Dehradun Literature Festival | |
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Status | Active |
Genre | Literary festival |
Dates | December 2021 |
Location(s) | Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India |
Years active | 2016 – present |
Founder | Samrant Virmani |
Website | www.dehradunlitfest.com |
The Dehradun Literature Festival is an annual literary festival held annually in Dehradun, India, founded by Samraant Virmani, an Indian social worker. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
It was founded in 2016 by Samraant Virmani, [8] He took this initiative to bring exposure to the Doon valley which happens to be his hometown. [9] Author Ruskin Bond is the brand ambassador of Dehradun Literature Festival. [8]
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]
The following authors and literary personalities participated in the 2017 Dehradun Literary Festival. [12] [13] [14] [15]
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]
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