Vilenica International Literary Festival

Vilenica International Literary Festival
Photographs from the 2014 edition of Vilenica International Literary Festival
GenreCentral European literature
Beginsearly September
Frequencyannual
Location(s)Vilenica Cave and other locations in Slovenia
Inaugurated1986 (1986)
Organised bySlovene Writers' Association and the Cultural Centre Vilenica
Websitehttp://vilenica.si/

Vilenica International Literary Festival (Slovene: Mednarodni literarni festival Vilenica) is a festival dedicated to literature that was founded in 1986 in Slovenia. It takes place annually in several locations on the Karst Plateau in the Slovene Littoral, including inside Vilenica Cave. It is arranged by the Slovene Writers' Association together with the Cultural Centre Vilenica from Sežana. The highlight of the festival is the awarding of the Vilenica International Literary Prize to a Central European author for "outstanding achievements in the field of literature and essay writing."