A propos Poetry: Discussions

Sunday 27th June – Friday 2nd July 2004

Admission: € 5/ € 3
Instituto Cervantes:  Admission € 5/ € 4

Poets inform: the authors of the poesiefestival berlin are engaged in conversation. From the 27th of June to the 2nd of July they will speak with other authors or specially selected discussion partners about the cultural, aesthetic, political and social background of their work, their working environment and their poems: poetry, more exciting than thrillers.

Sunday 27th June 2004, 18.00 hrs
The Poem in the Unknown
Paul Muldoon
Moderation: Hans-Christian Oeser
HAU 2

Monday 28th June 2004, 17.00 hrs
The Poem and War
Ana Paula Tavares
Moderation: Ines Köbel
HAU 2

Monday 28th June 2004, 18.00 hrs
Four Celtic Authors
Moderation: Hans-Christian Oeser
HAU 2

Tuesday 29th June 2004, 17.00 hrs
The Poem in Revolt
Bei Dao, Xiao Kaiyu
Moderation: Wolfgang Kubin
HAU 2

Tuesday 29th June 2004, 18.00 hrs
From Whence the Sounds Come
Fátima Miranda
Moderation: Matthias Osterwold
Instituto Cervantes

Wednesday 30th June 2004, 17.00 hrs
The Poem and The Promised Land
Agi Mishol
Moderation: Rachel Salamander
HAU 2

Wednesday 30th June 2004, 18.00 hrs
The Poem and Freedom
Mahmud Darwish
Moderation: Jörg Plath
HAU 2

Thursday 1st July 2004, 18.00 hrs
Rap Stories
The Last Poets
Moderation: Florian Werner
HAU 2

Friday 2nd July 2004, 18.00 hrs
The Poem in Exile: from the disappearance of the words
Juan Gelman
Moderation: Albrecht Buschmann
Instituto Cervantes

Project direction: Noren Fritsch

Supported by: Instituto Cervantes

With the kind support of: Botschaft der Portugiesischen Republik, Instituto Camoes (Vertretung in Duetschland), Botschaft der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika, Botschaft von Irland, Botschaft des Staates Israel, Jüdische Volkshochschule Berlin