The Fourteenth Edition of Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest
Wednesday, October 25th to Sunday, October 29th 2023

Online : 25 - 26 Oct
On ground : 27 - 29 Oct

Ifẹ Grillo

Poet, Britain

Ifẹ Grillo is an award-winning writer, producer, performer, and educator. Ifẹ’s work focuses on unpacking what it means to be human in an innovative and engaging way and has been featured in the BBC, Bristol Old Vic, Penguin Books, Tinder and more. In 2021, they were one of the Co-Authors of Penguin’s Black Joy Anthology. They’re a National Poetry Finalist and won the UK University National Poetry Championships in 2020.They’ve always made empowering young people their mission and in 2020, they became the youngest ever trustee of the NSPCC. Ifẹ also won the World Junior Debate Championships in 2016.

sessions

Language Is A Queer Thing

  • 13th November
  • 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

A poetry recitation of brand new work
Amani Saeed, Anil Pradhan, Garfield Dsouza, Ifẹ Grillo, Megha Harish, Sanah Ahsan

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