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10-07-2024 | 17:19 PM
Kozhikode: India’s first UNESCO ‘City of Literature’
“Kozhikode” becomes India’s first UNESCO ‘City of Literature’.
Key Highlights
- Location: Kozhikode (North Kerala).
- June 23 has been declared ‘City of Literature’ Day in Kozhikode.
- Kozhikode (known as Calicut during British rule) has a vibrant literary tradition.
- Theme of the UCCN 2024 conference: ‘Bringing youth to the table for the next decade’.
- UCCN annual conference 2024 held in Braga (Portugal).
- Querétaro will host the 2025 Annual Conference of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network.
- UCCN was established by UNESCO in 2004.
- Other Indian Cities in UCCN
- Gwalior – Music Category (2023)
- Srinagar– Crafts and Folk Arts (2022)
- Jaipur– Crafts and Folk Arts (2015)
- Varanasi– Creative City of Music (2015)
- Chennai– Creative City of Music (2017)
- Mumbai– Film (2019)
- Hyderabad– Gastronomy/Food (2019)
About UNESCO
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was formed in 1945.
- Headquarter: Paris, France.
