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{{Infobox recurring event
| name = Dehradun Literature Festival
| logo =
| status = Active
| organised = Humans For Humanity, Book World & [[Headsup Canvas]]
| founder_name = [[Anurag Chauhan]]
[[Samrant Virmani]]
| location = [[Dehradun]], [[Uttarakhand]], India
|years_active = 2016 – present
|dates = December 2020
|genre = [[Literary festival]]
| coordinates =
|website =
}}
The '''Dehradun Literature Festival''' is an annual literary festival held annually in [[Dehradun]], India founded by [[Anurag Chauhan]] who is also a well known social worker.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Shobhaa De |author-link1=Shobhaa De |title=Voice of sanity |url=https://www.theweek.in/columns/Shobhaa-De/voice-of-sanity.html |publisher=[[The Week]] |date=February 26, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Doon lit fest begins today |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/mobi/news/uttarakhand/community/doon-lit-fest-begins-today/365118.html |publisher=[[Tribune India]] |date=February 17, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Sharma|first1=Seema|title=Piysuh Mishra, Suchitra Krishnamoorthy major attractions at Dehradun Lit Fest|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/piysuh-mishra-suchitra-krishnamoorthy-major-attractions-at-dehradun-lit-fest/articleshow/57225374.cms|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=February 18, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=दून लिटरेचर फेस्ट में जुटे जाने-माने रंगकर्मी, गायक और कवि|url=https://www.livehindustan.com/news/dehradun/article1-Dun-Literature-Fest-theater-singer-and-poet-arrived-709849.html|publisher=[[Hindustan (newspaper)|Hindustan]]|date=February 18, 2017|language=Hindi}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Extensive reading key to mature understanding|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/uttarakhand/community/-extensive-reading-key-to-mature-understanding/366575.html|publisher=[[Tribune India]]|date=February 20, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=दून लिटरेचर फेस्ट में मिलिए चर्चित लेखकों से |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/news/dehradun/article1-Meet-popular-authors-today-in-Dun-Literature-Fest-706856.html |publisher=[[Hindustan (newspaper)|Hindustan]] |date=February 16, 2017 |language=Hindi}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=पहाड़ के लिए हो पहाड़ के संसाधनों का दोहन |url=https://www.jagran.com/uttarakhand/dehradun-city-15543385.html |publisher=[[Dainik Jagran]] |date=17 February 2017 |language=Hindi}}</ref>

== History ==
It was founded in 2016 by [[Anurag Chauhan]], who is also the founder of Humans For Humanity NGO.<ref name="week">{{cite news|author1=Shobhaa De|authorlink1=Shobhaa De|title=Voice of sanity|url=https://www.theweek.in/columns/Shobhaa-De/voice-of-sanity.html|publisher=[[The Week]]|date=February 26, 2017}}</ref> He took this initiative to bring exposure to the Doon valley which happens to be his hometown.<ref>{{cite news |title=Doon lit fest begins today |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/uttarakhand/community/doon-lit-fest-begins-today/365118.html |publisher=[[Tribune India]] |date=February 17, 2017}}</ref> Author [[Shobhaa De]] is the brand ambassador of Dehradun Literature Festival.<ref name="week"/>

== 2017 Edition ==
The 2017 edition of the two-day Dehradun Literature Festival commenced at the ONGC Officers Club, Dehradun.<ref>{{cite news|title=1ST EDITION OF LITERATURE FEST TO START FROM FEB 17 AT ONGC OFFICER'S CLUB|url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/STATE-EDITIONS/dehradun/1st-edition-of-literature-fest-to-start-from-feb-17-at-ongc-officers-club.html|publisher=[[Daily Pioneer]]|date=February 17, 2017}}</ref> The 2017 inaugural curtain raiser of Dehradun Literature Festival [[Shobhaa De]], who launched [[Karan Johar]]'s book ''The Unsuitable Boy''.<ref>{{cite news|title=किताबों की वजह से ही अमीर है ये दुनिया:शोभा डे|url=https://www.livehindustan.com/news/dehradun/article1-The-world-of-books-is-rich:-Shobha-De-701450.html|publisher=[[Hindustan (newspaper)|Hindustan]]|date=February 12, 2017|language=Hindi}}</ref>

=== Participants ===
[[File:Dehradun Literature Festival.jpg|thumb|Dehradun Literature Festival in 2017]]
The following authors and literary personalities participated in the 2017 Dehradun Literary Festival.<ref>{{cite news|title=चक्रधर बोले-जिसके पास पूंछ है, उसी की पूछ भी|url=https://www.jagran.com/uttarakhand/dehradun-city-first-litreture-fest-held-in-dehradun-15553040.html|publisher=[[Dainik Jagran]]|date=February 19, 2017|language=Hindi}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Dehradun Literature Festival commences|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/uttarakhand/community/dehradun-literature-festival-commences/365659.html|publisher=[[Tribune India]]|date=February 18, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Khanna|first1=Anupama|title=LITERATURE REMAINS AT HEART OF DEHRADUN'S CULTURAL MORES|url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/todays-newspaper/literature-remains-at-heart-of-dehraduns-cultural-mores.html|publisher=[[Daily Pioneer]]|date=February 20, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=अशोक चक्रधर ने जमकर हंसाया, रुलाया और जादू चलाया|url=https://www.amarujala.com/dehradun/ashok-chakradhar-in-dehradun-literature-fest|publisher=[[Amar Ujala]]|date=February 19, 2017|language=Hindi}}</ref>
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* [[Shobhaa De]]
* [[Laxmi Narayan Tripathi]]
* [[Suchitra Krishnamoorthi]]
* [[Piyush Mishra]]
* [[Kiran Manral]]
* [[Rakhshanda Jalil]]
* Dr. Bijaylaxmi Nanda
* [[Divya Prakash Dubey]]
* [[Ashok Chakradhar]]
* Hridayesh Joshi
* Laxmi Pant
* Sushil Bahuguna
* Trepan Singh Chauhan
* [[Rajshekhar]]
* [[Sumrit Shahi]]
* [[Anuj Tiwari]]
* [[Savi Sharma]]
* Mona Verma
{{div col end}}

== 2018 Edition ==
In January 2018, the curtain raiser of the 2nd season saw the attendance of [[Bollywood]] actor [[Shatrughan Sinha]]<ref>{{cite news|title=राजनीति में वह सम्मान नहीं मिला, जिसका हकदार था: शत्रुघ्न सिन्हा|url=https://www.jagran.com/uttarakhand/dehradun-city-shatrughn-sinha-in-dehradun-17429213.html|publisher=[[Dainik Jagran]]|date=January 29, 2018|language=Hindi}}</ref> along with the writer of his biography ''Anything but Khamosh'' Bharathi Pradhan who is a film critic and a writer.<ref>{{cite news|title=शत्रुघ्न सिन्हा पर लिखी किताब में बिग-बी से उनके मनमुटाव और खटास पर कई बातें|url=https://www.livehindustan.com/uttarakhand/dehradun/story-release-of-book-written-on-shatrughan-sinha-1773354.html|publisher=[[Hindustan (newspaper)|Hindustan]]|date=January 29, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=बॉलीवुड एक्टर शत्रुघ्न सिन्हा इन अभिनेताओं को मानते हैं अपना आदर्श|url=https://www.jagran.com/uttarakhand/dehradun-city-bollywood-actor-shatrughan-sinha-attended-a-function-in-dehradun-17426169.html|publisher=[[Dainik Jagran]]|date=January 28, 2018|language=Hindi}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=फिल्म के विलेन से शोहरत मिली, राजनीति के विलेन से दुख: शत्रुघ्न सिन्हा|url=https://up.punjabkesari.in/uttrakhand/news/statement-of-shatrughan-sinha-746410|publisher=[[Punjab Kesari]]|date=January 30, 2018|language=Hindi}}</ref>

== See also ==
{{portal |Literature|India}}
* [[Literary festival]]
* [[List of literary festivals in India]]

==References==
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[[Category:Literary festivals in India]]
[[Category:Festivals established in 2016]]
[[Category:2016 establishments in Uttarakhand]]
[[Category:Culture of Uttarakhand]]
[[Category:Literature of Uttarakhand]]
[[Category:Festivals in Uttarakhand]]
[[Category:Dehradun]]

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