The III International Poetry Meeting in the South, which runs until November 12, in Olhão, is already a partner of the Marrakesh International Poetry Festival, «one of the most important literary events in Morocco».
In practice, this partnership will translate into the joint promotion of poetry from both countries on both continents. For example, the next edition of the Moroccan festival will be dedicated to Portuguese poetry, as announced in Olhão by its director Said Tigraoui.
This partnership was signed at the inaugural session of the festival from Olhão, on the 3rd of November. The poet Fernando Cabrita, commissioner of the initiative, referred, in the opening session, to the qualitative leap that the Festival is seeing in the 2017 edition.
“Poesia a Sul has placed the name of Olhão on the national cultural agenda in just three years, with regard to this type of event,” he said.
In the international projection of the event, this was demonstrated in the signing of the partnership protocol with the Marrakesh International Poetry Festival, «a leap in internationalization that few festivals have taken until today», he said.
The inaugural session also served to present to the public the 2nd edition of Cadernos Poesia a Sul, which brings together unpublished texts by poets from all over the world.
On the occasion, António Pina, mayor of Olhão, also welcomed all the participants, who had come from all over the world, reinforcing the importance of the role of local authorities «in promoting this type of cultural events, which they put forward. forward the poet and the population».
Poesia a Sul, an initiative of the municipality of Olhão, curated by the poet Fernando Cabrita, enters its 3rd edition with a more international nature, with the presence of guests from Morocco, Cuba, Spain, Brazil, Dominican Republic, France, Ireland, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Holland, Vietnam, Turkey, Argentina, Chile, Venezuela and, of course, Portugal.
Program for the coming days:
Tuesday, November 7th:
All morning – Dr. João Lúcio Schools
– Poets and poems of the world
18:00 – South, Sol e Sal Gallery
– Talking: the poetry of Rafael Cadenas, by ZaKarias Zafra
22:00 – South, Sol e Sal Gallery
– Talking: Nova Águia and Portuguese poetry, by Maria Luísa Francisco
23:00 – South, Sol e Sal Gallery
– Readings by Inma Luna, Cláudia Sofia Sousa, Fernando Cabrita, Daniel
Montoly, Jack Grady and Sevgui Vural
01:00 – Catita & Cª
– Readings: Twenty minutes of poetry, four poets
Wednesday, November 8th:
All morning – Dr. Francisco Fernandes Lopes School
– Poets and poems of the world
All morning – Lar do Brejo
– Poets and poems of the world
18:00 – South, Sol e Sal Gallery
– Presentation of books by Zakarias Zafra, Yolanda Duque Vidal and Pedro Jubilot
19:15 – South, Sol e Sal Gallery
– Presentation of books and poems: “Estación termino”, by José Luis Nacher, and “Yo soy de derechas”, by Eladio Orta
21:30 pm – Sociedade Recreativa Progresso Olhanense
– Cinema and poetry, by Clube de Cinema de Olhão
00:00 – Catita & Cª
– Readings
Thursday, November 9th:
All morning – António José Eusébio School
– Poets and poems of the world
11:30 am – House of the People of Moncarapacho
– 10 poets of the world
18:00 – South, Sol e Sal Gallery
– Presentation of the poetry of Carmen Vargas and Daniel Montoly
19:00 – South, Sol e Sal Gallery
– Presentation of the magazine “Dos Orillas”, by Paloma Fernandez Gomá, José Sarria, Abdellatif Limami and Aziz Tazi
23:00 – Pier Club
– Poetry and music: Aziz Tazi, José Sarria, Paloma Fernandez Gomá, Alicia Aza, Daniel Montoly, Maria Dolores Guadarrama, Yolanda Duque Vidal, Silvya Tocco and Sevgi Vural; violin by Mý Huê Mcgowran
Friday, November 10th:
All morning – Paula Nogueira and Carlos da Maia Schools
– Poets and poems of the world
17:00 – Cantaloupe
– Presentation of the anthology “Humanismo Solidario”, by José Sarria and Alicia Aza
17:45 – Cantaloupe
– Presentation of CAL magazine, by João Miguel Pereira
18:45 – Cantaloupe
– Presentation of recent works by Canal Sonora, Pedro Jubilot
21:30 pm – Markets
– Poetry and piano by Fernando Pessanha; readings by Cláudio Guimarães dos Santos, Fernando Cabrita, Daniel Montoly, Segvi Vural, Maria Dolores Guadarrama, Marta Emanuelli and Mario Antonio Rosa
Saturday, November 11th:
11:00 – South, Sol e Sal Gallery
– Presentation of the book “En los pliegues del olvido”, by Ignacio Vázquez Molini and presentation of the poetry of José Carlos Barros
12:15 – South, Sol e Sal Gallery
– The poetry of Mario Rodriguez and François Luis-Blanc
15:30 – South, Sol e Sal Gallery
– Talking about TS Elliot and the “Land without life”, by Fernando Cabrita
16:00 – South, Sol e Sal Gallery
– Presentation of “Existence”, by Gastão Cruz
17:15 – South, Sol e Sal Gallery
Presentation of “The myth of Europe”, by Nuno Júdice
18:45 – South, Sol e Sal Gallery
– To the conversation about “Pessoa e the Spanish reader”, by Manuel Moya
22:00 – Municipal Auditorium
“Homónima Poetry”: show with Júlio Resende (Portugal) and Júlio Machado Vaz
Sunday, November 12th:
10:30 am – Caique Bom Sucesso
– Tour through the Ria Formosa
13h
– Lunch in honor of Florbela Espanca and poetic toast to Rafael Vargas
15:30 pm – Cantaloupe/Cais Club
– Poetry overlooking the sea; music with In Tento Trio
17:30 – Catita & Cª
– Hip hop and rap with Picaözz
19:30 – Catita & Cª
– Final meeting with the poets
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