The Dehradun Literature Festival is an annual literary festival held annually in Dehradun, India founded by samraant Virmani who is also a well known social worker.

History

It was founded in 2016 by Samraant Virmani, He took this initiative to bring exposure to the Doon valley which happens to be his hometown. Author

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is the brand ambassador of Dehradun Literature Festival.

2017 Edition

The 2017 edition of the two-day Dehradun Literature Festival commenced at the ONGC Officers Club, Dehradun. The 2017 inaugural curtain raiser of Dehradun Literature Festival

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, who launched Karan Johar's book ''The Unsuitable Boy''.

Participants

The following authors and literary personalities participated in the 2017 Dehradun Literary Festival. *

* Laxmi Narayan Tripathi *

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* Rakhshanda Jalil * Dr. Bijaylaxmi Nanda *

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* 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

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along with the writer of his biography ''Anything but Khamosh'' Bharathi Pradhan who is a film critic and a writer.

References

Literary festivals in India Festivals established in 2016 2016 establishments in Uttarakhand Culture of Uttarakhand Literature of Uttarakhand Festivals in Uttarakhand Dehradun {{lit-festival-stub

History

2017 Edition

Participants

2018 Edition

See also

References