The TRANSPOESIE poetry festival is organised for the eight consecutive year by EUNIC Brussels, the European Union National Institutes for Culture based in the Belgian capital. This year it officially begins on 26 September, marking the European Day of Languages .
In 2018, a few countries have joined together to offer the population of Brussels and Europe a selection of poems in their original languages, with translations in French, English and Dutch.
Discover European cultural and linguistic diversity at three special TRANSPOESIE poetry reading events and a conference:
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LIFE IS POETRY
ALZIATI ALZIATI | BALODE BALODE | BORDA BORDA | BÖRJEL BÖRJEL | BOUQUET BOUQUET | DAŃCZYSZYN DAŃCZYSZYN | FENKART FENKART | FERENČUHOVÁ FERENČUHOVÁ | GHYSSAERT GHYSSAERT | KAMPMANN KAMPMANN | KIVISILLA KIVISILLA | MĂLAICU-HONDRARI MĂLAICU-HONDRARI | MARTINS MARTINS | MIHAYLOVA MIHAYLOVA | MIHAYLOVA MIHAYLOVA | NECHIT NECHIT | NORÐDAHL NORÐDAHL | OOSTERHOFF OOSTERHOFF | SEGLEM SEGLEM | SEMOLIČ SEMOLIČ | SOMECK SOMECK | VARRÓ VARRÓ | VIELLE VIELLE | YAŞIN YAŞINThe TRANSPOESIE project was launched in Brussels in the autumn of 2011
for the European Day of Languages, celebrated throughout Europe every year on the 26th of September.
Inspired by the successful and long-standing Poems on the Underground in London and Wiersze w Metrze in Warsaw, as well as similar projects run in various capital cities all over the world such as Paris, New York and Montreal, EUNIC Brussels brings European poetry in its original languages into the Brussels public space. Over the past 4 years, 100 European poets have presented their poems in the framework of the project. The public of Brussels gets a chance to discover the great variety of languages and literary talent in Europe, enriching their daily routines with a unique and creative experience.
The goal of the past four editions was to put poetry into the Brussels public space, in the tramways, the metro trains, the busses. This year we are focusing on the quality of the poetry events and the launch of a brand-new website.
Our various partners during the past editions were: Brussels International House of Literature Passa Porta, Center for Fine Arts BOZAR, the City of Brussels, the European delegation in Brussels, the Galerie Anspach, Loterie Nationale, STIB/MIVB and Actissia.
The poets presented in Brussels: Monica AASPRONG (2014) | Alev ADIL (2014) | Cristina ALZIATI (2015) | Ursula ANDKJÆR OLSEN (2013) | Ostups ARTIS (2012) | Özdemir ASAF (2013) | Bernardo ATXAGA (2016) | Emily BALLOU (2011) | Ingmāra BALODE (2015) | Stéphane BATAILLON (2012) | Faraj BAYRAKDAR (2016) | Maya BEJERANO (2013) | Julia BIRD (2012) | Itxaro BORDA (2015) | Ida BORJEL (2015) | Stephane BOUQUET (2015) | Marlena BRAESTER (2016) | Harkaitz CANO (2017) | Branko ČEGEC (2013) | Gillian CLARKE (2014) | Francis COMBE (2013) | Rui CÓIAS (2014) | Aleksandra DAŃCZYSZYN (2015) | Serge DELAIVE (2014) | Kristin DIMITROVA (2014) | Lidija DIMKOVSKA (2016) | Ricardo DOMENECK (2016) | Vladimir ĐURISIC (2017) | Athena FARROKHZAD (2014) | Lydia FENKART (2015) | Mária FERENČUHOVÁ (2015) | Pierre FOURNY (2014) | Erich FRIED (2011) | Zuzana FUKSOVÁ (2017) | Vasile GÂRNEŢ (2014) | Vasco GATO (2011) | Peter GHYSSAERT (2015) | Vasco GRAÇA MOURA (2012) | Wioletta GREG (2016) | Hagit GROSSMAN (2014) | Mariangela GUALTIERI (2014) | Maja HADERLAP (2012) | Yasmin HAFEDH (2013) | Inger HAGERUP (2012) | Martina HEFTER (2014) | Elena HIDVÉGHYOVÁ-YUNG (2011) | Marin HONDRARI (2015) | Petr HRUŠKA (2014) | Laura IANCU (2014) | Clara JANÉS (2011) | Carl Jóhan JENSEN (2013) | Jan JÍLEK (2012) | Antanas A. JONYNAS (2011) | Nuno JUDICE (2017) | Rudolf JUROLEK (2014) | Sissal KAMPMANN (2015) | Maarja KANGRO (2017) | Jaan KAPLINSKI (2011) | Constantine P. KAVAFIS (2012) | Frank KEIZER (2013) | Eeva KILPI (2012) | Veronika KIVISILLA (2015) | Anatol KNOTEK (2014) | Claudiu KOMARTIN (2011) | Gueorgui KONSTANTINOV (2012) | Szczepan KOPYT (2013) | Barbara KORUN (2014) | Onno KOSTERS (2012) | Elyesa KOYTAK (2016) | Ryszard KRYNICKI (2011) | Asko KÜNNAP (2013) | Irene LA SEN (2014) | Abdelatif LAABI (2017) | Jacques LACARRIERE (2011) | János LACKFI (2012) | Boiko LAMBOVSKI (2013) | Martin LARSEN (2014) | Erik LINDER (2014) | Radek MALÝ (2011) | Lieke MARSMAN (2011) | Marcelijus MARTINAITIS (2012) | Albano MARTINS (2015) | Simon MÁRTON (2013) | Mieze MEDUSA (2017) | Ceylan MEVLÜT (2012) | Immanuel MIFSUD (2011) | Luna MIGUEL (2012) | Aksinia MIHAYLOVA (2015) | Nils Christian MOE REPSTAD (2013) | Sinéad MORRISSEY (2011) | Fiston Mwanza MUJILA (2016) | Ion MUREŞAN (2013) | Adám NÁDASDY (2011) | Giuseppe NAPOLITANO (2013) | Irina NECHIT (2015) | Carl NORAC (2011) | Eiríkur Örn NORÐDAHL (2015) | Fatih OKUMUŞ (2017) | Tonnus OOSTERHOFF (2015) | Sigurður PáLSSON (2014) | Eftychia PANAYIOTOU (2012) | Giovanni PASCOLI (2012) | Chus PATO (2017) | Anne PENDERS (2013) | Katja PERAT (2013) | Eric PIETTE (2012) | Dana PODRACKÁ (2013) | Marko POGAČAR (2014) | Tóroddur POULSEN (2014) | Marts PUJĀTS (2014) | Jonas RASMUSSEN (2017) | Oddfríður Marni RASMUSSEN (2017) | Jorge RIECHMANN (2013) | Birk ROHELEND (2014) | Jürgen ROOSTE (2012) | Andra ROTARU (2017) | Tomasz RÓŻYCKI (2014) | Jacob SAM-LA ROSE (2013) | Xóchil A. SCHÜTZ (2012) | Georges SÉFÉRIS (2014) | Karl SEGLEM (2015) | Leta SEMANEDI (2014) | Peter SEMOLIČ (2015) | Krzysztof SIWCZYK (2017) | Rony SOMECK (2015) | Piotr SOMMER (2012) | Morten SØNDERGAARD (2011) | Aleš ŠTEGER (2012) | Lucija STUPICA (2011) | Anni SUMARI (2011) | Søren Ulrik THOMSEN (2012) | José TOLENTINO MENDONÇA (2013) | Indrė VALANTINAITĖ (2014) | Radu VANCU (2012) | Dániel VARRÓ (2015) | Petr VÁŠA (2013) | Peter VERHELST (2017) | Laurence VIELLE (2015) | Arvis VIGULS (2011) | Jochen WINTER (2013) | Mehmet YAŞIN (2015) | Agnė ZAGRAKALYTĖ (2013) | Melinda and Malin (2017)
EUNIC Members taking part in the project :
- Permanent Representation of the Republic of Estonia to the European Union
- Balassi Institute - Cultural Service of the Embassy of Hungary in Brussels
- Istituto Italiano di Cultura
- Embassy of the Republic of Latvia to the Kingdom of Belgium
- Embassy of Luxembourg in Brussels
- Polish Institute - Cultural Service of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Brussels
- Camões - Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua
- Romanian Cultural Institute in Brussels
- Permanent Representation of the Republic of Slovenia to the European Union
- Spain Arts and Culture - Cultural and Scientific Service of the Embassy of Spain in Belgium
- Vlaams-Nederlands Huis deBuren
EUNIC Associate Members taking part in the project :
- Mission of the Faroes to the EU
And :
- Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union
- Embassy of the Republic of Estonia in Belgium
- Embassy of Georgia to the Kingdom of Belgium
- Greenland Representation to the European Union
- Greenlandic Writers Association
- Embassy of Israel in Belgium and Luxembourg
- Leeuwarden Europan Capital of Culture 2018
- MuntPunt
- Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity
- Scottish Government EU Office
- European Commission - Representation of the Commission in Belgium
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After having moved the city for two weeks to the lively beat of poetry, Transpoesie 2018 reaches a new station. The Balassi Institute, long-time partner of the festival, opens its doors to the third poetry-reading event of 2018.
TRANSPOESIE and MuntPunt have joined forces for the second consecutive year to present to you a great selection of literary talents from across Europe.
Be part of the celebration of diversity of European languages at a unique poetry reading event, with eight poets from different European countries reading in their own languages. Translations of the poems will be projected simultaneously.
We are glad to announce that 24 countries and regions will be represented with a poem this year and 21 poets will attend the festival!
So save the date! Four major events are scheduled: