7th Costa Rica Poetry
Fest Opens
The seventh
International Poetry
Festival Costa Rica 2008
sessions in San José on
May 16-23, with the
participation of poets
from 14 countries of
America, Europe and
Africa.
The launching of books
by authors as the
outstanding writer,
ethnologist and poet
Cuban Miguel Barnet, and
Iraqi poet Salah Hassan,
awarded with 1992 Poetry
Prize in that nation
invaded and occupied by
US and their allies are
some of the activities
of the festival.
It will also count with
the participation of the
director of the
prestigious Festival of
Medellin Fernando Rendon,
Argentinean Jorge
Bocanera, Nicaraguan
Pedro Xavier Solis and
Egyptian Al-Shahawi,
awarded with UNESCO
Prize of Letters, among
others.
The program includes
recitals in hospitals,
centers for orphans,
jails, public places,
cultural hotels and
institutions, as well as
the carrying out of a
seminary on poetry in
current world. |
