Finnish poetry on stage at the Frankfurt book fair.
The project Poets of Today – Voices of Tomorrow is taking Finnish poetry to the Frankfurt book fair opening this Tuesday. The project is a joint venture by Slovenian, Polish, Hungarian, Serbian and Finnish poets and organisations, and it aims to bring poetry to young people, teachers and local communities in all partner countries. In all these countries, the project includes is one central poet, a team and 10 young poets.
An anthology of poems by the central poets of the five countries will be published, including 25 poems in seven different languages – also in English and in German.
The Finnish poetry programme in Frankfurt consists of the following events:
Wednesday 18th October at 18.00, a Finnish language poetry meeting at the Finnish Assembly, Carl-Goerdeler-Straße 1A, Frankfurt am Main
Thursday 19th October at 19.30, an international poetry meeting at Internationales Theather Frankfurt
On Saturday 21st October, an international poetry meeting at the Frankfurt Book Fair, Finnish stand 4.1 B 35
On Saturday 21st October, a Finnish language poetry meeting at the Frankfurt Book Fair, Finnish stand 4.1 B 35
Information of the programme of different countries in the project can be found on the Facebook page for Poets of Today – Voices of Tomorrow here.