During the festival you can take the opportunity to walk or cycle past exceptional fusions of language and visual art.
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Tuesday 11 June 2013
15:00 - 15:30 |
| FLAG PARADE |
Flag Parade : Crossovers
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Here we extend a warm welcome to the festival poets. They will raise verses from their poem to the top of flagpoles on the Maas.
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The festival opens in style with readings by all festival poets, music, film and other intermezzos.
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Workshops for the translation project In Other Words, featuring festival poets and their translators (by registration)
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On foot or by bicycle, pass by surprising fusions of language and visual art in various Rotterdam galleries. Departing from the Rotterdam Municipal Theatre and RAAF. A bicycle may be borrowed upon request. Participation is free, but please reserve in advance.
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Rotterdam City Poet Daniël Dee hosts a daily show with music, readings, interviews and sneak previews. A light preview of the full-blown festival evening to follow.
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Wednesday 12 June 2013
18:30 - 19:30 |
| POETRY READING |
Small Auditorium : Reading
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Each festival poet will perform multiple readings during the festival. All readings will be accompanied by projected translations in both Dutch and English (where applicable).
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Each festival poet will perform multiple readings during the festival. The longer readings will either be briefly introduced or followed by a discussion.
All readings will be accompanied by projected translations in both Dutch and English (where applicable).
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The Groninger poet Jan Glas and Norwegian poet Knut Ødegård read a selection of their work. The performances will either be preceded by a detailed introduction to the poets and their work, or followed by a discussion with the poets.
All readings will be accompanied by projected translations in …
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A richly varied look at Dutch Poet Laureate Anne Vegter. What drives her? What inspires her? Find out here.
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Ken Babstock (Canada) and Daniel Bănulescu (Romania) read a selection of their work. The performances will either be preceded by a detailed introduction to the poets and their work, or followed by a discussion with the poets.
All readings will be accompanied by projected translations in both …
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Poetry International invites poets, readers, editors and scholars to the Expert Meeting, with the topic ‘writing about poetry’. While papers and magazines seem to reserve less and less space for poetry, online it seems to find a stronger and stronger voice. While there may not be less …
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On foot or by bicycle, pass by surprising fusions of language and visual art in various Rotterdam galleries. Departing from the Rotterdam Municipal Theatre and RAAF. A bicycle may be borrowed upon request. Participation is free, but please reserve in advance.
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Rotterdam City Poet Daniël Dee hosts a daily show with music, readings, interviews and sneak previews. A light preview of the full-blown festival evening to follow.
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Thursday 13 June 2013
18:30 - 19:30 |
| POETRY READING |
Small Auditorium : Reading
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Kwame Dawes, Elke Erb, Karinna A. Gulias and Jan Glas read selections of their poetry, preceded by a short introduction to each the poets and their work.
All readings will be accompanied by projected translations in both Dutch and English (where applicable).
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With Amrita Das.
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James Byrne (UK) and Michèle Métail (France) read a selection of their poems. All festival poets will perform multiple readings during the festival. The longer readings will either be preceded by a detailed introduction to the poets and their work, or followed by a discussion with the poets.
All …
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After being invited to the project by translator Ard Posthuma, leading Dutch poets grapple with the Eastern-oriented poetry of Goethe.
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The C. Buddingh’ Prize for new Dutch poetry is an initiative of Poetry International, and has been granted to the writer of the best poetry debut of the previous year since 1988. In the past, the prize has gone to Anna Enquist, Michaël Zeeman, Tonnus Oosterhoff, Joke van Leeuwen and Mark …
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From the USA, living poetry legend John Ashbery presents an inspiring self-portrait through film, photography, music, visual art and lots of poetry.
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The third Poetry International Translation Symposium focuses on the many facets inherent in translating digital poetry.
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On foot or by bicycle, pass by surprising fusions of language and visual art in various Rotterdam galleries. Departing from the Rotterdam Municipal Theatre and RAAF. A bicycle may be borrowed upon request. Participation is free, but please reserve in advance.
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Rotterdam City Poet Daniël Dee hosts a daily show with music, readings, interviews and sneak previews. A light preview of the full-blown festival evening to follow.
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Friday 14 June 2013
18:30 - 19:30 |
| POETRY READING |
Main Auditorium : Reading
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Each festival poet will perform multiple readings during the festival. The longer readings will either be preceded by a detailed introduction to the poets and their work, or followed by a discussion with the poets.
All readings will be accompanied by projected translations in both Dutch and …
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This Friday, the 44th Poetry International Festival will be dedicated to Chinese poetry. The event {event id="97" title="‘I hope the universe is simpler’"} compares current Chinese poetry to the classical and Western traditions. It focusses on the position of the …
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Karinna A. Gulias (Brazil) en Mustafa Stitou (Netherlands) read their poems. The performances will be preceded by a detailed introduction on the poets and their work, or followed by a discussion with the poets.
All readings are supplied with simultaneously projected translations in Dutch and …
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This Friday, the 44th Poetry International Festival will be dedicated to Chinese poetry. The event ‘I hope the universe is simpler’ compares current Chinese poetry to the classical and Western traditions. It focusses on the position of the poet versus the collective, the infrastructure …
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Poetry International dedicates an entire program to the Syrian-French poet Adonis, one of the most important voices from Arabic poetry and an icon for many Arabics in diaspora. During this extended special, Joris Luyendijk will engage in discussion with the poet, and Adonis will read selections …
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Three Chinese poets present selections of their work in an extended reading: Yang Lian Liu Waitong and Quin Xiaoyu. All readings will be accompanied by projected translations in both Dutch and English.
This program is part of the focus on current Chinese poetry at the 44th Poetry International …
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On foot or by bicycle, pass by surprising fusions of language and visual art in various Rotterdam galleries. Departing from the Rotterdam Municipal Theatre and RAAF. A bicycle may be borrowed upon request. Participation is free, but please reserve in advance.
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Together with the festival poets, primary school students present the best poetry posters in the world.
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In his time as director of Poetry International, founder Martin Mooij was showered with unique works of art from festival poets and artists alike. During an extraordinary presentation in the foyer of the Rotterdam Municipal Theatre, many of these pieces will be up for auction.
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During the festival, poets and editors will take part in a translation workshop in which they will translate pieces by Chinese poet Qin Xiaoyu into their native language. The results of their efforts will be presented at this event. Hear Chinese poetry in French, English, Dutch, Portuguese, …
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Rotterdam City Poet Daniël Dee hosts a daily show with music, readings, interviews and sneak previews. A light preview of the full-blown festival evening to follow.
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Festival poet Kwame Dawes teaches a master class in writing poetry.
In his poems and essays Dawes ties colonisation history and the history of Africa to his love for reggae and his involvement with current dramas, such as the consequences of the earthquake in Haiti. He wrote poetry as he would …
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For the fourth time Poetry International will present a live audio play during the festival. During their stay in Rotterdam, festival poet Michèle Métail and audio artists Lukas Simonis and Henk Bakker will be working on this production.
Métail will be writing the texts, and will also present …
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Saturday 15 June 2013
18:30 - 19:30 |
| POETRY READING |
Small Auditorium : Reading
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Ken Babstock, Mustafa Stitou, Qin Xiaoyu and Daniel Bănulescu read selections of their work. The performances will be preceded by a detailed introduction on the poets and their poetry, or followed by a discussion with the poets.
All readings will be accompanied by projected translations in both …
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In this Poetry Workshop, the audience will get the chance to dive into translating the work of the festival poets themselves.
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Ester Naomi Perquin and Kwame Dawes read selections from their poems. The performances will be preceded by a detailed introduction on the poets and their work and followed by a discussion with the poets.
All readings will be accompanied by projected translations in both Dutch and English (where …
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Ilya Kaminsky and Emmanuel Moses read their poems. The performances will be preceded by a detailed introduction to the poets and their work.
Each festival poet will perform multiple readings during the festival. All readings will be accompanied by projected translations in both Dutch and English …
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In an extensive final program, the festival poets and Poetry International will search for ‘crossovers’, feeling for the edges of poetry.
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Saturday 15 June 2013
22:30 - 04:00 |
| AFTERPARTY |
Foyer : Special Event
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In collaboration with Rotterdam Unlimited, Poetry International says goodbye to the poets and the audience of the 44th edition of the Poetry International Festival in style.
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