Festival
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
LantarenVenster Foyer
Welcome in the LV Foyer
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LantarenVenster 1
The STATE of POETRY
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LantarenVenster 1
Thanks for Listening: Ode to K. Schippers
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LantarenVenster Foyer
Awater Live: Ik vond vele reisgenoten
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LantarenVenster Foyer
A last shot of poetry, featuring BOYBAND: The Literairy Boyband
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Program
18:30
Sa June 4
Special
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Rooftop Dutch Photo Museum
Woorden Worden Zinnen X Paginagroots X Poetry International
Anyone who attended in 2019 will definitely not want to miss this
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18:00
Tu June 7
Workshop
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Centrale Bibliotheek Rotterdam
SOLD OUT Poetry Writing Workshop - Safia Elhillo
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11:00
Fr June 10
Special
LantarenVenster 1
Louder Than a Bomb - finale
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13:30
Fr June 10
Workshop
Verhalenhuis Belvédère - upstairs
In Other Words: Translation Workshops Spanish & Japanese
Poems by Sara Uribe (Spanish) or Takako Arai (Japanese)
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17:30
Fr June 10
Workshop
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Verhalenhuis Belvédère - upstairs
SOLD OUT The Writer's Guide (to the Galaxy) - Writing Workshop:
Every Body Loves Some Body
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18:00
Fr June 10
LantarenVenster Foyer
Welcome in the LV Foyer
Poetsclub, Poetry Circle, Virtual Reality Lab, Kay Slice & more
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18:00
Fr June 10
Film
LantarenVenster 3
CINEMA POESÍA - film program
POETRY as/ in/ of FILM
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18:00
Fr June 10
LantarenVenster Foyer
Poetry X Willem De Kooning Virtual Reality Lab
There’s always something going on in the LV foyer.
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19:00
Fr June 10
Reading
LantarenVenster 2
Poetry reading: Sara Uribe & Laura Jane Lee
Reading by Sara Uribe (Mexico) & Laura Jane Lee (Hong Kong)
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19:00
Fr June 10
Short reading
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LantarenVenster 1
Short reading: three poets
Ilya Kaminsky, Sasja Janssen & Kim Yideum
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19:00
Fr June 10
Interview
Verhalenhuis Belvédère
Nazmiye Oral meets Gonca Özmen
Dinner and interview
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19:00
Fr June 10
Film
LantarenVenster 3
Paterson, by Jim Jarmusch - feature film
The poetry of details defines this film about bus driver/poet Paterson (Adam Driver), inspired by...
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19:30
Fr June 10
Verhalenhuis Belvédère - Kiosk
Red Yellow Orange Blues
Monumental video work & hangout
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19:45
Fr June 10
Reading
LantarenVenster Foyer
Poetry X Poetry Circle 010
Talented spoken word artist from Circle - Host: Nina Vermeulen
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20:15
Fr June 10
Reading
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LantarenVenster 1
Poetry reading: Threa Almontaser & Takako Arai
Poetry reading: Threa Almontaser (USA) & Takako Arai (Japan)
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20:15
Fr June 10
Interview
LantarenVenster 2
New Voices
The unruly sound of new voices in Dutch-language poetry
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21:00
Fr June 10
Reading
LantarenVenster Foyer
Poetry X PoetsClub Live
There’s always something going on in the LV foyer.
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21:30
Fr June 10
Short reading
LantarenVenster 2
Short reading: three poets
Athena Farrokhzad, Aigerim Tazhi & Cornelia Hülmbauer
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21:30
Fr June 10
Special
LantarenVenster 1
Poetry X Amenti Theatre Company
poets and dancers - bounderies of the unnamable
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23:00
Fr June 10
Party
LantarenVenster Foyer
Poetry Night featuring Kay Slice & Band and DJ Doktoro
Afterparty featuring Kay Slice & Band
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12:00
Sa June 11
Tour
Verhalenhuis Belvédère (Lunch + departure)
SOLD OUT Poetry Walk & Lunch - 'Poetry Lives Here'
Delicious lunch, unexpected locations, poets and spoken word artists
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12:30
Sa June 11
Workshop
Verhalenhuis Belvédère
In Other Words: Translation Workshop - Turkish
Translate a poem by Gonca Özmen from Turkish
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13:30
Sa June 11
Quay Rijnhaven at LantarenVenster
Unveiling poetry line Ilya Kaminsky
Ilya Kaminsky, Paul Keijzer & Reinier Weers
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14:30
Sa June 11
Film
LantarenVenster 2
Moving Poetry
Short films by Marieke van der Lippe, Peter Tscherkassky, Marinus Groothof en Frank Ternier
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15:00
Sa June 11
LantarenVenster Foyer
Welcome in the LV Foyer
There’s always something going on in the LV foyer.
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15:00
Sa June 11
Workshop
Verhalenhuis Belvédère
In Other Words: Translation Workshop - German
Translate a poem by Cornelia Hülmbauer from German
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15:00
Sa June 11
LantarenVenster Foyer
Bruno Ferro Xavier da Silva & Dick Ronteltap - miniconcert
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15:30
Sa June 11
Interview
LantarenVenster 1
Meet Ilya Kaminsky
Franka Hummels meets Ilya Kaminsky - Interpreted into dutch sign language
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15:30
Sa June 11
LantarenVenster 1 and 3
Sign language poets and poetry with sign language interpreter
Première Imaginings, performances Ilya Kaminsky and Safia Elhillio, more
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15:45
Sa June 11
Talk
LantarenVenster Foyer
A BODY of water
A talk about water in poetry
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16:15
Sa June 11
Talk
LantarenVenster 2
The Scattered Feminine
The female body: experiences, rules and rituals in poetry
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16:30
Sa June 11
Reading
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LantarenVenster 1
Poetry reading: Gonca Özmen & Aigerim Tazhi
Reading by Gonca Özmen (Turkey) & Aigerim Tazhi (Kazachstan)
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17:00
Sa June 11
Interview
Verhalenhuis Belvédère - downstairs
Podium op Zaterdag (Radio live from Poetry)
Poets and musicians: live radio from Poetry
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17:00
Sa June 11
Book presentation
LantarenVenster Foyer
Wunderkammer - Nils Christian Moe-Repstad
Presentation translation of the collection by Liesbeth Huijer
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17:00
Sa June 11
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LantarenVenster 3
Imaginings (première) & Performances Kitchen’s Light
Signed word: poets tell their story poetically in sign language
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18:00
Sa June 11
Short reading
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LantarenVenster 1
Short reading: three poets
Threa Almontaser, Marjolijn van Heemstra & Laura Jane Lee
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18:00
Sa June 11
Reading
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LantarenVenster 2
Poetry reading: Kim Yideum & Athena Farrokhzad
Reading by Kim Yideum (South-Korea) & Athena Farrokhzad (Sweden/Iran)
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18:45
Sa June 11
Talk
LantarenVenster Foyer
A body IN poetry
Let's talk about the body in poetry with Sasja Janssen
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19:00
Sa June 11
Interview
Verhalenhuis Belvédère
An evening with Sara Uribe
Dinner and interview - Bring missing people back to life
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19:00
Sa June 11
Film
LantarenVenster 3
Videodrome, by David Cronenberg - feature film
Cable television operator Max Renn (James Woods) is constantly looking for even more challenging ...
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19:00
Sa June 11
Reading
LantarenVenster Foyer
Poetry x PoetsClub Live
There’s always something going on in the LV foyer.
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19:15
Sa June 11
Reading
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LantarenVenster 2
Poetry Reading: Nhã Thuyên
Reading by this years Poet in Residence from Vietnam
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20:00
Sa June 11
Reading
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LantarenVenster 1
Nils Christian Moe-Repstad, featuring Fulco Ottervanger
cancelled due to circumstances
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20:00
Sa June 11
Talk
LantarenVenster 1
A body AS poetry
A talk about embodied poetry
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20:30
Sa June 11
Reading
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LantarenVenster 2
Poetry reading: Ilya Kaminsky & Safia Elhillo
Ilya Kaminsky (USA/Russia/Ukrain) & Safia Elhillo (USA/Sudan) - Interpreted into dutch sign language
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21:30
Sa June 11
Special
LantarenVenster 1
My Body, My Poem
Poems, film and music pair the body to poetry
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21:30
Sa June 11
Film
LantarenVenster 3
Climax, by Gaspar Noé - feature film
Even as a film-goer you run the risk of being seriously intoxicated by all those almost paranoid ...
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21:45
Sa June 11
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LantarenVenster 2
Poetry reading: Cornelia Hülmbauer & Ricardo Domeneck
Reading by Cornelia Hülmbauer (Austria) & Ricardo Domeneck (Brasil)
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23:00
Sa June 11
Party
LantarenVenster Foyer
Poetry Night, featuring Team KTW
Afterparty
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11:00
Su June 12
Workshop
Verhalenhuis Belvédère - upstairs
In Other Words: Translation Workshop Dutch - English
Translate a poem by Mustafa Kör into English
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12:00
Su June 12
Tour
Verhalenhuis Belvédère (Lunch + departure)
SOLD OUT Poetry Walk & Lunch - 'Poetry Lives Here'
Delicious lunch, unexpected locations, poets and spoken word artists
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14:00
Su June 12
Interview
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LantarenVenster Foyer
Meet Marjolijn van Heemstra
A conversation with Dutch poet Marjolijn van Heemstra
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14:00
Su June 12
LantarenVenster Foyer
Welcome in the LV Foyer
There’s always something going on in the LV foyer.
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14:00
Su June 12
Special
LantarenVenster 1
Thanks for Listening: Ode to K. Schippers
Featuring GErshwin Bonevacia, K. Michel and Jan Baeke
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14:00
Su June 12
Reading
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LantarenVenster 2
Poetry reading Eva Gerlach & Sasja Janssen
Eva Gerlach (the Netherlands) & Sasja Janssen (the Netherlands)
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14:00
Su June 12
Film
LantarenVenster 3
The Color of Pomegranates, by Sergei Paradjanov
Fascinating images and music, filled with mystical love for god, for art and for a lover
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15:00
Su June 12
Book presentation
LantarenVenster Foyer
Awater Live: Ik vond vele reisgenoten
20 years of labor of love: Poetry Magazine Awater is celebrating its birthday!
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15:15
Su June 12
Reading
LantarenVenster 1
Poetry reading: Mustafa Kör & Marjolijn van Heemstra
Reading by Mustafa Kör (Belgium) & Marjolijn van Heemstra (Netherlands)
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15:30
Su June 12
Talk
LantarenVenster 2
Dutch 101
Translation talk dedicated to the Dutch language
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16:00
Su June 12
Reading
LantarenVenster Foyer
Reading Gershwin Bonevacia
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16:30
Su June 12
Special
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LantarenVenster 1
The STATE of POETRY
Award ceremony C. Buddingh'-Prize 2022
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16:30
Su June 12
Film
LantarenVenster 3
Poesía sin fin, by Alejandro Jodorowsky - feature film
Jodorowsky's penchant for surrealism and symbolism, in Federico Fellini's style, playful and light
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17:00
Su June 12
Short reading
LantarenVenster 2
Short reading: three poets
Takako Arai, Cornelia Hülmbauer & Aigerim Tazhi
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18:00
Su June 12
Party
LantarenVenster Foyer
A last shot of poetry, featuring BOYBAND: The Literairy Boyband
Festival closing party
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Festival poets
Festival guests
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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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Sponsors
Partners
LantarenVenster – Verhalenhuis Belvédère