The XXIX International Poetry Festival of Bogotá has more than 60 national and international guests. The programming runs until May 15 and the events will be broadcast on Facebook.
The organization of the International Poetry Festival of Bogotá is carried out every year in a joint effort between the Chamber of the Book and the International Book Fair of Bogotá, however, this year the Filbo was postponed to September. Discussions, book presentations, music, recitals, tributes and workshops are part of the program of this festival.
Among the Colombian writers invited to the festival are Luz Mary Giraldo, Evelio José Rosero, Hellman Pardo, John J. Junieles, Lauren Mendinueta, Fernando Linero Montes, Catalina González, Jotamario Arbeláez and Fátima Vélez, among others.
The poet honored in this edition will be Robinson Quintero Ossa, from Caramanta Colombia, poet, researcher and cultural journalist.
In the edition of this festival, the musician Daniel Correa will accompany the six days of the program. In addition, the guest country is Argentina, so the event will also feature the participation of writers such as Héctor Berenguer, Valeria Cervero, Laura Yasan, Osvaldo Picardo, Leopoldo Teuco Castilla, Laura López Morales, Raúl Emilio Acosta, Carlos Vitale, Carlos Aldazábal and Mariana Suozzo.
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For the XXIX International Poetry Festival of Bogotá, sixty national and international guests will be presenting. They include the Italian Zingonia Zingone, the Spanish Guillermo Molina Morales, recently, the Margarita Hierro International Poetry Prize, the Catalan Mireia Calafell, the Nicaraguan Carlos Calero, the Venezuelan Álex Fleites, the Cuban Jamila Medina, the Brazilian Alexandra Maia, among other guests Latin Americans and Europeans.
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Girl whose skirt is lifted by the wind
Turns flushed in its whirlwind
dance in a cloud of rapture
helpless in the gale:
pink you are
suddenly open in the middle of the street.
Robinson Quintero Bones
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