Bundelkhand Literature Festival is a literary festival held annually in Jhansi, a part of Bundelkhand region, in Uttar Pradesh, India.
History
Bundelkhand Literature Festival was founded in 2020 by social activist Chandra Pratap Singh, who serves as the founder and director of the festival. It was started with the aim of promoting the art and literature of Bundelkhand region.
2020 Edition
The first edition of the Bundelkhand Literature Festival started at the Craft Fairground near the Jhansi Fort in Jhansi on 28 February 2020. It was attended by more than two dozen literary figures from the fields of Hindi and Bundeli literature, dramatics, journalism, cinema and television. It held discussions on different aspects of Bundeli and Hindi literature and culture. The festival was organized by the joint aegis of the Department of Hindi, Bundelkhand University and Bundelkhand Literature Festival Society.
The inaugural session of the festival was presided over by Prof J.V. Vaishampayan, the vice-chancellor of Bundelkhand State University. It was attended by eminent personalities, including Hindi novelist Maitri Pushpa, Padma Shri awardee Kailash Madbaiya and actor Raja Bundela.
Participants
The following literary figures participated in the 2020 BLF.
Maitreyi Pushpa
Padmashree Kailash Madbaiya
Richa Anirudh
Anikta Jain
Naveen Chaudhary
Aazam Quadri
Prahlad Agrawal
Indrajeet Singh
Dinesh Shankar Shailendra
Indira Dangi
Kuldeep Raghav
Geet Chaturvedi
Vivek Mishra
Raja Bundela
Sushmita Mukherjee
Dr. Sharad Singh
Dr. Pankaj Chaturvedi
Prof J.V. Vaishampayan
2021 Edition
In 2021, the festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions imposed by the government.
2022 Edition
The event was scheduled from 14 October 2022 to 16 October 2022.