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The 49th Poetry International Festival Rotterdam wouldn't be the same without an international audience.
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29 May - 2 June | |
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In order to discuss this year’s theme, the Nation of Poetry, our festival poets – no doubt many unheard in your ears as yet, and of the total number, more than half are women – will speak their truths in Rotterdam. Coming from Egypt, Jamaica, Burma, Mexico, and also Switzerland and other European countries, and the US, their voices will sound in several spaces and venues in the city. We don't want you to miss out – so the festival’s evening readings will be available on live streaming. | |
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Do you want to discover the 21st century poets? 18 of the most intriguing contemporary poets from all over the world are being translated into English and Dutch for you. Their names are:
Joost Baars (NL), Christian Bök (CAN), Ida Börjel (SWITZ), Sonia Bueno (SPA), Alí Calderón (MEX) , Dolores Dorantes (MEX), Nora Gomringer (GER), Aurélia Lassaque (FRA), Zeyar Lynn (BUR), Miguel-Manso (POR), Gihan Omar (EGY), Marie de Quatrebarbes (FRA), Safiya Sinclair (JAM), Danez Smith (USA), Maria Stepanova (RUS), Lies van Gasse (BEL), Nachoem M. Wijnberg (NL)
You may already check their backgrounds and their work translated into English and Dutch on the Poetry International Website.
This week, we received the sad news that festival poet Patricia Lockwood had to cancel her appearance at the festival due to family circumstances. We wish her a lot of strength and hope to receive her at the extra festive 50th edition next year. Her lecture on Saturday 2 June will be taken over by Marlene van Niekerk from South Africa. | |
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Don't miss the date! The 49th Poetry International Festival will be held from the 29th of May until the 3rd of June 2018. Poetry readings will be live streamed when they are held each evening (CET). | |
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You can join us on our Festival Live Stream overview and also on our Youtube channel.
Of course if you have the opportunity to join us in Rotterdam you're more than welcome! Festival tickets are available at poetry.nl.
And remember that you can follow us on social media if you want to be updated about the best contempory poetry from all over the world. Find us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Have a poetic enjoyment and let's meet between the lines,
Poetry International Rotterdam
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