Template:Infobox recurring event 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.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
History
It was founded in 2016 by Anurag Chauhan, who is also the founder of Humans For Humanity NGO.[8] He took this initiative to bring exposure to the Doon valley which happens to be his hometown.[9] Author Shobhaa De is the brand ambassador of Dehradun Literature Festival.[8]
2017 Edition
The 2017 edition of the two-day Dehradun Literature Festival commenced at the ONGC Officers Club, Dehradun.[10] The 2017 inaugural curtain raiser of Dehradun Literature Festival Shobhaa De, who launched Karan Johar's book The Unsuitable Boy.[11]
Participants
The following authors and literary personalities participated in the 2017 Dehradun Literary Festival.[12][13][14][15] Template:Div col
- 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
2018 Edition
In January 2018, the curtain raiser of the 2nd season saw the attendance of Bollywood actor Shatrughan Sinha[16] along with the writer of his biography Anything but Khamosh Bharathi Pradhan who is a film critic and a writer.[17][18][19]
See also
References
- ↑ Voice of sanity(February 26, 2017).
- ↑ Doon lit fest begins today(February 17, 2017).
- ↑ Piysuh Mishra, Suchitra Krishnamoorthy major attractions at Dehradun Lit Fest. The Times of India(February 18, 2017).
- ↑ दून लिटरेचर फेस्ट में जुटे जाने-माने रंगकर्मी, गायक और कवि(February 18, 2017).
- ↑ Extensive reading key to mature understanding(February 20, 2017).
- ↑ दून लिटरेचर फेस्ट में मिलिए चर्चित लेखकों से(February 16, 2017).
- ↑ पहाड़ के लिए हो पहाड़ के संसाधनों का दोहन(17 February 2017).
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Voice of sanity(February 26, 2017).
- ↑ Doon lit fest begins today(February 17, 2017).
- ↑ 1ST EDITION OF LITERATURE FEST TO START FROM FEB 17 AT ONGC OFFICER'S CLUB(February 17, 2017).
- ↑ किताबों की वजह से ही अमीर है ये दुनिया:शोभा डे(February 12, 2017).
- ↑ चक्रधर बोले-जिसके पास पूंछ है, उसी की पूछ भी(February 19, 2017).
- ↑ Dehradun Literature Festival commences(February 18, 2017).
- ↑ LITERATURE REMAINS AT HEART OF DEHRADUN'S CULTURAL MORES(February 20, 2017).
- ↑ अशोक चक्रधर ने जमकर हंसाया, रुलाया और जादू चलाया(February 19, 2017).
- ↑ राजनीति में वह सम्मान नहीं मिला, जिसका हकदार था: शत्रुघ्न सिन्हा(January 29, 2018).
- ↑ शत्रुघ्न सिन्हा पर लिखी किताब में बिग-बी से उनके मनमुटाव और खटास पर कई बातें(January 29, 2018).
- ↑ बॉलीवुड एक्टर शत्रुघ्न सिन्हा इन अभिनेताओं को मानते हैं अपना आदर्श(January 28, 2018).
- ↑ फिल्म के विलेन से शोहरत मिली, राजनीति के विलेन से दुख: शत्रुघ्न सिन्हा(January 30, 2018).
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