Lucknow Literary Festival
लखनऊ साहित्यिक महोत्सव

Status| Active
Genre| Literary festival
Dates| Annually in February/ March
Location(s)| Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Years active| 2013 – present
Founder| Shamim A. Aarzoo
Organised by| Lucknow Society
Website| http://lucknowliteraryfestival.com/

The Lucknow Literary Festival is an international literary festival held annually in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India since 2013.[1]

The Lucknow Literary Festival is an endeavour of the Lucknow Society, which is a non profit organization.

It is a 3-day event. It is held each year in Lucknow, during the month of February/March.[2]

The Lucknow Literary Festival too confers "Pride of Lucknow"[3] award and "Wajid Ali Shah"[4] award, which are given to people who have been contributing extraordinarily in different spheres of life. These people may belong to various fields like Hindi writing, Urdu writing, Journalism, Social service etc. These eminent personalities belong to Lucknow and even across India respectively.

## Editions

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1st Edition of Lucknow Literary Festival - 23–24 March 2013 [5]

2nd Edition of Lucknow Literary Festival - 1–2 February 2014 [6]

3rd Edition of Lucknow Literary Festival - 13–15 February 2015 [7]

4th Edition of Lucknow Literary Festival - 19–21 February 2016 [8]

5th Edition of Lucknow Literary Festival - 10–12 November 2017 [9]

6th Edition of Lucknow Literary Festival - 28–30 December 2018 [10]

## References

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1. ^ "Lucknow's literary festival begins today - Times of India". The Times of India. 23 March 2013.
2. ^ "Lucknow Literary Festival".
3. ^ "Pride of Lucknow Award".
4. ^ "Wajid Ali Shah Award".
5. ^ "Lucknow to host lit fest on March 23, 24 - Times of India". The Times of India. 17 March 2013.
6. ^ "Lucknow to host second edition of literary festival in Feb'14". 4 September 2013. Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
7. ^ "Third edition of Lucknow Literary Festival to begin tomorrow".
8. ^ "4th International Lucknow Literary Festival | Uttar Hamara". uttarhamara.com.
9. ^ "Lucknow Literary Festival".
10. ^ "Lucknow Literary Festival".