2015 International Poetry Festival of Granada announced

Redaccion ViaNica | Nov 10, 2014

The date is set for the 11th edition of International Poetry Festival of Granada: the third week of February, the days between Sunday 15th and 22nd of the month. The event will pay tribute to the poet, playwright and artist Enrique Fernandez Morales Granada (1918-1982), and with participation of at least 115 poets from all continents. These and more details were officially announced by the organizing committee.

As in every year, the guests list includes highly recognized names in the literary world and in their areas of influence around the world. The 2015 festival will feature authors like Claudia Emerson (USA), Luis Eduardo Aute (Spain), Enrique Noriega (Guatemala), Dorta Jagic (Croatia), and an extensive list.

Organized activities, similar to those of previous years, include:

• Open poetry recitals in public squares.
• Concerts in 14 municipalities near Granada.
• Roundtables for honoree poet.
• Book Fair.
• Crafts Fair.
• Poetic identity carnival, with folk dances and recitals.
• Musical concerts.

The conference announced as new features: a new honorary president of the festival, Mr. Joseph Adam Aguerri, president of the Superior Council of Private Enterprise (COSEP); posthumous tribute to the Costa Rican poet Eunice Odio (1922-1974).

More interesting information about the festival 2015 will be released closer to the date of commencement of this celebration.

Below, the full list of confirmed poets provided by the organizing committee:

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Poets Guest List
Confirmed 115 poets From 57 countries

NORTH AMERICA

Canada
Gaston Bellemare

United States
Claudia Emerson (PREMIO Pulitzer)
Richard Blanco (POETA Laureado De Estados Unidos)
Campbell Mcgrath (PREMIO Kingsley Tufts)
Jessica Helen López (POETA Laureado)
Ilya Kaminsky

Mexico
Marco Antonio Campos (Nezahualcóyotl Award from Mexico)
Oscar Oliva (Oscar Oliva, Mexico National Poetry Award)
Jorge H. Chávez

SOUTH AMERICA

Argentina
Jorge Ariel Madrazo
Natalia Litvinova

Brazil
Cristiane Grando
Ignacio José Vieira De Melo

Bolivia
Norah Zapata-Prill

Chile
Jesús Sepúlveda (1967)
Alfonso Freire

Colombia
Giovanny Gómez (1979)

Ecuador
Xavier Oquendo
Julia Erazo (1972)

Paraguay
Susy Delgado

Peru
Naysha Flores
Eduardo Chirinos

Uruguay
Hebert Benítez Pezzolano

Venezuela
William Osuna

CARIBBEAN

Cuba
Victor Rodríguez Núñez
Agustín Labrada

Haiti
Robert Berrouet Oriol
Claude Pierre

Dominican Republic
Félix León Batista
María Palitachi
Rafael Hilario Medina

EUROPE

Germany
George Holländer

Belgium
Hilde Pinno

Croatia
Dorta Jagic:

Scotland
Alexander Hutchinson

Slovakia
Ján Gavura

Slovenia
Alenka Jovanovski
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Spain
Luis Eduardo Aute (Famoso Poeta Y Cantautor Español)
Juan Carlos Abril
Elsa López
María Ángeles Pérez López
Miguel Albero Suárez

Estonia
Maarja Kangro

Finland
Johanna Venho

France
Aurélia Lassaque

Holland
Tsead Bruinja

Irelanda
Dylan Brennan

Italy
Martha Camfield
Claudio Pozzani

Macedonia
Bogomil Gjuzel

Malta
Immanuel Mifsud

Norway
Tales Naess

Russia
Angelina Polonskaya

Sweden
Bengt Berg

ASIA

Jordan
Khaldoun Abdullatee

India
Sudeep Sen

Israel
Uri Hollander

China
Bei Ta
Duo Duo
Jidi Majia

Taiwan
Lo Chi-Cheng

Turkey
Tugrul Tanyol

Philippines
Luis Francia

Nepal
Yuyutsu Rd

AFRICA

Morocco
Nassima Raoui

OCEANIA

Australia
Les Wicks

New Zealand
Tusiata Avia
Doc Drumheller

CENTRAL AMERICA

Costa Rica
Julieta Dobles
Rodolfo Dada
José María Zonta
Alfonso Chase
Alfredo Ulloa

El Salvador
Alfonso Fajardo
Susana Reyes
Eleazar Rivera
Néstor Martínez

Guatemala
Alejandra Solorzano
Luis Eduardo Rivera
Enrique Noriega
Miroslava Rosales

Honduras
Néstor Ulloa
Gustavo Campos
Rolando Kattan

Panama
Eyrá Harbar
Héctor Collado
Gorka Lasa

Nicaragua
Over 30 poets participating.