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|name = Ahmedabad International Literature Festival
|native_name = અમદાવાદ ઈન્ટરનેશનલ લિટરેચર ફેસ્ટિવલ
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|founder_name = Umashanker Yadav
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* [[Anil Chavda]]
* Arthur Duff
* Diti Vyas
* Vasant Gadhavi
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|member = {{plainlist|
* Pinki Vyas
* Rashmi Goyal
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* Ikon Barcode Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
* [[Oil and Natural Gas Corporation|ONGC]]
* [[Gujarat Tourism]]
* [[Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation|GMDC]]
* [[Reliance Industries Limited]]
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The '''Ahmedabad International Literature Festival''' (or '''AILF''') is an annual [[literary festival]] in [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]]. It is held every year in November or in December for two days. The Ahmedabad International Literature Festival was founded by Umashanker Yadav and is organized by the IKON Education Foundation.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|date=2017-12-23|title=Amdavadis in for an action-packed year end|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/ahmedabad/report-amdavadis-in-for-an-action-packed-year-end-2569880|access-date=2020-07-04|website=DNA India}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":4" />

The objective of the festival is to promote literacy, literature and bring together experts in the field. The festival invites established and emerging writers, publishers, journalists, academics, readers and students from all over India and abroad. It played an instrumental role in determining the link between [[Gujarati literature|Gujarati]], [[Indian literature|Indian]] and international literature.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":6" />

==History==
Umashanker Yadav and Pinki Vyas serve as directors of the festival.<ref name=":5">{{cite web | title=૨૪-૨૫ વચ્ચે કેસીજી ખાતે AILFનું આયોજન કરાયું | website=Akila News | date=2018-11-21 | url=https://www.akilanews.com/Gujarat_news/Detail/21-11-2018/92484 | language=gu | access-date=2020-07-04}}</ref>Anurita Rathore served as a festival curator for the first edition.<ref name":3">{{cite news |title=Int'l literature festival in city from nov 12-13: It is with an aim to promote writing and reading among youth|date=9 November 2016|newspaper=DNA : Daily News & Analysis |location=Mumbai}}</ref>The members of the festival's advisory board include [[Anil Chavda]] (Gujarati poet), Arthur Duff (academic), Diti Vyas (writer and academic) and Vasant Gadhavi (former chief information commissioner of Gujarat).<ref>{{cite web |title=Advisory Board |url=https://www.ailf.co.in/advisory-board.html |website=AILF}}</ref> The festival is open to the public.<ref name=":0" />

==Timeline==
===First edition===
The inaugural Ahmedabad International Literature Festival was held on 12 and 13 November 2016, featuring 60 authors and speakers from various fields. It was inaugurated by Yogesh Ghadvi, Gujarati novelist [[Raghuveer Chaudhari]] and British deputy high commissioner Geoff Wain. Some of the notable speakers were: [[Madhur Bhandarkar]], [[Piyush Mishra]], [[Anuja Chandramouli]], [[Anil Chavda]], [[Vinod Joshi]] and [[Chinu Modi]].<ref name=":6">{{cite news |title=Ahmedabad Lit Fest to be inaugurated on Saturday |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=9 November 2016 |location=Ahmedabad}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=AILF2016 - A Marvellous Beginning |url=http://ijher.com/_blog/2016/11/21/25-ailf2016-a-marvellous-beginning/ |journal=International Journal of Higher Education and Research |date=2016-11-21 |issn=2277-260X }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web | last=Oza | first=Nandini | title=Film a form of literature: Madhur Bhandarkar | website=[[The Week (Indian magazine)|The Week]] | date=2016-11-12 | url=https://www.theweek.in/content/archival/news/entertainment/film-a-form-of-literature-madhur-bhandarkar.html | access-date=2020-07-04}}</ref> The festival hosted a session on 'Literature and Cinema' featuring lyricist and screenwriter [[Sandeep Nath]] and filmmaker [[Abhishek Jain]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Lit fest concludes on a poetic note |newspaper=DNA |date=14 November 2016 |location=Ahmedabad}}</ref>

===Second edition===
The second edition was held on 23 and 24 December 2017 at [[Ahmedabad Management Association]] (AMA). It featured around 80 speakers.<ref name=":1"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Of literature & heritage |website=Ahmedabad Mirror |date=2017-12-21 |url=https://ahmedabadmirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hip-n-hap/of-literature-heritage/articleshow/62185645.cms |access-date=2020-07-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=City in for an action-packed year end: From Sattvik food festival to fun-filled Kankaria carnival, Ahmedabad has something to offer to everyone |newspaper=DNA : Daily News & Analysis |location=Mumbai |date=23 December 2017}}</ref> The festival hosted several sessions, including Gujarati Cinema, Visual Presentation of Written Words, Old vs. New Gujarati Literature and Popularity vs. quality of literature.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nainani|first=Himanshu|date=2017-12-25|title=Ahmedabad International Literature Festival - A Discussion on the Architectural Legacy of the City|url=https://creativeyatra.com/news/ahmedabad-international-literature-festival-discussion-architectural-legacy-city/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-07-06|website=Creative Yatra}}</ref> Actor and television presenter [[Annu Kapoor]] was a featured speaker and commentator.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-12-28|title=Inauguration Ceremony of AILF2017|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY7yXBpnu1Q|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=2017-12-23|access-date=2020-07-06|website=YouTube}}</ref>

===Third edition===
The third edition of the festival, inaugurated by [[Bhupendrasinh Chudasama]], was held on 24 and 25 November 2018 at [https://kcg.gujarat.gov.in/ Knowledge Consortium of Gujarat] (KCG), Ahmedabad, featuring more than 60 speakers including [[Vivek Oberoi]], [[Harsh Brahmbhatt]] and [[Vishnu Pandya]].<ref name=":2">{{cite web | title=Ahmedabad International Literature Festival will be held at Knowledge Consortium of Gujarat on November 24-25 | website=DNA India | date=2018-11-22 | url=https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-ahmedabad-international-literature-festival-will-be-held-at-knowledge-consortium-of-gujarat-on-november-24-25-2687999 | access-date=2020-07-04}}</ref><ref name="DNA India 2018">{{cite web |title=Rape's become a fashion, says education minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama |website=DNA India |date=2018-11-25 |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-rape-s-become-a-fashion-says-education-minister-bhupendrasinh-chudasama-2689045 |access-date=2020-07-04}}</ref> Around 7000 people attended this edition.<ref name=":5"/><ref>{{cite news |title=હેરિટેજ સિટીમાં પ્રવાસનને પ્રોત્સાહન આપવાના હેતુથી અમદાવાદ લિટરેચર ફેસ્ટિવલનું આયોજન |newspaper=[[Sandesh (Indian newspaper)|Sandesh]] |date=2018-11-22 |url=http://sandesh.com/in-heritage-city-tourism/ |language=gu |access-date=2020-07-04}}</ref> For the first time, the festival launched a multi-language [[Kavi sammelan]] (poetry-gathering) which featured poets from Gujarati, Hindi, Urdu, French, Bengali and English languages.<ref name=":5"/>

===Fourth edition===
The fourth edition of the festival was held on 16 and 17 November 2019 again at the Knowledge Consortium of Gujarat. Inaugurated by governor [[Acharya Devvrat]], the festival hosted a total of 18 sessions with 60 speakers. Some of the notable speakers were: [[Sushant Singh]], [[Mallika Sarabhai]], [[Kingshuk Nag]], [[Frédérick Lavoie]] and Gael de Kerguenec.<ref name=":4">{{cite web |last=Shah |first=Harshil |title=Ahmedabad International Literature Festival inspires young minds to read and debate |website=Creative Yatra |date=2019-11-21 |url=https://creativeyatra.com/news/ahmedabad-international-literature-festival-inspires-young-minds-to-read-and-debate/ |access-date=2020-07-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=અમદાવાદમાં ઈન્ટરનેશનલ લિટરેટર ફેસ્ટિવલનો પ્રારંભ, 16 અને 17 નવેમ્બર બે દિવસ સુધી ચાલશે ફેસ્ટિવલ |url=http://ddnewsgujarati.com/gujarat/અમદાવાદમાં-ઈન્ટરનેશનલ-લિટરેટર-ફેસ્ટિવલનો-પ્રારંભ-16-અને-17-નવેમ્બર-બે-દિવસ-સુધી-ચાલશે |website=DD News Gujarati |date=2019-11-16 |access-date=2020-07-04}}</ref>

===Sixth edition===
The 6th edition of AILF was held in 2021. All the sessions were streamed online due to [[COVID-19 pandemic in India|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Sixth edition of Ahmedabad lit fest held |website=The Indian Express |date=2021-03-01 |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/sixth-edition-of-ahmedabad-lit-fest-held-7208862/ |access-date=2021-03-23}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of literary festivals in India]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.ailf.co.in Official website]

[[Category:Gujarati culture]]
[[Category:Literary festivals in India]]
[[Category:Recurring events established in 2016]]
[[Category:2016 establishments in Gujarat]]

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>Mikeblas at 18:25, 23 March 2021