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{{Short description|Literary festival in Gujarat, India}}
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* [[Gujarat Tourism|Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Ltd]]
* [[Reliance Group]]
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The '''Gujarat Literature Festival''' (abbreviated as '''GLF'''), also known as '''''Gujarati Sahitya Mahotsav''''', is a [[literary festival]] which takes place annually in the [[India]]n city [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]]. The festival is held generally in December–January.

The main aim of the festival is to promote and popularize [[Gujarati literature]] through the method of debates, discussions, and workshops. The festival was founded by Shyam Parekh, Samkit Shah, and Jumana Shah. Other members of the festival includes Paras Jha, filmmaker [[Abhishek Jain]], writer [[Raam Mori]], and poet [[Rajendra Patel]]. Started with philosophy that literature is not bound between the covers of book, GLF brings together multiple forms of narratives including theatre, screenplay, documentary films, music, journalism, social media, and oral tradition.

==Overview==
The Gujarat Literature Festival is the first literary festival and one of the largest literary events in Gujarat.<ref>{{cite news |title=Roller-Coaster of Literary Talks and Stand-Up Comedy |newspaper=First India - City First |date=22 December 2019 |page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Gujarat Literature Festival (GLF) | website=GoWhereWhen | url=https://www.gowherewhen.com/event/gujarat-literature-festival-glf | access-date=2020-07-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=ગુજરાત લિટરેચર ફેસ્ટિવલમાં કાન્તિ ભટ્ટ પત્રકારત્વ પારિતોષિક એનાયત |url=https://www.janmabhoominewspapers.com/news/279180 |newspaper=[[Janmabhoomi (Gujarati newspaper)|Janmabhoomi]] |date=24 December 2019 |language=gu |access-date=2020-07-11}}</ref> It is also known as Gujarati Sahitya Mahotsav.<ref name=":1"/> The main aim of the festival is to promote and popularize Gujarati literature through the method of debates, discussions, and workshops.<ref>{{cite news|title=What's Up, Amdavad? |newspaper=The Times of India |date=21 December 2019 |location=Ahmedabad |page=2}}</ref> Officially a three-days event, it also includes two days of pre-inauguration events such as workshops and competition.<ref>{{cite news|title=Gujarat Literature Festival |date=19 December 2019 |newspaper=First India - City First |location=Ahmedabad |page=12}}</ref> Started with philosophy that literature is not bound between the covers of book, GLF brings together multiple forms of narratives including theatre, screenplay, documentary films, music, journalism, social media, and oral tradition.

Shyam Parekh and Samkit Shah are the directors and producers of the festival, while Paras Jha serves as the programming director.<ref name=":1"/><ref name=":7"/><ref name=":8">{{cite web | title=Gujarat Literature Festival spreads wings beyond city | website=DNA India | date=2017-12-29 | url=https://www.dnaindia.com/ahmedabad/report-gujarat-literature-festival-spreads-wings-beyond-city-2571264 | access-date=2020-07-13}}</ref> Poet [[Rajendra Patel]] and filmmaker [[Abhishek Jain]] is the member of the festival. Other team members include Aditi Desai, Niharka Shah, Bhargav Purohit, RJ Aarti And RJ Devaki .<ref name=":2"/>

GLF is sponsored by the [[Gujarat Tourism|Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Ltd]] (TCGL); [[Oil and Natural Gas Corporation]] (ONGC); Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd. (HCCB) and [[Gujarat State Handloom and Handicrafts Development Corporation Ltd|Gujarat State Handloom & Handicraft Corporation]] (GSHHDC).<ref name=":1">{{cite web | title=Ahmedabad to host 8th edition of Gujarat Literature Festival | website=Navjeevan Express | date=2019-12-11 | url=https://navjeevanexpress.com/ahmedabad-to-host-8th-edition-of-gujarat-literature-festival/| access-date=2020-07-05}}</ref> The [[Gujarat University]] and the [[Amdavad Municipal Corporation]] function as the partner of the festival.<ref name=":5">{{cite news |title=GLF begins in Ahmedabad |newspaper=First India - City First |date=21 December 2019 |location=Ahmedabad |page=14}}</ref>

==Timeline==
===First edition===
The first edition of the GLF was held on 3, 4, and 5 January 2014. It was sponsored by [[Vodafone]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Shah |first=Gunvant |author-link=Gunvant Shah |title=Cardiogram |magazine=[[Chitralekha (weekly)|Chitralekh]]|date=27 January 2014|page=17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Schedule of Gujarati Literature Festival Ahmedabad 2014 |website=DeshGujarat |date=2014-01-02 |url=https://www.deshgujarat.com/2014/01/02/schedule-of-gujarati-literature-festival-ahmedabad-2014/ |access-date=2020-07-07}}</ref>

===Second edition===
The second edition of GLF was launched in 2015. The festival was held at Kanoria Centre, Ahmedabad from 28 to 31 January and 1 February. A workshop and a debate were arranged on first two days about film critique. It had about 40 session, featuring about 125 speakers.<ref>{{cite news |title=સાહિત્યકારો અને કળાના દિગ્ગજોનો મંચ એટલે GLF |newspaper=[[Gujarat Samachar]] |date=21 January 2015 |language=gu |page=1 |location=Ahmedabad}}</ref>

===Third edition===
The third edition of the festival was launched in 2015, during 8 January to 10 January. The main theme of this edition was "films as the new literature". It had about 50 sessions, featuring more than 100 speakers. Some of the notable speakers include economist [[Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai|Lord Meghnad Desai]], Malayalam poet [[K. Satchidanandan]], film director [[Sriram Raghavan]], scriptwriter [[Varun Grover (writer)|Varun Grover]] and [[Anjum Rajabali]].<ref name=":2">{{cite web | title=Gujarat literary fest from January 8 | website=The Indian Express | date=2015-12-27 | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/gujarat-literary-fest-from-january-8/ | access-date=2020-07-07}}</ref>

===Fourth edition===
The GLF launched its fourth edition in 2016. The festival was inaugurated by [[Om Prakash Kohli]], former governor of Gujarat. The event was held 5 days during 14 to 18 December at Kanoria Centre, Ahmedabad. It had sessions in Gujarati, Hindi, and in Urdu languages. The event had about 10 workshops and 80 sessions. The festival invited around 200 speakers, including [[Ritesh Shah]], [[Juhi Chaturvedi]], [[Jay Vasavada]].<ref name="DeshGujarat 2016">{{cite web | title=4th Edition of Gujarat Literature Festival – GLF announced | website=DeshGujarat | date=2016-12-07 | url=https://www.deshgujarat.com/2016/12/07/4th-edition-of-gujarat-literature-festival-glf-announced/ | access-date=2020-07-10}}</ref><ref name="Gajrawala 2016">{{cite web | last=Gajrawala | first=Mihir | title=Gujarat Literature Festival 2016, Season 4 :: GLF 2016 Ahmedabad | website=Creative Yatra | date=2016-12-07 | url=https://creativeyatra.com/news/gujarat-literature-festival-season-4-a-comprehensive-celebration-of-the-literary/ | access-date=2020-07-10}}</ref>

===Fifth edition===
The fifth edition of the festival was released in 2018 at Kanoria Centre, Hutheesing Gallery, and [[Gujarat University]] for 5 days: 3 to 7 January. It also launched the Children Literature Festival under its umbrella. This edition arranged workshops on subjects ranging from television writing to storytelling, and staged various plays.<ref name=":7">{{cite web | title=Rajdeep Sardesai, Sagarika Ghose, Mallika Sarabhai among speakers at Gujarat Literature Festival | website=DeshGujarat | date=2017-12-28 | url=https://www.deshgujarat.com/2017/12/28/rajdeep-sardesai-sagarika-ghose-mallika-sarabhai-among-speakers-at-gujarat-literature-festival/ | access-date=2020-07-10}}</ref><ref name=":8"/>

GLF Award was launched in the recognition of excellence in writing books, films, digital, editing, translation, designing, proofreading.<ref name=":3"/><ref name=":7"/><ref name=":8"/>

===Sixth edition===
The sixth edition was released in 2018 for the first time in [[Vadodara]]. It was held at Alembic Premises, Vadodara for 3 days: 2 to 4 February, featuring 75 sessions. It was sponsored by the [[Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd]].<ref name=":8"/>

===Seventh edition===
The seventh edition of the festival was held again at Vadodara from 18 to 20, January 2019, which locally came to known as Alembic Gujarat Literature Festival. Along with the regular events, it launched for the first time 'Indian Screenwriting Festival', inviting a number of writers, lyricists, directors from [[Bollywood]]. The festival also launched 'Fountainhead' for non-Gujarati languages, featuring sessions in Hindi, English and Marathi languages.<ref name=":3">{{cite web | title=Alembic group brings second edition of GLF to Vadodara - Connect Gujarat English | website=Dailyhunt | date=2020-04-14}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{cite web | last=Joshi | first=Saumil | title=Second Edition of Alembic Literature festival is back - | website=OUR VADODARA | date=2018-12-28 | url=https://www.ourvadodara.com/second-edition-alembic-literature-festival-back/}}</ref>

Some of the notable speakers were [[Bhavani Iyer]], [[Sriram Raghavan]], [[Ishita Moitra]], [[Hardik Mehta]], [[Anjum Rajabali]], [[Pushpesh Pant]], [[Rajdeep Sardesai]], [[Divya Prakash Dubey]], [[Sagarika Ghose]], and [[Kanishk Seth (musician)|Kanishk Seth]]. Some of the Gujarati speakers were [[Madhu Rye]], [[Saumya Joshi]], [[Jay Vasavada]], [[Kaajal Oza Vaidya]], [[Dhruv Bhatt]], and [[Raam Mori]].<ref name=":3"/><ref name=":6"/>

===Eighth edition===
GLF launched its eight edition in 2019 for five days; 18 December to 22 December. The festival was held at [[Gujarat University]] campus, and had six simultaneous events under its umbrella including an Indian Screenwriters' Festival, BizLitFest, ArtFest, Tabariya (for children), Gujarati Sahitya Mahotsav, Fountainhead (non-Gujarati literature sessions), and a food festival, in addition to eight workshops. It featured about 200 speakers with 100 sessions. In this edition, GLF launched Kanti Bhatt Memorial Award in the memory of Gujarati writer and journalist [[Kanti Bhatt]]. The festival had a book market in the campus of Gujarat University.<ref name=":5"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Gujarat Lit Fest from Dec 18 |date=11 December 2019|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|location=Ahmedabad|page=9}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Buvariya |first=Risha |title=Gujarat Literature Festival |url=https://firstindia.co.in/gujarat-literature-festival |date=11 December 2019 |website=First India |access-date=11 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Prajapati | first=Kishankumar Sureshkumar | title=18થી 22 ડિસેમ્બરે 'ગુજરાત લિટરેચર ફેસ્ટિવલ - 8' યોજાશે | website=Divyabhaskar | date=2019-12-10 | url=https://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/madhya-gujarat/latest-news/ahmedabad/news/gujarat-literature-festival-8-will-be-start-from-december-18-to-22-126256540.html | language=gu | access-date=2020-07-10}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{cite web |last=Mevada |first=Sunil | title=લ્યો, આ આવી ગયો ગુજરાત લિટરેચર ફેસ્ટીવલઃ કયાં છે મુખ્ય આકર્ષણો? | website=[[Chitralekha (weekly)|Chitralekha]] | date=2017-09-12 | url=https://chitralekha.com/news/gujarat/gujarat-literature-festival-gujarats-largest-and-most-popular-literary-event-glf/ | language=gu | access-date=2020-07-10}}</ref>

Some of the notable speakers were screenwriters [[Robin Bhatt]], [[Anjum Rajabali]] and [[V. Vijayendra Prasad]]; filmmaker [[Vishal Bhardwaj]], music duo [[Sachin–Jigar]] and [[Shyamal-Saumil|Shyamal-Saumil Munshi]], architect [[B. V. Doshi]], author [[Abid Surti]], [[Ashish Vashi]], [[Mahendrasinh Parmar]] and [[Sunil Alagh]].<ref name=":1"/><ref name=":4"/><ref>{{cite news|title=8th edition of GLF concludes successfully |newspaper=First India - City First |date=23 December 2019 |location=Ahmedabad |page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=સાહિત્ય અને સર્જનનો સંસાર સર્જાયો |newspaper=[[NavGujarat Samay]] |date=23 December 2019 |location=Ahmedabad |language=gu |page=3}}</ref>

=== Ninth Edition ===
After the 2 years break due to COVID-19, GLF Launched it's ninth edition an 5 days event at [https://www.amaindia.org/ Ahmedabad Management Association] on 11 to 15 May 2022. GLF also has five specific festivals under its umbrella this time — Gujarati Sahitya Mahotsav, Indian Screenwriters’ Festival, Tabariya, Business Literature Festival, and Fountainhead.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Literatis look forward to Gujarati Lit Fest |url=https://ahmedabadmirror.com/literatis-look-forward-to-gujarati-lit-fest/81831470.html |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=Ahmedabad Mirror |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-15 |title=ગુજરાત લિટરેચર ફેસ્ટિવલના ચોથા દિવસે પણ અમદાવાદીઓનો ધસારો ચાલુ રહ્યો |url=https://gujarati.news18.com/news/gujarat/madhya-gujarat-gujarat-literature-festival-2022-in-ahmedabad-kp-1209215.html |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=News18 Gujarati |language=gu}}</ref>

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

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://gujlitfest.com Official website]

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[[Category:2014 establishments in Gujarat]]

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