[Cwgrad-announcements] FW: 37th Poetry International Festival

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From: Maurya Simon [mailto:maurya.simon at ucr.edu] 
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To: Amanda Labagnara
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Hi Amanda,

Please forward this email to everyone.  Many thanks, Maurya


>Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 14:41:38 +0100
>From: Poetry International <pr at poetry.nl>
>
>37th Poetry International Festival
>17­23 June 2006
>Rotterdam City Theatre
>
> From 17 to 23 June, both days inclusive, the Poetry International
> Festival will be taking place at the Rotterdam City Theatre for the
37th 
> time. This year, one of the main themes is African poetry, with 
> particular emphasis being given to its diversity and contemporaneity.
>There will be a special programme to mark the passing ten years ago of
the 
>Russian poet Joseph Brodsky that will devote itself to his life, poetry

>and graphic work.
>The Irish Nobel Prize winner Seamus Heaney will be a guest poet at the 
>festival. Eight national Poetry Slam champions will also compete at the

>3rd Poetry World Slampionship.
>Also featuring for the third time this year is Poetry & Art, in which 
>visual artists offer presentations from the border zone between poetry
and 
>visual art. And, as is by now a longstanding tradition, the C. 
>Buddhingh’-prijs for new Dutch-language poetry will be awarded during
the 
>Festival.
>
>African poetry
>During this 37th edition of the Festival, the focus is on African 
>poetry.
>Preference has been given in selecting to poets from African countries 
>that until now have been poorly represented at the Festival, such as 
>Malawi, Ghana and Uganda. African poetry will be presented from a broad

>perspective to its audience, looking at both modern tendencies and the 
>particular relationships that exist with traditional, often oral
poetry. 
>Poetry International will let the diversity and the contemporaneity of 
>African poetry come to the fore, not only by letting the poets speak 
>themselves but also via special programmes, such as a special overview
of 
>oral poetry and translation programmes. The music of this year’s
Festival 
>will also have a distinctly African flavour.
>African poets at the Festival come from Ghana, South Africa, Nigeria, 
>Ghana, Uganda, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Angola/Portugal (see more below).
>
>Defence of Poetry
>This year, the Defence of Poetry will be delivered by Taban Lo Liyong, 
>who
>was born in Sudan and raised in Uganda, where he now lives.
>
>Poets at the Festival
>Pegah Ahmadi (Iran), Robert Anker (Netherlands), Ama Ata Aidoo (Ghana),
>Gabeba Baderoon (South Africa), Isla Correyero (Spain), F. van Dixhoorn

>(Netherlands), Femi Fatoba (Nigeria), Piet Gerbrandy (Netherlands), Han

>Dong (China), Elma van Haren (Netherlands), Seamus Heaney (Ireland), 
>Esther Jansma (Netherlands), Jaan Kaplinski (Estonia), August
Kleinzahler 
>(United States), Elmar Kuiper (Netherlands/Friesland), Kojo Laing
(Ghana), 
>Taban lo Liyong (Uganda), Jack Mapanje (Malawi), Charles Mungoshi 
>(Zimbabwe), Karine Martel (France), Ioan Es. Pop (Romania), Alfred 
>Schaffer (Netherlands), Jelena Schwarz (Russia), Eva Ström (Sweden),
Mario 
>Susko (Croatia), Pia Tafdrup (Denmark), Ana Paula Tavares 
>(Angola/Portugal), Sigurbjörg Thrastardóttir (Iceland), Tomas Venclova 
>(Lithuania), Hans Verhagen (Netherlands).
>(subject to alterations)
>
> From 1 May, the entire Festival programme will be accessible via
> www.poetry.nl. Until then, updates concerning 37th Poetry
International 
> will appear at this site.
>
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>information for press only:
>For more information, please contact
>Xandra Nibbeling
>Press & communication
>Poetry International Foundation
>Eendrachtsplein 4
>3012 LA Rotterdam
>Tel:   +31 (0)10 282 27 77
>Fax:  +31 (0)10 444 43 05
>e-mail: nibbeling at poetry.nl
>www.poetry.nl
>www.poetryinternational.org
>
>
>
>
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Maurya Simon

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