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53rd Poetry International Festival Rotterdam

09-10-11 June 2023 / LantarenVenster and Verhalenhuis Belvédère

Under the slogan There is a poem for that! the 53rd Poetry International Festival Rotterdam celebrates the boundless imagination of poetry. Poets have written poems on just about everything. Let their imagination enrich yours, participate in inspiring workshops, go on adventurous poetry tours, celebrate festive Poetry Nights and see: You can't think of anything or There is a poem for that! Don't miss out and buy your early bird tickets at 25% off now!

Line-up

Claudia Rankine (Jamaica/USA) - Kei Miller (Jamaica) - Ada Limón (USA) - Rachel Long (United Kingdom) - Signe Gjessing (Denmark)  - Justin Perez (USA) - Ingmar Heytze (Netherlands) - Radoslaw Jurczak (Poland) - Paul Tran (USA) - Simone Atangana Bekono (Netherlands) - Laura Vazquez (France) - Ruth Lasters (Belgium) - Ester Naomi Perquin (Netherlands)

stay tuned for more poets 

uitgelicht

12th Poetry Week starts 25 January 2024

Edward van de Vendel writes Poetry Week Gift Collection 2024

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news

News / July 26, 2022

Playlist most beautiful poems of the Festival 2022

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Nieuws / July 04, 2022

I.M. Remco Campert

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News / 'Het is warm in de hvemind' best debut collection / June 12, 2022

35th Buddingh Prize goes to Maxime Garcia Diaz

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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 9, 10 and 11 2023 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, with the exception of workshops and poetry tours. For those, single tickets are sold through this website.  
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Prices, discounts and service costs
Day tickets, Friday and Sunday: € 22,50, Saturday: € 29,50.
Passe–partouts: € 50 (Friday to Sunday)
50% discounts for RotterdamPas, CJP-pas and Studentscard
Prices do not include service costs of €1.50 per ticket. More

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, 5 and 6 of LantarenVenster. All programs and venues are free to enter and exit, but the following applies: full = full.
The program in the foyer of LantarenVenster is freely accessible and can also be visited without a festival ticket.
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Reachability
LantarenVenster: Otto Reuchlinweg 996, 3072 MD Rotterdam- Wilhelminapier
Verhalenhuis Belvédère: Rechthuislaan 1, 3072 LB Rotterdam-Katendrecht

Both locations are easily accessible by public transport, car, bicycle, water taxi and on foot. Paid parking is possible in nearby parkings.
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Sponsors
Gemeente Rotterdam
Nederlands Letterenfonds
Stichting Van Beuningen Peterich-fonds
Ludo Pieters Gastschrijver Fonds
Lira fonds
Partners
LantarenVenster – Verhalenhuis Belvédère