XIX The International Poetry Festival in Medellin (XIX Festival de Poesía de Medellín)
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| Country and Region | Colombia — Antioquia |
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| Type of Festival | Drama |
| Location of Festival | Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia |
| Festival Address Information | Festival de Poesía de Medellín |
| Festival Description | Since 2002 the festival has promoted Colombian poetry as a means of bringing humanity and peace to the Colombian people. Each year new poets are added to the roster of poets as part of the Colombian section of Poetry International of The Netherlands. In 2006 the Poetry Festival of Medellin won the Right Livelihood Award at Alternative Nobel Prize. |
| Festival Dates | July 4 - 11, 2009 |
| Festival Links | http://festivaldepoesiademedellin.org |
Festival Events:
Confirmed poets 2009:
- Rashidah Ismaili AbuBakr (Benin)
- Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard
- Kama Sywor Kamanda (Congo)
- Fatima Qandil (Egypt)
- Lenrie Peters (Gambia)
- Ama Ata Aidoo (Ghana)
- Mvula Ya Nangolo (Namibia)
- Amadou Lamine Sall (Senegal)
- Daniel Kunene (Southafrica)
- Tahar Bekri (Tunisia)
- Zindzi Mandela (South Africa)
- Mercedes Roffé (Argentina)
- Nicole Brossard (Canada)
- Giovanni Quessep
- Jotamario Arbeláez
- Mario Rivero
- Carlos Vásquez
- Darío Ruiz
- Jairo Guzmán
- Gustavo Tatis Guerra
- Miguel Iriarte (Colombia)
- Graciela Huinao (Chile, Mapuche)
- Roberto Fernández Retamar, premio Gaceta (Cuba)
- Arthur Sze
- Jayne Cortez (United States)
- John Agard, Grace Nichols (Guyana)
- Édouard Glissant (Martinica)
- Carlos German Belli (Peru)
- José Luis Ayala (Peru, Aymara)
- Ilyasah Shabazz (United States)
- Antonio Trujillo (Venezuela)
- Alice Sun-Cua (Philippines)
- Fadhil Al-Azzawi
- Anwar Al-Ghassani (Iraq)
- Ghassan Zaqtan (Palestine)
- Hussein Habasch (Syria)
- Gulrukhsor Safieva (Tajikistan)
- Huu Thinh (Vietnam)
- Mahbobah Ebrahimi (Afghanistan)
- Fuad Rifka (Lebanon)
- Jorge Riechmann (Spaina)
- Ersi Sotiropoulos (Greece)
- Sigurður Pálsson (Iceland)
- Guido Oldani (Italy)
- Inger Elisabeth Hansen
- Torgeir Schjerven (Norwey)
- Vera Pavlova (Russia)
- Klaus Merz (Switzerland)
Other Sources:
Articles and Reviews:
- The International Poetry Festival in Medellín, by Nicolás Suescún (Poetry International Web, March 22, 2004)
http://colombia.poetryinternationalweb.org/
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