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{{Short description|International multilingual literary festival}}{{Infobox literary festival
| name = Kolkata Poetry Confluence
| genre = Poetry, Translation, Literature
| frequency = Annual (presumably)
| location = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], {{flag icon|India}} [[India]]
}}

'''Kolkata Poetry Confluence''' is an international multilingual literary fest bringing together poets, translators, poetry publishers and poetry lovers at [[Kolkata]].<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.frontlist.in/kolkata-poetry-confluence-announces-international-multilingual-literary-fest|title= Kolkata Poetry Confluence announces International Multilingual Literary Fest| publisher= Times of India|date= 19 April 2022| access-date=31 August 2022}}</ref> The event is organised by Antonym Magazine and [[Bhasha Samsad]] also includes a poetry book fair.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://businessnewsweek.in/news/kolkata-poetry-confluence-announces-first-of-its-kind-international-multilingual-literary-fest-along-with-a-poetry-book-fair-in-june/|title= Kolkata Poetry Confluence announces first of its kind international literary fest with book fair| publisher= Business Newsweek|date= 18 April 2022| access-date=31 August 2022}}</ref>

==Organisers==
The main organisers of the Confluence are [[Antonym Magazine]] and [[Bhasha Samsad]] publishers.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-06-14 |title=3-day poetry confluence celebrates inclusivity in Kolkata |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/3-day-poetry-confluence-celebrates-inclusivity/articleshow/92190983.cms |access-date=2025-10-13 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Chakraborthy |first=Biswadip |date=2022-02-19 |title=Kolkata Poetry Confluence - Multilingual Poetry Translation Competition |url=https://www.theantonymmag.com/kolkata-poetry-confluence-multilingual-poetry-translation-competition/ |access-date=2025-10-13 |website=The Antonym |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Participants==
The Confluence is attended by poets and translators in different languages from all over the world. Participants also included leading film and media persons like [[Sudeshna Roy]], [[Anindya Chatterjee]], [[Abhijit Guha (director)|Abhijit Guha]], and [[Srijato]].<ref>{{cite news|url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/kolkata/poetry-confluence-to-be-held-in-kolkata-with-international-poets-and-translators/articleshow/91022385.cms|title= Poetry Confluence in Kolkata with International Poets and Translators| publisher= Times of India|date= 14 June 2022| access-date=31 August 2022}}</ref>

==The 2022 Event==
The Kolkata Poetry Confluence 2022 was organised from June 11-13, 2022 on the theme of "inclusivity". Professor Chaiti Mitra was Director of the Confluence.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/3-day-poetry-confluence-celebrates-inclusivity/articleshow/92190983.cms|title= Three Day Poetry Confluence Celebrates Inclusivity in Kolkata| publisher= Times of India|date= 14 June 2022| access-date=31 August 2022}}</ref> :-

==Award winners==
Kolkata Poetry Confluence gave away [[Jibanananda Das Award]] and Sonali Ghoshal Award for outstanding works of poetry translation from Indian languages into English.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.theantonymmag.com/kolkata-poetry-confluence-multilingual-poetry-translation-competition/|title=Kolkata Poetry Confluence : Jibanananda Das Awards|publisher= Antonym Magazine|access-date=31 August 2022}}</ref> The following are the Jibanananda Das award winners<ref>{{cite web|url= https://kolkatapoetryconfluence.org/announcements/ |title=Kolkata Poetry Confluence : Translation Awards Announced|publisher= Kolkata Poetry Confluence|access-date=31 August 2022}}</ref> :-

* [[Assamese language|Assamese]] :- [[Harshita Hiya]] for translating [[Sameer Tanti]]
* [[Bengali language|Bengali]] :- Indrani Bhattacharya for translating [[Mohammad Nurul Huda]]
* [[Hindi]] :- [[Pallavi Singh]] for translating [[Anamika (poet)|Anamika]]
* [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]] :- [[Mohammad Zahid (poet)|Mohammad Zahid]] for [[Naseem Shafaie]]
* [[Marathi language|Marathi]] :- Santosh Rathod for translating [[Santosh Pawar]]
* [[Odia language|Odia]] :- [[Snehaprava Das]] for translating [[Saroj Bal]]
* [[Tamil language|Tamil]] :- Deepalakshmi Joseph for translating [[Sukirtharani]]
* [[Urdu]] :- [[Tapan Kumar Pradhan]] for translating [[Munawwar Rana]]

==References==
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[[Category:Indian poetry]]
[[Category:Indian literature websites]]
[[Category:Indian literary awards]]
[[Category:Literary awards by language]]
[[Category:Translation awards]]

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