Some 40 poets from 11 Latin America and European nations are expected to participate, including the Dominican Republic <\/p>\n
Santo Domingo, November 7, 2018 \u2013 The Ministry of Culture announced that the Dominican Republic will be the host of the 5th International Santo Domingo Poetry Festival 2018. This year the Festival will be dedicated to Tom\u00e1s Hern\u00e1ndez Franco, one of the country\u2019s most distinguished poet, narrator, journalist and essayist.<\/p>\n
The poetic activity is scheduled to be held from November 19-25 in different venues throughout the country, specifically in the capital city of Santo Domingo, as well as in Santiago \u2013 the country\u2019s second largest city \u2013 the southwest province of Azua and the eastern region province of San Pedro de Macor\u00eds.<\/p>\n
Festival organizers announced that some 40 poets from 11 nations, including Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Cuba, Italia, Spain, Haiti, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and the Dominican Republic, have confirmed their participation.<\/p>\n
Renowned international poets, such as Valerio Magrelli (Italy), Homero Aridjis (Mexico), and Andr\u00e9s S\u00e1nchez Robayna (Spain) – as well as Myriam Moscona (Mexico), Luis Alberto Crespo (Venezuela), Mara Pastor (Puerto Rico), Juan Manuel Roca (Colombia), Isella Carrera Lamadrid (Peru) and Mercedes Roff\u00e9 (Argentina) \u2013 will also participate. <\/p>\n
Participants from Haiti have also confirmed their participation, including Gahston Saint-Fleur and Samuel Gregoire. The latter currently resides in the Dominican Republic. Alberto Garrido will represent Cuba and Marianela Medrano will proudly represent Dominican poets from the diaspora.<\/p>\n
The Dominican counterparts will be represented by various generations of poets. This year, however, organizers have coordinated the participation of all Dominican poets who have received the National Literature Award, such as Mateo Morrison, Jeanette Miller, Jos\u00e9 M\u00e1rmol, Tony Raful and \u00c1ngela Hern\u00e1ndez.<\/p>\n
The Festival agenda will include poetry readings in various cultural centers, libraries, universities, public venues and schools. There will also be special poetry recitals, workshops, conferences, television appearances, musical events, as well as the launching of books and book-signing ceremonies.<\/p>\n
The 2018 Festival is sponsored by the following institutions: the Mayor\u2019s Office of San Pedro de Macor\u00eds and Santiago, \u201cCasa Qui\u00e9n,\u201d and CERTV, the country\u2019s State-owned television station. Also, the Spanish and Italian Embassies, the National Library Pedro Henr\u00edquez Ure\u00f1a, the Dominican Republic\u2019s Children and Young Adults Library, the Ministry of Education, the TV program \u201cCita Cultural,\u201d the local private school \u201cColegio Babeque Secundaria,\u201d \u201cCasa de Arte,\u201d and the \u201cFestival de Arte Vivo en Santiago.\u201d Also, the Iberoamericana University (UNIBE), one of the country\u2019s top universities.<\/p>\n
The members of the organizing committee are the Minister of Culture, Eduardo Selm\u00e1n, president; the Vice Minister of Creativity and Popular Participation, Cayo Claudio Espinal, and Le\u00f3n F\u00e9lix Batista, Festival director.<\/p>\n
In Honor of Tom\u00e1s Hern\u00e1ndez Franco
\nThe 5th International Festival is dedicated to Tom\u00e1s Hern\u00e1ndez Franco (1904-1952), Dominican poet and essayist. Born in the north coast town of Tamboril, he dedicated most of his life to literature. His best known work is Yelid\u00e1, a great epic poem. In San Salvador he published the following poetry books: Apuntes sobre poes\u00eda popular y negra en las Antillas (1942); Canciones del Litoral Alegre (1948): S\u00edntesis y Magnitud de un Problema, (1943); the short story Cibao (1942), just to mention a few.<\/p>\n
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