Hyderabad Literary Festival
hyderabad literary festival hlf literary festival held hyderabad telangana india day annual event celebrates creativity form every year guest nation indian language focus festival emerged important event cultural calendar country representing rich cosmopolitan ethos twin city hyderabad secunderabad well vibrant culture modern cyberabad hlf festival programme includes conversation author reading discussion panel workshop book launch cultural programme event college student school child hyderabad literary festival organized hyderabad literary trust association department tourism government telangana support several academic literary cultural organization publishing house festival started inaugural day event held hotel green park rest held osmania university centre international programme oucip muse india leading literary webjournal country oucip international face osmania university jointly organized hlf held december hlf played host nearly writer across india writing various indian language english never twin city seen assemblage large diverse group writer single event reading work sharing insight creative process participating poet included padma bhushan prof shiv k kumar doyen among indian english poet eminent poet mr keki daruwalla prof udaya narayana singh provc viswabharati santiniketan prof k satchidanandan former secretary sahitya akademi eminent malayalam poet m mamang dai former civil servant noted writer northeast india dr shanta acharya londonbased poet scholar earlier london business school mr hemant divate noted marathi poet editor abhidhanantar dr dileep jhaveri eminent gujarati poet k siva reddy leading telugu poet prof laksmisree banerjee vice chancellor kolhan university jharkhand prof hoshang merchant wellknown hyderabadbased poet mr p rajeevan malayalam poet editor publisher dr sukrita paul kumar noted urdu hindi scholar poet festival inaugurated december green park hotel greenland hyderabad mr keki daruwalla distinguished poet delivered keynote address literary session held oucip along special cultural evening famous heritage site taramati baradari golkonda festival held january impressive taramati baradari cultural complex located historic golkonda area organized muse india highly acclaimed hyderabadbased literary ejournal partnership department tourism government ap several cultural organization city special session held telugu urduhindi literature best writer telugu urdu hindi based hyderabad featured session dedicated language performance ashthavadhanam unique amazing genre telugu literature demand exceptional scholarship skill composing poetry memory power presence mind also urdu mushaira session popular among people hyderabad germany featured nation hlf participation senior german writer music band muse india also carried special feature contemporary german literature janfeb issue coincide festival muse india instituted award given hlf young writer award translation award award muse india received overwhelming response entry national level jury nominated following writersbooks alphabetical order award announced hlf nomination translation award jai ratan translation kamleshwars flower henna katha naresh jains translation omprakash valmikis amma story manohar ranjit hoskotes translation lalla poem lal ded penguin nomination young writer award poetry amrita v nairs affectionately writer workshop anindita senguptas city water sahitya akademi semeen ali rose ash writer workshop guest honour hlf c narayana reddy gulzar pavan k varma foreign writer included christopher kloeble germany constance borde france sheila malovanychevallier france ur widmer switzerland day hyderabad literary festival successfully held january campus maulana azad national urdu university manuu gachibowli hyderabad drew participation around writer artiste india several country inaugurated jan mr e l narasimhan honorable governor state keynote delivered dr sitakant mahapatra jnanpith padma vibhushan awardee hlf organized muse india literary ejournal collaboration state government department tourism support several academic literary cultural organization publishing house guest nation hlf france new feature introduced hlf special focus literature culture one indian language edition festival telugu became first language focus hlf hlfs fourth edition held right heart city literary street road banjara hill festival grand success estimated approximately footfall three day festival january year guest nation ireland feilim mclaughlin ambassador ireland india graced occasion guest honour indian language focus hindi several hindi author including sahitya academi awardwinner mridula garg present inauguration took place january ashiana festival presented smt chandana khan ia special chief secretary telangana tourism hon chairman hyderabad literary festival mahesh dattani well known playwright english actor director india also first playwright english awarded sahitya akademi award chief guest inauguration ceremony culminated literary walk litwalk threw open literary street brought festival venue life festival took place various venue literary street ashiana kalpa school saptaprni kalakriti art gallery lamakaan programme left one spoilt choice packed schedule including literary session several workshop catered age competition child youth well evening cultural event three day highlight cultural programme performance historical location taramati baradari irish group mouth fire guthanna binne síoraí brought life work nobel laureate samuel beckett poetry irish nobel laureate seamus heaney w b yeats festival hundred writer poet artist speaker panelist present fifth edition hyderabad literary festival held january chief guest hlf renowned poet literary figure javed akhtar inaugural function organised park hyatt hotel banjara hill sixth edition hyderabad literary festival held – january series literary festival began festival held hyderabad public school festival held hyderabad public school begumpet th january sideline rock walk also held society save rock led frauke quader literary festival held premise hyderabad public school begumpet th january china guest nation gujarati language one focus title sponsor karvy rockumentary society save rock also scheduled screening january festival hyderabad literary festival took place th th january event held vidyaranya high school saifabad literary festival held premise vidyaranya high school th january germany guest nation konkani language one focus speaker included damodar mauzo palagummi sainath th edition held january sattva knowledge city hitech city registering attendance individual course three day official site hlf blog facebook twitter youtube