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2025 edition dates: To be announced
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Applications closed for Poet in Residence Program
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Apply for the residency
Chair Poet in Residence Program invites foreign poets and Indian poets from outside West Bengal to undertake a residency in Kolkata in the months of December and January. The writers are offered the opportunity to work on a manuscript and to familiarise themselves with city's heritage, culture and literature. 
​Chair Poets in Residence
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2024 FESTIVAL POETS

​The idea to have a poet's chair was born with the sight of the Arabian sea from Tushar's apartment in Malabar Hills, Mumbai. It was the month of end-May heralding monsoons in Mumbai in 2011... 
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​The 2024 edition of the Chair Poetry Evenings will take place in physical form in different parts of the city. Significant voices in the world of poetry from USA, UK, The Netherlands, Belgium, Slovakia, Ireland, Lithuania, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Kazakhstan, Phillipines and various parts of India will be coming together in one platform to share their poems and talk about their craft. ​Entry is free to all events.

Festival Poets 2024

Annemarie Ní Churreáin
Eugenijus Alisanka
Brian Turner
Carmien Michels
Denisse Español
Jessica Jacobs
Martin Solotruk
Mikeas Sánchez
Romalyn Ante
Sasja Janssen
Yuriy Serebriansky
Arun Dev
Baabusha Kohli
Kishor Kadam
Manmohan
Priyankar Paliwal
Subhro Bandopadhyay
Sukrita Paul Kumar
Yashodhara Ray Chaudhuri
Lorcán Black

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    • 2020
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    • Chair Poetry Sangat International Poetry Festival 2024
  • Chair Poet in Residence Program
  • Chair Poetry Books
  • Media
    • Media 2018
    • Media 2019
  • About
  • Contact
  • Interviews
  • Visual Poetry