Presentation of the translation workshops
Translation workshops were organized for poets at the festival, one devoted to the poetry of K. Michel, the other to the work of the Georgian writer Maya Sarisjvili.
Presentation: Rob Schouten and Ingrid Degraeve.
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International poetry.
K. Michel (Netherlands) and Sargon Boulus (Iraq). Presented by Jan Baeke.
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Closing programme.
‘Chinese whispers’ & ‘Ten Thousand […]
Each year, during the Poetry International Festival in Rotterdam, the consequences of translation are demonstrated in the Chinese Whispers project. This poem is translated from one language to another every day of the festival and finally back into Dutch. The results were presented as part of the final programme.
This year Rogi Wieg’s poem ‘DE LETTERS’ […]
Poetry in the Afternoon.
Informal programme about poetry and madness, with Arthur Sze (United States), Morten Søndergaard (Denmark) en Ye Mimi (Taiwan). Presented by Tsead Bruinja.
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International poetry.
International poetry. Anneke Brassinga (Netherlands), Arthur Sze (USA), introduced by K. Michel, and Yi Sha (China). Presented by Jan Baeke
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Poetry special. Special programme on Sylvia Plath.
Festival poets read […]
Poetry in the Afternoon.
The sins of one’s youth – poets talk about their very earliest work. With Danie Marais (South Africa), K. Michel (Netherlands) and Ruy Duarte de Carvalho (Angola). Presented by Onno Blom
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International poetry.
Paul Bogaert (Belgium), Ye Mimi (Taiwan) and Jürgen Rooste (Estonia). Presented by Edward van de Vendel.
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Presentation of C. Buddingh’ […]
Poetry International at VPRO’s ‘De Avonden’ (Dutch radio)
Arthur Sze / Danie Marais / Morten Søndergaard
Poetry in the Afternoon.
Informal programme on poetry and lunacy, with Fatima Naoot (Egypt), Jürgen Rooste (Estonia) and Yi Sha (China). Presented by Tsead Bruinja.
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Poetry in the Afternoon.
Informal programme about poetry from the Caucasus, with Rati Amaghlobeli (Georgia), Gasham Najafzadeh (Azerbaijan) and Chouchanik Thamrazian (Armenia). Presented by Tsead Bruinja.
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Poetry readings
Three poets from Georgia. Rati Amaghlobeli, Sjota Iatashvili and Maya Sarishvili. Presented by Victor Schiferli.
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Rot voor U! (Too bad for you!).
Jan Rot, Jakob Klaasse and Sandra Mirabel: A […]
Poetry readings
International poetry. Nuno Júdice (Portugal), introduced by Jan Lauwereyns, and Kiwao Nomura (Japan). Presented by Tsead Bruinja. (Dutch)
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Reading / discussion
Poetry and Lunacy. Reading by Menno Wigman. Afterwards, Wigman is interviewed by Douwe Draaisma. Presented by Tsead Bruinja. (Dutch)
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(VIDEO by www.grazen.nl)
AUDIO:
Listen to the opening programme ‘Van adelborst tot zwijmelgeest’ ( ‘From aardvark to zwieback’ ). Festive parade of poets reading poems inspired by a favourite word.
Presented (in dutch) by Arjan Peters.
PART 1: Introduction by Bas Kwakman / Arthur Sze / Morten Søndergaard / Kiwao Nomura / Jürgen Rooste / Ruh Duarte / […]