There are verses all over the municipality of Olhão these days. The IV International Meeting Poesia a Sul is invading, until next Sunday, 28 October, «various spaces, some quite improbable» in the city, as highlighted by Anabela Afonso, commissioner of the cultural program 365 Algarve, at the opening session.
South Poetry started on Friday and it goes on until next Sunday, the 28th. Several high points have already taken place, such as the tribute to João Lúcio, whose centenary of his death the Câmara de Olhão is celebrating, and the lecture by Teresa Rita Lopes on the «Livro of Disquiet”.
At the inauguration of this IV International Poetry Meeting in the South, which took place next to the statue of the poet from Olhão, João Lúcio and the Associação Cultural Re-Criativa República 14, the mayor António Miguel Pina highlighted the “leappoint” that this event has already achieved in terms of of public and referred to the «decentralization of the event to various locations in the municipality, Algarve and Spain».
The regional director of Culture Alexandra Gonçalves praised the organization of Poesia a Sul, a municipal initiative whose commissioner is the poet Fernando Cabrita, stressing that «they have done a brilliant job» and that «there is more and more public sharing the taste for poetry ».
For her part, Anabela Afonso referred to Olhão as an “intercultural” place. Poesia a Sul is supported by 365Algarve and is living proof that «the Algarve outside the high season can be attractive», as highlighted by Anabela Afonso at the inaugural session.
And so Olhão puts it «in the itinerary of cultural activities at national and international level», according to Fernando Cabrita, one of the mentors of this large-scale cultural initiative.
With the participation of poets from dozens of countries, who for 10 days make Olhão their home, Poesia a Sul received this weekend Teresa Rita Lopes, who spoke on the «Livro do Desassossego» (the book of Fernando's life). Pessoa), in front of a full house at the Municipal Museum of Olhão – Compromisso Marítimo Building.
«It is Pessoa's best-selling book and translated in over 100 countries», revealed the researcher, making known the poet's semi-heteronyms that appear in this emblematic work, as well as some of Pessoa's own characteristics, many of them unknown to the public.
Fernando Pessoa was evoked again on Saturday, this time at the Municipal Auditorium, where Spanish actor Iker Ortiz De Zarate presented «Buenas Noches Sosiego», a play based on a montage with texts by the Portuguese poet, thinker and philosopher, including the «Livro of Disquiet”.
Another of the highlights of the first days of the 2018 edition of Poesia a Sul was the tribute to the poet of Olhanese origin and universal dimension, João Lúcio, whose centenary of death is marked on the 27th.
At Associação Cultural Re-Criativa República 14, Fernando Cabrita evoked his life and work, addressing its various dimensions: writer, metaphysical poet, thinker and introducer of modernism as a literary trend in Portugal.
Tomorrow, October 23, it is the students from Olho who will get to know some of the poets participating in this edition of Poesia a Sul, through the Poesia nas Escolas initiative.
There will also be poetry at Quelfes Parish Council, which continues into the night at the Catita & Companhia bar.
The entire program can be consulted by clicking here.
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