A LitFest For Everyone!

Hyderabad Literary Festival (HLF) is an annual event that celebrates creativity in all its forms. HLF is a multi-disciplinary, multi-lingual event that draws over a hundred writers, artistes, academics, scholars, publishers from India and abroad each year.

HLF 2019 is organized by “Hyderabad Literary Trust” in association with the Government of Telangana and with the support of several academic, literary, cultural organizations and publishing houses.

Guest Nation: China
Inviting a foreign country to showcase its literature, art and culture is a unique feature of HLF. China will be in focus at HLF 2019.

Directors

Committee

Hyderabad Literary Festival Credo

Vision Statement

Literature is vital to sustaining a vibrant culture and HLF aspires to create an aesthetic and sustainable society through the celebration of an eclectic combination of literature, arts, culture and heritage. It further seeks to be an inclusive and environmentally conscious festival with a place under the sun for every living being.

Tributes

To commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the Festival will pay a special tribute to him.

HLF 2019 will pay tributes to Mrinalini Sarabhai (1918-2016) and Kaifi Azmi (1919-2002) to mark their birth centenaries.