This year, the poetic spring, which coincided with the Festival des migrations, has become independent to grow. The third weekend of April, we will celebrate three days dedicated to poetry: Friday 18, Saturday 19 and Sunday 20. From Friday at 7pm to Sunday at 2pm, a series of recitals will follow, interventions, tributes, declamations, performances and musical interludes around poetry.
This is the full program (abbreviated):
- Friday 18:
- 20h00: Tribute to Jose Ensch, Luxembourgish poet
- 20h30: Reading poems
- Wednesday 19:
- 16h00: Praise of the other: with Ronny Someck and Salman Masalha (texts), i Marwan Abado (music)
- 20h00: Reading poems
- 21h00: Tribute to Zbigniew Herbert, polish poet
- 22h30: Great nit of poetry (recitals and music)
- Wednesday 20:
- 11h00: Tribute to Eugène Guillevic
- 11h30: Reading poems
Friday's activities take place at the Fondation de l'Architecture et de l'Ingénierie, to the number 1, from rue de l’Aciérie. Saturday's, a l’abadia de Neumünster. Finally, the meeting point on sunday is the Centaur Theater, to the number 4 of the Grande Rue. All three days in Luxembourg City. In all three cases, entrance is free (even enriching).
The Catalan Center of Luxembourg has invited the poet for this spring Meritxell Jorba-Cucurella. The verbal sniper (to the photo) will intervene Saturday evening and Sunday noon.
You will find more information (complete list of poets, detailed program, name of collaborators) on the website of the association Spring of Poets.