhtar, teacher and writer, Javed Akhtar belongs to a family lineage that can be traced back…

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  • Kirli Saunders

    Author, Artist, Playwright, Australia

    Kirli Saunders is a proud Gunai Woman and award-winning international writer of poetry, plays and picture books. She is a teacher, cultural consultant and artist. In 2020, Kirli was…

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