The seeds of DDLF were sowed in 2017, when the festival Founder, Mr. Samraant Virmani, sought to bring to the Doon valley the best in the world of literature, cinema, art and culture. Ever since, with each edition, the festival has continued to grow and diversify, with never before heard or seen concepts being introduced to Dehradun.
Taking the pursuit and advocacy for literature seriously, DDLF has brought speakers of outstanding repute to the valley. Over the years, the festival has also acquired a global outlook, bearing in mind the exposure that must necessarily be given to the students of Dehradun. Taking along the heritage of Dehradun and Uttarakhand, combining elements of history, nature, education and literature, the festival aspires to reach out to an ever increasing number of people, creating a thriving community of literature lovers and a fertile platform for literary exchange.
Luminaries from the world of literature, art and cinema have marked their presence at the previous editions of DDLF.
Ruskin Bond
Imtiaz Ali
Akshat Gupta
Kailash Satyarthi
Gurcharan Das
Dr. Sanjeev Chopra
Dr. Mark Aldridge
Dr. Manjiri Prabhu
Neeraj Kumar
Mukesh Tyagi
Pramath Raj Sinha
Mona Verma
Harshali Singh
Nayab Midha
Dr. Bibek Debroy
Swapna Liddle
Nirmika Singh
Anamika Joshi
Lisa Ray
Sreemoye Piu Kundu
Avinash Das
Amit Rai
Purushottam Agrawal
Chandan Sinha
Mansi Zaveri
Khusuboo Grewal
Saurabh Dwivedi
Neha Joshi
Wasim Barelvi
Hindol Sengupta
Deepankar Aron
Sobhita Dhulipala
Chirag Gander
Ida Ali
Satya Vas
Pratap Somvanshi
Esha L.Amin
Nayanika Mahtani
DEHRADUN LITERATURE FESTIVAL IS AN ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF LITERATURE, CULTURE AND ART IN THE HISTORICAL CITY OF DEHRADUN, MADE LUMINOUS BY ITS ENVIABLE LITERARY, EDUCATIONAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE. THE FESTIVAL BRINGS TOGETHER AUTHORS, POETS, READERS, CRITICS, JOURNALISTS, CULTURAL ICONS AND ARTISTS FROM DIVERSE DOMAINS, AND AIMS AT CREATING A LOVE FOR THE WRITTEN WORD, ALONG WITH ENCOURAGING DISCUSSIONS ON RELEVANT TOPICS OF THE DAY.
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