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”

Manolis Alygizakis, Canada

PWPF 2020 Patras World Poetry Festival

Τετάρτη, 04 Νοεμβρίου 2020

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Manolis Aligizakis, CANADA

Justification

Response

The Poems

JUSTIFICATION

I strode over
fallen branches
victims of last night's
merciless wind
listened to music in tune
with endless perfection
then the chirp of the bird
raised my head
saw it, a chickadee
on the tree limb

justification
this day
alive that I was

ΔΙΚΑΙΩΣΗ

Δρασκέλισα πάνω
απ' τα πεσμένα κλαδιά
θύματα δυνατού βοριά
νυχτερινού κι ανελέητου
προσoχή μου στη μουσική
αδιάσπαστη ισορροπία
απλότητα κόσμου ζεστού
όταν πουλιού άκουσα κελάηδημα
σήκωσα το κεφάλι
κι είδα μοναχικό
το μαυροπούλι
στου δέντρου το κλαδί

ήταν κι αυτό δικαίωση
τη μέρα τούτη
πως υπήρχα

* * *

RESPONSE

In the wrath of the tempest
I longed for a glimmer of hope
in the heat of July
I seek for the body of a woman
tanned and smooth

and the north wind said

you've got to find your path
in your ancestors footsteps

lean and in reverence
lift the marble
and feel their warmth

and I asked the southwest wind
where is my sunshine

and it said

inside your heart
it hides

ΑΠΟΚΡΙΣΗ

Μέσα στης καταιγίδας
την κοσμοχαλασιά
για μια ρωγμή ελπίδας έψαξα
για ένα καλοκαίρι
και μες στον ήλιο να ποθώ
κορμί γυναίκας
μελαψό και λείο

κι είπε μου ο βοριάς

στα γονικά σου τα σημάδια
θα βρεις το μονοπάτι

σκύψε μ' ευλάβεια
το μάρμαρο κι ανασήκωσε
τη θαλπωρή τους να γευτείς

και ρώτησα τον λίβα
λιακάδα πού θα `βρω

κι είπε

μες την καρδιά σου
κρύβεται

The Poet

Emmanuel Aligizakis, (Manolis) is a Cretan-Canadian poet and author. He's the most prolific writer-poet of the Greek diaspora with over 70 books published in more than a dozen different countries and in eleven different languages. At the age of eleven he transcribed the nearly 500 year old romantic poem Erotokritos, now released in a limited edition of 100 numbered copies and made available for collectors of such rare books at 5,000 dollars Canadian: the most expensive book of its kind to this day. He was recently appointed an honorary instructor and fellow of the International Arts Academy, and awarded a Master's for the Arts in Literature. He is recognized for his ability to convey images and thoughts in a rich and evocative way that tugs at something deep within the reader. He has written three novels and numerous collections of poetry, which are steadily being released as published works. His articles, poems and short stories in both Greek and English have appeared in various magazines and newspapers in 9 countries. His poetry has been translated in 14 languages and has been published in book form or in magazines in various countries. His translation book "George Seferis-Collected Poems" was shortlisted for the Greek National Literary Awards the highest literary recognition of Greece. In September 2017 he was awarded the First Poetry Prize of the Mihai Eminescu International Poetry Festival, in Craiova, Romania.

O Μανώλης Αλυγιζάκης, Κρητικός-Καναδός ποιητής, συγγραφέας και μεταφραστής. Είναι ο πιο πολυγραφέστατος συγγραφέας-ποιητής και μεταφραστής της ελληνικής διασποράς. Γεννήθηκε στο χωριό Κολυμπάρι δυτικά από τα Χανιά της Κρήτης το 1947. Σπούδασε στο Πάντειο Πανεπιστήμιο. Παρακολούθησε αγγλική φιλολογία στο Πανεπιστήμιο Σαϊμον Φρεϊζερ. Έχει γράψει τρία μυθιστορήματα, ένα μεγάλο αριθμό βιβλίων ποίησης και διηγήματα στα αγγλικά και στα ελληνικά που έχουν παρουσιαστεί σε λογοτεχνικά περιοδικά και ανθολογίες ανά τον κόσμο. Η ποίηση του έχει μεταφραστεί σε πολλές γλώσσες.
Η μετάφραση του στα αγγλικά Απάντων Γιώργου Σεφέρη, κατέληξε στις βραχείες λίστες των Ελληνικών Βραβείων Λογοτεχνίας για εκδόσεις του 2012. Το Σεπτέμβριο του 2017 βραβεύθηκε με το Πρώτο Βραβείο Ποίησης στο Διεθνές Φεστιβάλ Μιχαήλ Εμινέσκου, στην Κραϊόβα της Ρουμανίας.

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