Poetry is another word for freedom, says Cărtărescu on winning FIL Prize

Mariana Gonzalez-Marquez Guadalajara (Mexico), 5 Sep. Poetry is a word to name freedom and understanding, especially in the current times of pandemic and unjust wars, Romanian poet Mircea Cărtărescu said this Monday after revealing the ruling of the 2022 FIL Prize for Literature in Romance Languages ​​in Mexico. . “We need poetry a lot not … Read more

Monday poetry: today, “the stubborn road of tears” by Claude Favre

Every week, a look at the poetic news. Today, the disarming and uncompromising poetry of “Those who go through strange lands the strange begging adventures”, the new collection by Claude Favre. “Ripped off the map. But the real names are not on the card. With its “words of hearts cut with a knife”, French poet … Read more

The World Academy of Poetry protagonist at the Maffeiano

The evening proposed by the World Academy of Poetry at the Maffeiano Lapidary Museum in Verona was a great success with the public. The event of poetry, music and dance composed of the Catullo Prize and the recital “Ecology and the celebration of nature in the different poetic traditions of the world” saw the participation … Read more