52nd Poetry International Festival Rotterdam

10 - 12 June / LantarenVenster and Verhalenhuis Belvédère
From Friday 10 to Sunday 12 June the 52nd Poetry International will be throwing its festival's doors wide open to celebrate poetry, with eye-catching poets from all over the world and accessible events bursting with linguistic delights. Discover a world full of poetry that experiments, confronts and inspires, with readings, special thematic events, talkshows, films, workshops, poetry tours and afterparties. There will be poetry everywhere, live from the hearts of the festival at LantarenVenster and Verhalenhuis Belvédère.
Highlights

Welcome in the LV Foyer
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The STATE of POETRY

Thanks for Listening: Ode to K. Schippers

Awater Live: Ik vond vele reisgenoten

A last shot of poetry, featuring BOYBAND: The Literairy Boyband
Program
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Woorden Worden Zinnen X Paginagroots X Poetry International
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SOLD OUT Poetry Writing Workshop - Safia Elhillo

Louder Than a Bomb - finale

In Other Words: Translation Workshops Spanish & Japanese
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SOLD OUT The Writer's Guide (to the Galaxy) - Writing Workshop:

Welcome in the LV Foyer

CINEMA POESÍA - film program

Poetry X Willem De Kooning Virtual Reality Lab

Poetry reading: Sara Uribe & Laura Jane Lee
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Short reading: three poets

Nazmiye Oral meets Gonca Özmen

Paterson, by Jim Jarmusch - feature film

Red Yellow Orange Blues

Poetry X Poetry Circle 010
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Poetry reading: Threa Almontaser & Takako Arai

New Voices

Poetry X PoetsClub Live

Short reading: three poets

Poetry X Amenti Theatre Company

Poetry Night featuring Kay Slice & Band and DJ Doktoro

SOLD OUT Poetry Walk & Lunch - 'Poetry Lives Here'

In Other Words: Translation Workshop - Turkish

Unveiling poetry line Ilya Kaminsky

Moving Poetry

Welcome in the LV Foyer

In Other Words: Translation Workshop - German

Bruno Ferro Xavier da Silva & Dick Ronteltap - miniconcert

Meet Ilya Kaminsky

Sign language poets and poetry with sign language interpreter

A BODY of water

The Scattered Feminine
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Poetry reading: Gonca Özmen & Aigerim Tazhi

Podium op Zaterdag (Radio live from Poetry)

Wunderkammer - Nils Christian Moe-Repstad
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Imaginings (première) & Performances Kitchen’s Light
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Short reading: three poets
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Poetry reading: Kim Yideum & Athena Farrokhzad

A body IN poetry

An evening with Sara Uribe

Videodrome, by David Cronenberg - feature film

Poetry x PoetsClub Live
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Poetry Reading: Nhã Thuyên
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Nils Christian Moe-Repstad, featuring Fulco Ottervanger

A body AS poetry
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Poetry reading: Ilya Kaminsky & Safia Elhillo

My Body, My Poem

Climax, by Gaspar Noé - feature film
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Poetry reading: Cornelia Hülmbauer & Ricardo Domeneck

Poetry Night, featuring Team KTW

In Other Words: Translation Workshop Dutch - English

SOLD OUT Poetry Walk & Lunch - 'Poetry Lives Here'
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Meet Marjolijn van Heemstra

Welcome in the LV Foyer

Thanks for Listening: Ode to K. Schippers
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Poetry reading Eva Gerlach & Sasja Janssen

The Color of Pomegranates, by Sergei Paradjanov

Awater Live: Ik vond vele reisgenoten

Poetry reading: Mustafa Kör & Marjolijn van Heemstra

Dutch 101

Reading Gershwin Bonevacia
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The STATE of POETRY

Poesía sin fin, by Alejandro Jodorowsky - feature film

Short reading: three poets

A last shot of poetry, featuring BOYBAND: The Literairy Boyband
Festival poets
Festival guests
uitgelicht

Interim director Reinier Weers will be succeeded on 1 September
Diana Chin-A-Fat new director of Poetry International
Visitor information
For questions about ticket sales and festival programming E-mail: kaartverkoop@poetry.nl
Ticket sale
Day tickets and weekend passe-partouts for the festival on June 10, 11 and 12 2022 can be purchased online. You will receive your order as e-ticket(s).
With a day ticket/passe-partout you can visit all festival programs in LantarenVenster and Verhalenhuis Belvédère, with the exception of workshops and poetry tours. For those, single tickets are sold through this website.
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Food
LantarenVenster offers a special menu: Pita vegetarian chicken, corn salsa, lettuce, red onion with harissa mayonnaise - € 12,50 pp. Available on Friday (18:00–20:00) and Saturday (17:30–20:00).
Verhalenhuis Belvédère offers dinner in combination with Nazmiye Oral meets Gonca Özmen (Friday, 19:00) and An evening with Sara Uribe (Saturday, 19:00). You need a reservation (€15 p.p., ex. drinks)
Visiting the festival
Upon arrival in LantarenVenster, you will receive a wristband at the festival desk upon showing your festival ticket, which will give access to halls 1, 2 and 3 of LantarenVenster. All programs and venues are free to enter and exit, but the following applies: full = full.
The program in the halls of Verhalenhuis Belvédère is freely accessible and can also be visited without a festival ticket.
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Bereikbaarheid
LantarenVenster: Otto Reuchlinweg 996, 3072 MD Rotterdam- Wilhelminapier
Verhalenhuis Belvédère: Rechthuislaan 1, 3072 LB Rotterdam-Katendrecht
Beide locaties zijn goed bereikbaar met openbaar vervoer, auto, fiets, watertaxi en te voet.
Betaald parkeren is mogelijk op parkeerterreinen- en garages in de buurt.
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