Patras World Poetry Festival

DECEMBER 10th - 13th 2020

We would like to inform you that due to the implementation of a new lockdown in our country and the increase in the number of coronavirus cases, the organizing and scientific committee of the “Jean Moréas International Awards” and the Patras International Poetry Festival postpones the date of the event on December, 10-13 of 2020.

Digital Event

The Patras World Poetry Festival 2020 this year is entitled "National Poets" and plans to host 60 poets from 15 different countries around the world.

This year the festival be held online and virtually, as far as COVID-19 impact affects significantly the implementation of this event.

In the four-day online event there will be 6 meetings lasting up to 3 hours, where the guest poets will be presented with readings in 2 languages, via live connection. The events will be attended by invited representatives of institutions and the jury, while the program will include speeches, presentations, tributes, music, etc.

In addition, the following activities will take place within the schedule of the Festival events:

online Award of the annual Greek Poetry Awards "Jean Moréas" (Saturday December 12th)
Art Exhibition "National Poets" with the participation of 20 Greek artists and 10 artists from different countries (live and digital tour)
Collectible trilingual edition of the poems of the participants, in the first language of each artist, in Greek and English

The 3rd Patras World Poetry Festival 2020 is organized by the Poetry Fountation “Grafeion Poiiseos”, the literary website Culture Book (culturebook.gr) and the multicultural center Epikentro Plus History & Arts, while every year it is under the auspices of the Ministries of Culture and the Ministry of Tourism*. Supporters of the event are the Greek Library of London, the Cultural Center “Kostis Palamas”, the University of Western Macedonia, the Hellenic Open University and many other important institutions, as claimed under the Aegis of the President of the Hellenic Republic.

Awarding of Poetry Awards "Jean Moréas" for the year 2019

This annual event will be held digitally at one session of the PWPF Poetry Event 2020, with a presentation of the award-winning poets and recitations by them. This is the annual event during which the "Jean Moréas" Prizes are awarded for Greek poetic art and Greek poetic production in its entire range. They are recognizable nationwide and concern the poetry collections that were published throughout the previous calendar year from the year of the award. They refer both to young poets and newcomers and to those who are recognized with their poetic work along time.

The event is highly appreciated by the Greek literary and artistic circle of readers. In this year's event, in addition to the institutionalized awards, a very important foreign poet will be honored, who with his/her lifelong work honors the literature outside Greece.The Award Committee is composed of Greek University professors, as well as very important poets and poetry critics who will evaluate the work of the honorees.

Sincerely,

On behalf of the organizing committee.

Kotopoulos H. Triantafyllos, President of the “Patras World Poetry Festival”

Skiathas D. Antonis, President of the Poetry Fountation “Grafeion Poiiseos”

Alaniadi Maria, Event Manager of the “Patras World Poetry Festival”

AGENDA

PWPF 2020 Patras World Poetry Festival

Σάββατο, 05 Δεκεμβρίου 2020

1 Σχόλιo

3^RD Patras World Poetry Festival
10-13/12/2020 on line at https://www.culturebook.gr/
WED19.00 – 21.30
FRI – SAT – SUN 11.30 – 14.00 & 19.00 – 21.30
Greek Time Zone

Thursday 10.12.2020
19:00 - 21:30 EVENT 1 – opening

Poetry Readings: Greek Poets
Round Table: "The therapeutic function of poetry in education"
Αναγνώσεις: Έλληνες Ποιητές
Στρογγυλή Τράπεζα: «H θεραπευτική λειτουργία της ποίησης στην εκπαίδευση»
Moderators : Gina Kalogirou, Triantafyllos H. Kotopoulos, Antonis D. Skiathas
Τζίνα Καλογήρου, Τριαντάφυλλος H. Κωτόπουλος, Aντώνης Δ. Σκιαθάς

Participants: Anna Afentoulidou Άννα Αφεντουλίδου
Christina Grammatikopoulou Χριστίνα Γραμματικοπούλου
Christos Papadopoulos Χρίστος Παπαδόπουλος
Zacharias Katsakos Ζαχαρίας Κατσακός
Dimos Chlopitsioudis ΔήμοςΧλωπτσιούδης
Yiorgos Panagiotidis ΓιώργοςΠαναγιωτίδης
Georgia Velivasaki Γεωργία Βεληβασάκη
Giorgos Georgoulas ΓιώργοςΓεωργούλας
Kalliopi Pasia Καλλιόπη Πασιά

*Τhe poetry readings will also be presented in English language
*The Round table discussion will take place in Greek language
* Η γλώσσα διεξαγωγής της εκδήλωσης θα είναι τα ελληνικά

Friday 11.12.2020
11:30 - 14:00 EVENT 2

Poetry Readings: Greek Poets
Round Table: "Convergences and divergences of generations in the uttermost poetics"
Αναγνώσεις: Έλληνες Ποιητές
Στρογγυλή τράπεζα: «Συγκλίσεις και αποκλίσεις γενιών στην ποιητική του μέγιστου»
Moderators: Angela Kaimaklioti, Yiannis Patilis
Αγγέλα Καϊμακλιώτη, Γιάννης Πατίλης
Participants: Angela Kaimaklioti Αγγέλα Καϊμακλιώτη
Yiannis Patilis Γιάννης Πατίλης
Yiorgos Alisanoglou Γιώργος Αλισάνογλου
Irini Vakalopoulou Ειρήνη Βακαλοπούλου
Charis Melitas Χάρης Μελιτάς
Panagiotis Nanos Παναγιώτης Νάνος
Thanos Gogos Θάνος Γώγος
Yiannis Doukas Γιάννης Δούκας
Lena Kallergi Λένα Καλλέργη
Popi Aroniada Πόπη Αρωνιάδα
Maria Koulouri Μαρία Κουλούρη
Elsa Korneti Έλσα Κορνέτη
Valia Tsaita-Tsilimeni SWITZERLAND
*Τhe poetry readings will also be presented in English language
*The Round table discussion will take place in Greek language
* Η γλώσσα διεξαγωγής της εκδήλωσης θα είναι τα ελληνικά

19:00 - 21:30 EVENT 3

Poetry Readings: Greek Poets
Round Table: "The role and the dynamic of Patras World Poetry Festival"
Αναγνώσεις: Έλληνες Ποιητές
Στρογγυλή τράπεζα: «Ο ρόλος και η δυναμική του Patras World Poetry Festival»

Moderator: Mariarosa Caracausi Μαριαρόζα Καρακάουσι
Participants: Antonis D. Skiathas Αντώνης Δ. Σκιαθάς
Triantafyllos H. KotopoulosΤριαντάφυλλος Η. Κωτόπουλος
Nikos Fotopoulos Νίκος Φωτόπουλος
Yannis Panoussis Γιάννης Πανούσης
Kostas Kremmidas Κώστας Κρεμμύδας
Sotiris Pastakas Σωτήρης Παστάκας
Vaggelis Tasiopoulos Βαγγέλης Τασιόπουλος
Konstantinos Bouras Κώνσταντινος Μπούρας
Dimitris Kosmopoulos Δημήτρης Κοσμόπουλος
Eleni Artemiou - Fotiadou Ελένη Αρτεμίου Φωτιάδου
Nikos Lazaris Νίκος Λάζαρης
*Τhe poetry readings will also be presented in English language
*The Round table discussion will take place in Greek language
* Η γλώσσα διεξαγωγής της εκδήλωσης θα είναι τα ελληνικά

Saturday 12.12.2020
11:30 - 14:00 EVENT 4

Poetry Readings: Poets from Aboard
Round Table: "National poets and the modern function of their works"
Αναγνώσεις: Ποιητές από το εξωτερικό
Στρογγυλή τράπεζα: «Οι εθνικοί ποιητές και η σύγχρονη λειτουργία των έργων τους»
Moderator: Liana Sakelliou GREECE
Participants: Liana Sakelliou GREECE
Enriquez Pedro SPAIN
Juan Carlos Abril SPAIN
Giancarlo Cavallo ITALY
Mattia Tarantino ITALY
Isabella Vincentini ITALY
Piergiorgio Vitι ITALY
Dashamir Malo ALBANIA
Mitko Gogov N.MACEDONIA
Bozena Helena Mazur - Nowak POLAND
Ruxandra Cesereanu ROMANIA
Yllka R. Imeri SERBIA
*Τhe poetry readings will also be presented in English language
*The Round table discussion will take place in English language
* Η γλώσσα διεξαγωγής της εκδήλωσης θα είναι τα αγγλικά

19:00 - 21:30 EVENT 5

"JEAN MOREAS POETRY AWARDS 2020"
«ΤΕΛΕΤΗ ΒΡΑΒΕΙΩΝ ΠΟΙΗΣΗΣ JEAN MOREAS 2020»
*The event will take place in Greek language
* Η γλώσσα διεξαγωγής της εκδήλωσης θα είναι τα ελληνικά

Sunday 13.12.2020
11:30 -14:00 EVENT 6

Poetry Readings: Poets from Greece & Abroad
Round Table: "Poetry in the era of covid-19"
Αναγνώσεις: Ποιητές από την Ελλάδα και το εξωτερικό
Στρογγυλή τράπεζα: «Η ποίηση στην εποχή του covid-19»
Moderator:   Kostas Gouliamos CYPRUS
Participants: Panagiotis Nikolaidis CYPRUS
Yiorgos Christodoulides CYPRUS
Manolis Aligizakis CANADA
Eva Gallud SPAIN
Anne Caldwell UNITED KINGNDOM
Andrew Melrose UNITED KINGNDOM
  Jen Webb AUSTRALIA
  Alexandre Mexis FRANCE
  Debasish Parashar INDIA
  Shakhawat Tipu BANGLADESH
*Τhe poetry readings will also be presented in English language
*The Round table discussion will take place in English language
* Η γλώσσα διεξαγωγής της εκδήλωσης θα είναι τα αγγλικά

19:00 - 21:30EVENT 7

Round Table: "Influences, Intertextuality and Plagiarism"
Στρογγυλή τράπεζα: «Επιρροές, διακειμενικότητα και λογοκλοπή»
Moderator: Christie Kouninioti Κρίστη Κουνινιώτη
Participants: Kostas Koutsourelis Κώστας Κουτσουρέλης
Nikos Lazaris Νίκος Λάζαρης
Giorgos Mplanas Γιώργος Μπλάνας
Elias Malevitis Ηλίας Μαλεβίτης
*The Round table discussion will take place in Greek language
* Η γλώσσα διεξαγωγής της συζήτησης θα είναι τα ελληνικά