TRANSPOESIE 2021: TO BE IN THE (K)NOW
  • 15/09/2021

TRANSPOESIE 2021: TO BE IN THE (K)NOW”

After a year in social isolation, the TRANSPOESIE festival is emerging once more for its 11th edition in September and October with 27 new poets and a fresh new theme!

To be in the (k)now – poetry as a means of social expression explores poetry in the contemporary and post-pandemic present, sharing words from around the world in the heart of Europe. The TRANSPOESIE online and offline events will contribute to raising awareness of the diversity of languages by providing a visible platform for their poetic expression.

From 23 September to 21 October in Brussels and online @Transpoesie and at www.transpoesie.eu.

This year's edition of the TRANSPOESIE international poetry festival will take form in hybrid events, including our traditional readings and panels, where you can meet the poets in person, as well as giving the public space a poetical touch.

The TRANSPOESIE poetry festival is organised for the 11th consecutive year by EUNIC Brussels, the European Union National Institutes for Culture based in the Belgian capital and its partners.

The festival celebrates multilingualism by bringing poetry in dozens of languages to Brussels. It marks the annual European Day of Languages and Linguistic Diversity on 26 September by organising a series of events in September and October:

Please note that there is limited seating and hygienic measurements for public safety will be in place. Pre-registration to the live events is required. 

For more information click on the events and follow us on social media: @Transpoesie

  • Orfeu - Livraria Portuguesa
  • Permanent Representation of the Republic of Slovenia to the European Union
  • Lithuanian Culture Institute
  • Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union
  • Austrian Cultural Forum
  • Etxepare Euskal Institutua
  • Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity
  • Leeuwarden Europan Capital of Culture 2018
  • Vlaams-Nederlands Huis deBuren
  • Istituto Italiano di Cultura
  • Embassy of Ireland
  • MuntPunt
  • Mission of the Faroes to the EU
  • Embassy of the Republic of Estonia in Belgium
  • Polish Institute - Cultural Service of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Brussels
  • Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the EU
  • Greenlandic Writers Association
  • Danish Cultural Institute
  • Embassy of the Republic of Latvia to the Kingdom of Belgium
  • Embassy of Sweden
  • Commission européenne
  • Hungarian Cultural Institute Brussels
  • Permanent Representation of the Republic of Estonia to the European Union
  • Scottish Government EU Office
  • Ville de Bruxelles
  • Romanian Cultural Institute in Brussels
  • Instituto Cervantes Brussels
  • Greenland Representation to the European Union
  • LUCA School of Arts
  • LOFT 58
  • Swedish Institute
  • Ambassade du Luxembourg à Bruxelles
  • Embassy of Andorra
  • Czech Centre Brussels
  • It Skriuwersboun
  • Yunus Emre Institute
  • Spain Arts and Culture - Cultural and Scientific Service of the Embassy of Spain in Belgium
  • Camões Instituto de Cooperação e Língua Portugal