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SPE 2004 - Provisional Programme

Wednesday, 25. 08. 2004

Arrival of the participants during the day.
11:00 Symposium: * "The Home / the Threshold" (First session). ("Pink Hall," Hotel "Drim").
16:00 Symposium: "The Home / the Threshold" (Second session). ("Pink Hall," Hotel "Drim").
19:00 Outing to the village of Vevchani (4 km away from Struga);
* Note : Written papers to be submitted by the end of June.

Thursday, 26.08.2004

Arrival of the participants during the day.
10:00 Planting a tree by the poet-laureate, the Portuguese poet Mr. Vasco Graca Moura, in the "Park of Poetry" and reading.
12:00 Press conference with the poet laureates: Mr. Vasco Graca Moura and Angelo V. Suarez ("Piano Bar," Hotel "Drim").
13:00 Cocktail in honour of the participants given by the Mayor of Struga and/or the Festival Board.
19:00 Reception by the Prime Minister of Republic of Macedonia for all the participants and guests of honour .
20:30 Official opening of the SPE - 2004 in front of the "House of Poetry".
Exhibition of books by the SPE participants in the hall of the "House of Poetry".
21:00 "Meridians" - International poetry reading in the "House of Poetry".

Friday, 27.08.2004

11:00 Meeting of the participants with the poet laureates. ("Pink Hall," Hotel "Drim")
12:00 Cocktail in honour of the poet-laureate Mr. Vasco Graca Moura given by the Portuguese Embassy.
16:30 Presentation of the anthology of the young poets-nominees for the "Struga Bridges" award (Brothers Miladinov's House).
17:30 Presentation of the selection of Macedonian poetry on the theme The House/the Threshold, and reading (Brothers Miladinov's House).
20:00 Presentation of the "Pleiades" poetry edition and reading by the seven foreign poets published in it (Head of the Drim River).
22:00 An evening of contemporary Dutch poetry (Head of the Drim River).
24:00 "Night Without Punctuation", presentation of the pocket anthology of Macedonian rock-en-roll poetry and music, followed by informal poetry reading (young poets preferably).

Saturday, 28.08.2004

10:30 Outing to the fishermen village of Radozhda and visit to a cave church. (10 km away from Struga)
12:00 Poetry "Matinee", international poetry reading at the courtyard of the Monastery of Our Lady at Kalishta. (3 km away from Struga)
14:00 Meeting with the Minister of Culture of R. Macedonia and cocktail in the nearby hotel.
16:00 - 18:30 Sightseeing of the old city of Ohrid. (12 km away from Struga).
19:00 Presentation of the "Brothers Miladinov Award" to the best Macedonian poetry book between two festivals and reading in the "Brothers Miladinov House"
21:00 "Poetic Portrait" of the poet laureate, Mr. Vasco Graca Moura (Cathedral Church of St. Sophia, Ohrid)
24:00 "Night Without Punctuation", two poetic portraits: Hedi Bouraoui and Murat Isaku followed by an informal poetry reading and music (young poets preferably).

Sunday, 29.08.2004

10:00 Outing to the Monastery of St. Nahum (34 km away from Struga by boat).
11:00 Departure to St. Nahum by bus.
13:00 - 15:00 Picnic at the springs of the Drim River. - Presentation of the "Wine Poem Award".
16:00 Return to Struga by boat. 17:00 Return to Struga by bus.
21:00 "Bridges", international poetry reading on the bridge of the Drim River (next to the hotel). - Presentation of the "Golden Wreath Award" to the poet laureate, Mr. Vasco Graca Moura, and the "Struga Bridges Award" to Mr. Angelo V. Suarez.

Monday, 30.08.2004

10:00 Departure of the participants to Skopje (and the airport) by buses.
21:00 International poetry reading in the City Museum (Old Railway Station of Skopje) OR (Platform on the Matka Lake).




Mahmoud Darwish
(Palestine)
Golden Wreath Award Winner 2007

Biography of
Mahmoud Darwish


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SPE 2007


Mahmoud Darwish
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