Jakarta International Literary Festival


Jakarta International Literary Festival or JILF is an annual literary festival held at Jakarta in Indonesia. The first literary festival is to take place at the Taman Ismail Marzuki, which was initiated by Jakarta Arts Council.The Jakarta Arts Council is an organization founded by Indonesian artists, which had been officially stated by then Governor of Jakarta, Ali Sadikin, on June 17, 1969. The goal of the festival is to promote Indonesian literature in international literary platforms.
Authors from Asia and Africa are to participate in the festival.