BUILDING BRIDGES THROUGH LITERATURE
Stories can cross boundaries that politics cannot.
Through Teamwork Arts and the Jaipur Literature Festival, Sanjoy K. Roy has created extraordinary spaces where writers, thinkers and artists from different cultures, religions and traditions encounter one another through ideas.
Across India and around the world, his festivals celebrate difference rather than simply tolerate it, bringing millions into conversations that build understanding and shared humanity. His work demonstrates that culture can unite where politics divides, and that dialogue can replace distrust.
For building bridges through literature, culture and human encounter, Sanjoy K. Roy is the 2026 Literature Bridge Award recipient of the King Husein Global Business & Interfaith Peace Award.
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