Make Up Your Mind
Nabaneeta Dev Sen (1938 - 2019)
A Celebration of Nabaneeta Dev Sen : readings and translations by her daughter, Nandana Dev Sen.
McNally Jackson Books Seaport, 4 Fulton Street, New York. USA
January 25, 2020
Events
2021 Appearances
Nabaneeta Dev Sen Memorial Lecture delivered by Richard Gombrich
Online
January 16, 2021
2020 Appearances
The Creative Arts Academy: Pujor Poetry Adda
October 22, 2020
Click here to watch the online event. Nandana’s section is circa 11mins from the start
October 22, 2020
World Poetry Day : Translating Intimacies: Three Translations, Three Languages, Three Genres with Nandana Sen, Linn Cary Mehta and Tess Lewis
Zoom event hosted by McNally Jackson Books Seaport, 4 Fulton Street, New York
September 30, 2020
Chrysalis 2020 presented by Elixir : Right Now, Forever: The Poetry of Nabaneeta Dev Sen. Translated and read by Nandana Dev Sen
August 15, 2020
Kolkata International Book Fair : Remembering Nabaneeta Dev Sen. Panel session moderated by Srijato, with Nabaneeta’s daughter, Nandana Dev Sen, Bani Basu, Anita Agnihotri and Sanjukta Dasgupta
SBI Auditorium, Kolkata International Book Fair Grounds, Central Park, Salt Lake, Kolkata, India
February 7, 2020
Kolkata International Book Fair : Inaugural Nabaneeta Dev Sen Memorial Lecture
SBI Auditorium, Kolkata International Book Fair Grounds, Central Park, Salt Lake, Kolkata, India
February 6, 2020
A Celebration of Nabaneeta Dev Sen : readings and translations by her daughter, Nandana Dev Sen
McNally Jackson Books Seaport, 4 Fulton Street, New York. USA
January 25, 2020
Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival, Kolkata : A Life in Literature: In tribute to Nabaneeta Dev Sev. Moderated by Anjum Katyal with Soumitra Chatterjee, Aparna Sen, Antara Dev Sen and Nandana Sen. Allen Park, Kolkata, India
January 17, 2020
Oxford Junior Literary Festival, Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival, Kolkata : Nabaneeta Dev Sen Revisted. The Creative Arts present a dramatised story by Nabaneeta Dev Sen, followed by a conversation with her daughters, Nandana Dev Sen and Antara Dev Sen.
Goethe Institut / Max Muller Bhavan Library, Kolkata, India
January 17, 2020
An Evening of Poetry to Celebrate Nabaneeta Dev Sen.
Abanindranath Gallery, ICCR, Kolkata, India
January 16, 2020
2019 Appearances
Fairway Galle Literary Festival, Galle: Make Up Your Mind: poetry reading and author signing over Literary lunch.
Galle Fort Hotel, Galle, Sri Lanka
January 18, 2019
Fairway Galle Literary Festival, Galle: Mothers & Daughters: Literary Panel with Nandana Sen, Anne Enright and Rachel Johnson. Royal Court Spa Ceylon, Galle, Sri Lanka
January 17, 2019
2017 Appearances
Times Lit Fest, Mumbai. Writing about Mothers and Fathers: Nandana Sen in conversation with Sam Miller and Akhil Sharma. A discussion on the process of working with her mother's poetry and writing about the parent-child relationship. Mehboob Studios, Bandra, India
December 16, 2017
Times Lit Fest, Delhi. Mothers and Daughters: Nandana Sen in conversation with Urvashi Butalia. A discussion on writing about mothers and daughters with readings from "Make Up Your Mind". India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India
November 26, 2017
Dhaka International Lit Fest, Dhaka. Women, Art and Politics: Nandana Sen in conversation with Esther Freud, Bigoa Chuol and Sadaf Ssaz with Bee Rowlatt. Bangla Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh
November 18, 2017
Dhaka International Lit Fest, Dhaka. Mothers and Daughters: Nandana Sen in conversation with Sara Zaker. Poetry readings in English and Bengali from Make Up Your Mind. Bangla Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh
November 17, 2017
Make Up Your Mind: Poetry readings with Nabaneeta Dev Sen. Poet's House, New York, USA
September 23, 2017
Make Up Your Mind: Poetry readings with Nabaneeta Dev Sen organised by Columbia University.
Knox Hall, Columbia University, New York, USA
September 20, 2017
Kalam, Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet. Make Up Your Mind: Nandana Sen and Nabaneeta Dev Sen in conversation with Samantak Das
Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata, India
January 30, 2017
Jaipur Book Mark, Jaipur Literature Festival
Make Up Your Mind. Nandana Sen in conversation with Oopali Operajita as she discusses and reads her English translations of her mother, Nabaneeta Dev Sen's, poetry
January 22, 2017
ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival, Poetry Hour 7x7: Kavita Nirantar.
Nandana Sen read from Make Up Your Mind.
January 19, 2017
2016 Appearances
Mountain Echoes Festival. Nandana Sen reads and discusses her translations from Make Up Your Mind, Royal University of Bhutan, Thimpu, Bhutan
August 29, 2016
Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet Weekend. Nandana Sen and Nabaneeta Dev Sen read from Make Up Your Mind, the daughter's retelling of a selection of her monther's poems. Story Bookstore, Elgin Road, Kolkata, India
August 21, 2016
Make Up Your Mind Book Launch and Author Signing, Oxford Bookstore, Kolkata, India
April 16, 2016
ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival, Poetry Hour: Nandana Sen reads the poetry of her mother, Nabaneeta Dev Sen.
January 21, 2016
Make Up Your Mind. Inaugural author dinner, Galle Literary Festival. Nandana Sen reads and discusses poems from Make Up Your Mind. Galle, Sri Lanka
January 15, 2016
2012
A Writer's Journey : What Inspires Poetry and Translation. Nabaneeta Dev Sen in conversation with Nandana Sen.
The Bookworm, China, Beijing Shi, Chaoyang Qu, S Sanlitun Rd, 4号楼 邮政编码: 100001
August 29, 2012
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Press and Interviews
Book Reviews - click here
The Indian Express - click here for full article (external site)
January 19, 2021
The Telegraph - click here for full article (external link)
February 7, 2020
Times of India - clikc here for the full article (external link)
November 19, 2019
The Hindu - click here for full article (external site)
February 28, 2018
Dhaka Tribune - click here for full article
November 1, 2017
The Telegraph - click here for full article (external website)
January 31, 2017
The Telegraph - click here for full article
August 27, 2016
The Telegraph
April 16, 2016 - click here for full article (external page)