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Italy Partner Country at the Kolkata International Book Fair
25/01/2012
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Kolkata book fair

Italy is participating as Partner Country in the Kolkata International Book Fair, which opened on 24th January. With over one million visitors and nearly two million euro in books sold at every edition, the Kolkata Book Fair is India’s most important event of its kind.

The Fair is held annually at this time of the year in Kolkata, the “cultural capital” of India. Each edition is dedicated to a Partner country (last year it was the United States). Reciprocating the spotlight given to India at the 2010 Turin Book Fair, Italy is the 2012 edition’s guest.

Several major Italian authors and writers will attend, including Alessandro Baricco, Dacia Maraini and Beppe Severgnini, whose latest book, “La Bella Figura” has been translated into Bengali and will presented at the Fair.