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

Virtual Festival
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Miriam Margolyes

Actor, United Kingdom

Miriam Margolyes O.B.E. was born in Oxford and read English Literature in Cambridge. She is 79, still working in drama and documentaries (she is the Mother Superior in Call The Midwife). She has a passion for Charles Dickens, for Palestine and is highly outspoken on talk shows, for which she is much in demand. She loves Martha Argerich & Cecilia Bartoli. She is a lesbian, a non-believing Jew and an Arsenal fan. She loves India, food, politics and Italy, from where joins the Mumbai Literary Festival.

Image Credit : Jennifer Robertson

sessions

My Currency Is Words

  • 21st November
  • 2:45 pm - 3:45 pm

An actor can only rely on the magic of writing.
Miriam Margolyes in conversation with Bruce Guthrie.

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