{"id":6024,"date":"2011-02-13T09:50:29","date_gmt":"2011-02-13T13:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/?p=6024"},"modified":"2011-02-12T14:02:29","modified_gmt":"2011-02-12T18:02:29","slug":"vii-granada-international-poetry-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/vii-granada-international-poetry-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"VII Granada International Poetry Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I’m off to Nicaragua for the Granada Poetry Festival, & not sure yet if I will have the occasion, time or possibility to blog during the coming week. Will obviously try to do so. Meanwhile, here is the program for the first few days \u2014 I’ll post the rest later:<\/p>\n

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VII GRANADA INTERNATIONAL POETRY FESTIVAL, 2011<\/strong>
\nIN HOMAGE TO THE POET<\/strong>
\nCLARIBEL ALEGR\u00cdA<\/strong><\/p>\n

SUNDAY, 13 FEBRUARY<\/strong><\/p>\n

4:00 – 6:30 PM<\/strong>
\nWELCOME RECEPTION OFFERED BY EUROPEAN UNION DELEGATION FOR THE INVITEES<\/strong><\/p>\n

POETRY READING<\/strong>
\nLocation: Casa de los Leones<\/strong>
\nCoordinators: Madeline Mendieta (Protocol) and Fernando Lopez<\/strong>
\nReading Table: <\/strong>Elena Medel (Espa\u00f1a), Serge Pey (Francia), Dinah Livingstone (Inglaterra) Michael Augustin (Alemania), Antanas Jonynas (Lituania), Stephane Chaumet (Francia), Magnus William-Olsson (Suecia), Juan Carlos Abril (Espa\u00f1a)<\/p>\n

7:30 – 8:30 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n

CONCERT BY SINGER-SONGWRITER KATIA CARDENAL<\/strong><\/p>\n

Location: <\/strong>Plaza de los Leones
\nPresenter: <\/strong>Bayardo Martinez Saravia<\/p>\n

8:30 – 9:30 PM<\/strong>
\nPOETRY IN CONSTRUCTION by Emila Persola with the participation of Milly Majuc<\/strong>
\nLocation: <\/strong>Plaza de los Leones
\nPresenter: <\/strong>Bayardo Martinez Saravia<\/p>\n

MONDAY, 14 FEBRUARY<\/strong><\/p>\n

9:00 – 10:00 AM<\/strong>
\nINAUGURATION OF WATER FAIR, BOOK FAIR AND CRAFTS FAIR<\/strong>
\nPlace: <\/strong>Plaza de los Leones
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\nInaugurators: <\/strong>Mrs. Mayra Salinas Executive Vicepresidente of Tourism Water Fair Mrs. Martha Lorena Briones Executive Director INPYME Crafts Fair and Poets Pedro Xavier Solis and Luz
\nMarina Acosta Book Fair
\nCoordinators: <\/strong>INTUR, Camipyme – Granada, Luz Marina Acosta y Fernando L\u00f3pez<\/p>\n

10:30 -11:00 AM<\/strong>
\nOPEN-MIC INAUGURATION<\/strong>
\nLocation: <\/strong>Plaza de los Leones-Book Fair
\nCoordinators: <\/strong>Poets Victor Chavarr\u00eda and Fernando L\u00f3pez
\nInaugurator: Poet Fernando L\u00f3pez<\/strong><\/p>\n

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM<\/strong>
\nPRESENTATION OF BOOKS<\/strong>
\nPlace: <\/strong>Book Fair
\nPresenter: <\/strong>Fernando Lopez
\nCoordinators:<\/strong>Victor Chavarr\u00eda<\/p>\n

4:00 – 5:30 PM<\/strong>
\nEXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS BY GREAT NICARAGUAN ARTISTS<\/strong>
\nPlace: <\/strong>San Francisco Convent (Asilia Guill\u00e9n Room)
\nPresenter: <\/strong>Luis Morales Alonso, Minister-Director of the Nicaraguan Institute of Culture (INC)
\nCoordinators: <\/strong>Salomon Alarcon, Ligia Morales<\/p>\n

4:00 – 6:00 PM<\/strong>
\nLITERARY WORKSHOP TAUGHT BY POET EUGENIA TOLEDO KEYSER (Chile)<\/strong>
\nPlace: <\/strong>Casa de los Leones
\nCoordinators: <\/strong>Fernando L\u00f3pez and Bayardo Mart\u00ednez Saravia<\/p>\n

6:00 – 6:30 PM<\/strong>
\nWELCOME TO POETS<\/strong>
\nWelcoming words: <\/strong>Gioconda Belli
\nLocation: Plaza de los Leones
\nPresenters: <\/strong>Salom\u00f3n Alarc\u00f3n and Fernando Lopez<\/p>\n

7:00 – 9:00 PM<\/strong>
\nPOETRY READING BY EMERGING POETS<\/strong>
\nPlace: <\/strong>Plaza de los Leones
\nPresenter: <\/strong>Bayardo Martinez Saravia
\nCoordinators: <\/strong>Ulises Ju\u00e1rez Polanco and Jimmy Obando and Jos\u00e9 Adiak Montoya<\/p>\n

1st Reading Table:<\/strong>
\nWilliam P\u00e9rez Porras (Costa Rica) Magdalena Camargo (Panam\u00e1), Jose Adiak Montoya
\n(Nicaragua) Eduardo Villalobos (Guatemala) Luis Chac\u00f3n (Costa Rica), Luis Alvarenga, (El
\nSalvador), Juan Sobalvarro (Nicaragua).<\/p>\n

2nd Reading Table:<\/strong>
\nMario Martz D` Le\u00f3n (Nicaragua), Salvador Madrid (Honduras), Madeline Mendieta (Nicaragua),
\nRicardo Mar\u00edn (Costa Rica), Sara Holland-Batt(Australia), Jimmy Obando (Nicaragua).<\/p>\n

3rd Reading Table:<\/strong>
\nMauricio Molina (Costa Rica), Irving Cordero (Nicaragua), Emad Fouad (Egipto), Misael Duarte
\n(Nicaragua), Marianela Corriols (Nicaragua) Luis Diego Mora (Costa Rica)<\/p>\n

9:00 – 10:00 PM<\/strong>
\nBlanca Guardado\u00b4s Tepenahuatl Folk Dance Group<\/strong>
\nPlace: <\/strong>Plaza de los Leones
\nCoordinator and presenter: <\/strong>Salom\u00f3n Alarc\u00f3n<\/p>\n

TUESDAY, 15 FEBRUARY<\/strong>
\n10:00 – 11:30 AM<\/strong>
\nENCOUNTER OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL POETS<\/strong>
\nIntroduction of Board of Directors of the Granada International Festival Foundation and invited
\npoets
\nPresided by: <\/strong>Francisco de As\u00eds Fern\u00e1ndez, President of the Board of Directors of the Festival;
\nPoets Gioconda Belli, Blanca Castell\u00f3n and Nicasio Urbina, Vice-Presidents; Poet Vida Luz
\nMeneses President of the Nicaraguan Center of Writers (CNE); Isolda Hurtado, President of the
\nNicaraguan Association of Writers (ANIDE)
\nPlace: <\/strong>Casa de los Leones
\nPresenter and coordinator: <\/strong>Poet Pedro Xavier Sol\u00eds<\/p>\n

POETRY READING<\/strong>
\nCoordinator: <\/strong>Pedro Xavier Solis<\/p>\n

1st Reading Table:<\/strong>
\nJorge Fondebrider (Argentina), Ninozka Chac\u00f3n (Nicaragua), Eugenia Toledo Keyser (Chile),
\nHebert Sorto ( Honduras), Jos\u00e9 Sosa Castillo (Ecuador), Rafael Vargarruiz (Nicaragua),<\/p>\n

2nd Reading Table:<\/strong>
\nJean Marc Desgent (Canad\u00e1), Marcos Rodr\u00edguez Frese (Puerto Rico), Michelle Najlis (Nicaragua),
\nLisa Mayer (Austria), Luis Rocha (Nicaragua)<\/p>\n

OPEN-MIC POETRY READING<\/strong>
\nPlace: <\/strong>Book and Crafts Fair
\nCoordinators: <\/strong>Poets Victor Chavarr\u00eda and Ra\u00fal Javier Garcia<\/p>\n

3:00 – 6:00 PM<\/strong>
\nTRIBUTE TO POET CLARIBEL ALEGR\u00cdA<\/strong>
\nUnveiling of her sculpture by Austrian sculptor Johannes Kranz<\/strong>
\nPlace: <\/strong>Parque de la Poes\u00eda
\nWords by: <\/strong>Blanca Castell\u00f3n<\/p>\n

READING WOMEN\u00b4S POETRY<\/strong>
\nCoordinators: <\/strong>Blanca Castell\u00f3n and Fernando L\u00f3pez and Horacio Navas.<\/p>\n

1st Reading Table:<\/strong>
\nAna Ilse G\u00f3mez (Nicaragua), Melissa Machado (Uruguay), Milagros Ter\u00e1n (Nicaragua), Lina Zer\u00f3n
\n(M\u00e9xico), Rozalie Hirs (Holanda), Aicha Bassry (Marruecos)<\/p>\n

2nd Reading Table:<\/strong>
\nElena Medel (Espa\u00f1a), Martha Leonor Gonz\u00e1lez (Nicaragua), Sarah Holland Batt (Australia), Suad
\nMarcos (Nicaragua), Maria de los \u00c1ngeles Camacho (Puerto Rico)<\/p>\n

3rd Reading Table:<\/strong>
\nJoyce Batuo Ashuntantang (Camer\u00fan), Vida Luz Meneses (Nicaragua), Tania Claudina Alvarado
\n(Honduras), Alice Theresa Sun Cua (Filipinas), Christian Santos (Nicaragua)<\/p>\n

5:00 \u2013 6:00 PM<\/strong>
\nLITERARY WORKSHOP TAUGHT BY POET EUGENIA TOLEDO KEYSER (Chile)<\/strong>
\nLocation: Casa de los Leones<\/strong>
\nCoordinator: <\/strong>V\u00edctor Chavarr\u00eda<\/p>\n

6:00 – 6:30 PM<\/strong>
\nOFFICIAL INAUGURATION OF GRANADA\u00b4S VII INTERNATIONAL POETRY FESTIVAL IN<\/strong>
\nTRIBUTE TO POET CLARIBEL ALEGR\u00cdA<\/strong>
\nPlace: <\/strong>Plaza de la Independencia
\nPresided by<\/strong>: Mr. Francisco de As\u00eds Fern\u00e1ndez, President of the Festival, poet Claribel Alegr\u00eda,
\nMrs.Mayra Salinas Executive Vicepresident of Tourism, Mrs. Vilma Gloria de la Rocha Co –
\nDirector of the Nicaraguan Institute of Culture, Mr. Eulogio Mej\u00eda, Mayor of the City of Granada,
\nMost Reverend Monsignor George Sol\u00f3rzano, Bishop of the Diocese of Granada, Gioconda Belli,
\nBlanca Castell\u00f3n and Nicasio Urbina, Vice-Presidents of the Festival, and Mr. Dieter Stadler,
\nDirector of Casa de los 3 Mundos.
\nOpening words by the President of the Festival
\nCoordinators: <\/strong>Poets Fernando Lopez, Gloria Gabuardi, Luz Marina Acosta, Bayardo Martinez Saravia, Salom\u00f3n Alarc\u00f3n, Madeline Mendieta.
\nPresenter<\/strong>: Poet Fernando Lopez<\/p>\n

7:00 – 9:00 PM<\/strong>
\nPOETRY READING<\/strong>
\nPlace: <\/strong>Plaza de la Independencia
\nCoordinators: <\/strong>Poets Luz Marina Acosta and Salom\u00f3n Alarc\u00f3n<\/p>\n

1st Reading Table:<\/strong>
\nClaribel Alegria (Nicaragua), Dario Jaramillo (Colombia), Ernesto Cardenal (Nicaragua), Ana
\nRossetti (Espa\u00f1a), Lin Khin Huann (Taiw\u00e1n), Tales Naess (Noruega)<\/p>\n

2nd Reading Table:<\/strong>
\nMutawakel Taha( Palestina), Alex Fleites (Cuba), C.D Wright (Estados Unidos), Margarita Carrera
\n(Guatemala), Sujata Bhatt (India), Hugo Mujica( Argentina)<\/p>\n

9:00 – 10:00 PM<\/strong>
\nMUSIC CONCERT: SINGER LUIS ENRIQUE MEJIA GODOY<\/strong>
\nPlace: <\/strong>Plaza de la Independencia
\nCoordinators: <\/strong>Fernando Lopez, Bayardo Martinez Saravia and Salom\u00f3n Alarc\u00f3n
\nPresenter: <\/strong>Salom\u00f3n Alarc\u00f3n<\/p>\n

10:00 pm -12:00 pm<\/strong>
\nWELCOME COCKTAIL<\/strong>
\nMusic Entretaiment : <\/strong>Grupo Maralej y los Cuatro del Solar<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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