Lit Fest 2024 will have participants from 9 countries
THE seventh edition of the Kerala Literature Festival (KLF) will be held from 11–14 January 2024 on the beaches of Kozhikode. With a half-million-footfall, KLF has become Asia’s Largest Literature Festival, according to online news sites quoting IANS.
Organized by DC Kizhakemuri Foundation and co-promoted by DC Books, KLF 2024 will feature Nobel laureates, Booker Prize winners, literary luminaries, media personalities and celebrities. Renowned writer Prof. K. Satchidanandan is the Festival Director.
Kozhikode, the venue of choice for the Kerala Literature Festival, was named the 'City of Literature' by the Unesco Creative Cities Network (UCCN), making it the first such city in India.
Spanning four days, in six venues at the Kozhikode beach, the festival will feature 400+ global speakers and will be inaugurated by state Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan.
This edition of KLF will feature Turkey as the guest country of honour, featuring its literature and art forms. The UK, Wales, Spain, Japan, USA, Malaysia, Spain and France will be the other participating countries.
The initial list of speakers includes Arundhati Roy, Mallika Sarabhai, Shashi Tharoor, Piyush Pandey, Prahlad Kakkar, William Dalrymple, Gurucharan Das, Mani Shankar Aiyer, Catherine Ann Jones, Monika Halan, Durjoy Dutta, Manu S Pillai.
The Festival will also host concerts by TM Krishna and Vikku Vinayakram, and surbahar and sitar concert by Padmabhushan Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee.
