Brussels, le 4 septembre 2015. TRANSPOESIE 2015 The international poetry festival TRANSPOESIE is being organised for the fifth consecutive year by EUNIC Brussels, the European Union National Institutes for Culture. It traditionally begins at the end of September, marking the European Day of Languages on 26 September. This year it is celebrating the 70th anniversary of UNESCO. Inspired by the successful and long-standing Poems on the Underground in London and its counterpart Wiersze w Metrze in Warsaw, Poland, TRANSPOESIE in Brussels is a unique public celebration of European cultural diversity and artistic expression. Over the past 4 years, 100 European poets have presented their poems in the framework of the project. This year, no fewer than 22 countries have joined together to offer the population of Brussels and Namur a selection of poems in their original languages (20 languages in total), with translations in French, Dutch and English. This year’s edition features 4 literary events: - Wednesday 23 September - 20:00 – Maison de la Poésie Meet the poets: Ingmāra BALODE (Latvia), Mária FERENČUHOVÁ (Slovakia), Albano MARTINS (Portugal), Aksinia MIHAYLOVA (Bulgaria) and Peter SEMOLIČ (Slovenia) Languages: English, French and original languages Music:Didgeridoo by Amaury Werquin Rue Fumal 28, 5000 Namur - Free entry - Thursday 24 September - 20:00 – Bozar Meet the poets: Itxaro BORDA (Basque Country), Ida BORJEL (Sweden), Eiríkur Örn NORÐDAHL (Iceland), Tonnus OOSTERHOFF (The Netherlands) and Laurence VIELLE (Belgium) Moderator: Gudrun De Geyter Languages: Dutch, English, French and original languages Rue Ravensteinstraat 23, 1000 Brussels - Price: €6 / €4 - Wednesday 7 October - 20:00 - Passa Porta Meet the poets: Stéphane BOUQUET (France), Cristina ALZIATI (Italy), Irina NECHIT (Moldova), Erik Spinoy (Belgium), Mehmet YAŞIN (Turkey) Moderator: Gudrun De Geyter Languages: Dutch, English, French and original languages Rue Antoine Dansaertstraat 46, 1050 Brussels - Price: €6 - Thursday 8 October - 20:00 - Balassi Institute Slam, singing performance, etc.: Aleksandra DANCZYSZYŃ (Poland), Sissal KAMPMANN (Faroe Islands) Veronika KIVISILLA (Estonia), Karl SEGLEM (Norway), Rony SOMEK (Israel), Dániel VARRÓ (Hungary) Languages: Dutch, French, English and original languages Treurenberg 10, 1000 Brussels - Free entry EUNIC, the network of the European National Institutes for Culture, was formed in 2006 and is now a recognised leader in culture cooperation governed by its 34 members from 28 countries and 95 clusters based in different locations around the globe. It works in the arts, language, youth, education, science, intercultural dialogue and development sectors. The EUNIC network is based on open cooperation and works in a bottom up NGO-style with a compact, independent and flexible administration. EUNIC Brussels is the Belgian cluster http://www.transpoesie.eu/ + + Contact: [email protected] (Jeremy) or [email protected] (Nicole) This project is realised thank to the support of 23 European partners and EUNIC Brussels. .