Int'l names dominate as JLF releases 3rd list of speakers

Pulitzer winning Margo Jefferson, Spanish writer Marcos Giralt Torrente and South Korean economist Ha-Joon Chang are set to appear at the 10th edition of Jaipur Literature Festival.
After the first two diverse lists of speakers set to appear at the festival, the third is evidently dominated by international authors, journalists and opinion makers, from across the globe.
Historian and writer Roy Foster will debut at the festival along with writer and cultural critic Jefferson, according to the organisers.
Foster, who is a Carroll Professor of Irish History at Hertford College in Oxford, is credited for transforming the art of historical writing. His most recent work is 'Vivid Faces: The Revolutionary Generation in Ireland, 1890-1923'.

The author of 'Negroland: A Memoir and On Michael Jackson', Jefferson won the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award for autobiography for the book.
Music critic and writer Alex Ross, British journalist Jeremy Paxman from the BBC, and award-winning historian, academic, author and broadcaster Linda Colley will also be a part of the festival.

Colley, who specialises in post-1700 British history, has penned several award winning books including "Britons: Forging the Nation 1707-1837" that won the Wolfson History Prize and has been translated into 10 languages.
Chang's writings have been translated into 40 languages and published in 43 countries. His books have sold nearly 2 million copies.

"He is the winner of the 2003 Myrdal Prize and the 2005 Leontief Prize," organisers said.
Touted as the world's largest free literary event, the festival is expected to see participation by over 250 authors, thinkers, politicians and popular culture icons, with a special focus on world literatures.
"To celebrate its 10 years, organisers have decided to announce 10 speakers set to appear at the festival every week over the period of 10 weeks every Tuesday at 6 pm starting today," organisers said.
Indian names on the list include Hindi novelist and short story writer Ajay Navaria, who will be returning to the festival.

Commonwealth Prize winning writer Manju Kapur, and Neelima Dalmia Adhar of 'The Secret Life of Kasturba' fame will also be seen at the five-day-long event.
"Adhar divides her time between writing and pursuing her interests in poetry, Hindu philosophy and the paranormal. Her first book was a biography of her father, the industrialist Ramkrishna Dalmia, which was a bestseller," organisers said.
The festival will be held from January 19 - 23, 2017 at the Diggi Palace hotel in Jaipur.