Dhaka Lit Fest
dhaka lit fest also known dhaka literary festival dlf annual literary festival held dhaka bangladesh since held every november ground bangla academy session held three day primarily english dhaka lit fest began hay festival dhaka support british council dhaka current three director sadaf saaz ahsan akbar kazi ani ahmed renamed festival dhaka lit fest mark commitment promoting dhaka bangladeshi literature culture world july dhaka attack festival suffered international cancellation despite organizer held festival show bangladesh could still hold international cultural festival face terrorism casey quackenbush wrote bangladesh independent blogger journalist increasingly become target violence dhaka literary festival become symbol defiance year headline author nobel laureate v naipaul dhaka lit fest chosen host awarding dsc prize south asian literature winner anuk arudpragasam novel story brief marriage festival initiated bangladeshi writer sadaf saaz tahmima anam ahsan akbar kazi ani ahmed hay festival dhaka director sadaf saaz also producer ahsan akbar kazi ani ahmed notable international guest include v naipul amitav ghosh abdulrazak gurnah adunis shashi tharoor william dalrymple historian tilda swinton marcel theroux lionel shriver shirshendu mukhopadhyay mohammed hanif nandita da monica ali hm naqvi tishani doshi swapnamoy chakraborty james meek author jude kelly jon snow journalist among many others prominent bangladeshi guest include asaduzzaman noor syed manzoorul islam imdadul haq milan kaiser haq selina hossain aly zaker shaheen akhtar nishat majumdar raja devasish roy muktasree chakmaamong among many others dlf praised locally internationally commitment cultural exchange freedom expression balance international bengali culture festival sponsor commended ensuring dlf free attend wellorganized observer described dlf organizer anglophile bourgeois agent neoimperial western hegemony bangladesh speculate initiated event promote writer english groom fandom dhaka response organizer point significant number bengalilanguage local indigenous bangladeshi language panel fact attendance free well celebration local bangladeshi literary figure publishing house view supported guest journalist attending festival official website