2008 Final Program
IV GRANADA INTERNATIONAL POETRY FESTIVAL 2008
IN HOMAGE OF NICARAGUAN POET SALOMÒN DE LA SELVAMONDAY FEBRUARY 11th, 2008
• All day
GREETING OF GUESTS
Transportation to Granada, accreditation and distribution of materials
Place: Plaza de los Leones
Coordinates: Protocol Committee
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –TUESDAY FEBRUARY 12th, 2008
• 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM
OPENING OF THE BOOK AND CRAFTS FAIR
Place: Plaza de Los Leones
Opening by: Francisco de Asís Fernández - President of the Festival
Coordinates: Fernando López and Mrs. Silvia Tórrez• 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM
PRESENTATION: ANTHOLOGY OF CENTRAL AMERICAN POETRY,
Edition of the National University of Mexico-UNAM
Place: Convento San Francisco
Presentation by: Marco Antonio Campos (Mexico) and Edwin Illescas (Nicaragua)
Coordinates: Salomón Alarcón• 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
PRESENTATION OF BOOK OF POETRY: “WILD ORCHIDS”
by Francisco De Asís Fernández
Place: Convento San Francisco
Presentation by: Jesus (Chus) García (Spain), Director of Editorial Visor and Gioconda Belli (Nicaragua)
Coordinates: Fernando López• 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
PAINTING EXHIBITION: AMERRISQUE IN FLIGHT
OIL ON CANVAS BY ORLANDO SOBALVARRO
Place: Convento San Francisco
Presentation by: Ortiz-Gurdián Foundation and BANPRO
Coordinates: Juanita Bermúdez and Salomón Alarcón• 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
WELCOME TO POETS
POETRY READING
Tepenahualt Dance Group (Blanca Guardado)
Place: Plaza de los Leones
Words of Welcome by: Gioconda Belli
Poetry Reading
Coordinates: Casa de Los Tres Mundos, Mr. Dieter Stadler and Roberto Marenco
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 13th, 2008
• 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM
MEETING OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL POETS
Presentation of the Granada International Festival’s Foundation Board of Directors
Presided by: Francisco de Asís Fernández, President of the Board of Directors;
Dr. Carlos Tünnermann, President of the Nicaraguan Writers Center (CNE); and
Isolda Hurtado, President of the Nicaraguan Writers Association (NESTS)
Place: Plaza de Los Leones
Poetry Reading
Coordinates: Pedro Xavier Solís• 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
POETRY READING - OPEN MICROPHONE
Place: Book and Crafts Fair
Coordinates: Victor Chavarría and Fernando López• 12:30 AM to 2:30 PM
LUNCH OF THE FESTIVAL’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS WITH DIRECTORS OF FESTIVALS AND INTERNATIONAL MEDIA WRITERS
Place: Plaza de los Leones
Coordinates: Benjamin Lugo• 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
HOMAGE TO THE POET SALOMÓN DE LA SELVA
Unveiling of a sculpture made by Johannes Kranz
Place: Park of Poetry
Presentation by: Blanca Castellón, Vice President of the Board of Directors
Poetry Reading (women poets)
Coordinates: Granada’s Municipal Government, Blanca Castellón and Fernando López• 6:00 PM to 6:30 PM
OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE IV GRANADA INTERNATIONAL POETRY FESTIVAL 2008 IN HOMAGE OF NICARAGUAN POET SALOMÒN DE LA SELVA
Place: Plaza de la Independencia
Presides: Jaime Morales Carazo, Vice President of the Republic, Mayor of Granada, President and Vice President of the Festival, Director of the Casa de los 3
Words by: Vice president of the Republic and the President of the Festival
Coordinates: Fernando López, Roberto Marenco, Salomón Alarcón and Bayardo Martínez
• 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
POETRY READING
Place: Plaza de la Independencia
Coordinates: Luz Marina Acosta• 8:30 PM to 10:00 PM
MUSIC CONCERT: LUIS ENRIQUE MEJÍA GODOY
Place: Plaza de la Independencia
Coordinates: Salomón Alarcón, Roberto Marenco and Bayardo Martínez• 10.00 PM to 12:00 PM
WELCOME COCKTAIL OFFERED BT THE VICE PRESIDENCY OF THE REPUBLIC
Place: Plaza de los Leones
Coordinates: Protocol Committee
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –THURSDAY FEBRUARY 14th, 2008
• 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM
OFFICIAL PICTURE OF PARTICIPANTS
Place: Convento San Francisco
Coordinates: Benjamin Lugo• 10:00 AM TO 12:00 PM
POETRY READING - OPEN MICROPHONE
Place: Book and Crafts Fair
Coordinates: Victor Chavarría and Fernando López• 9:00 AM at 12:00 AM
ROUND-TABLE ON THE LIFE AND WORK OF POET SALOMÓN DE LA SELVA
Place: Convento San Francisco
Expositions by: Jorge Eduardo Arellano, Julio Valle Castillo, Steven White, Iván Uriarte, and Luis Bolaños
Coordinates: Nicasio Urbina• 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM
POETIC CARNIVAL: BURIAL OF PESSIMISM AND SADNESS WITH THE MOTTO: POETRY IS HOPE
Funeral
Parade different manifestations of Nicaraguan Folklore
Poetry lives! Freedom lives! Love lives! Here is Granada!
Poetry reading in street corners
Exit: Atrium of La Merced
Words by: Gloria Gabuardi
Coordinates: Salomón Alarcón, Roberto Marenco, Bayardo Martínez, Fernando López and Luz Marina Acosta.
• 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
HOMAGE TO THE NICARAGUAN CARIBBEAN COAST
Poetry Reading
Place: Atrium of Convento San Francisco
Coordinates: Isolda Hurtado and Álvaro Rivas• 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM
CARIBBEAN MUSIC CONCERT
By Philip Montalván
Coordinates: Salomón Alarcón and Roberto Marenco– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 15th, 2008
• 9:00 AM to 2:30 PM
POETRY READING IN DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES: Nandaime, Masaya, Niquinohomo, Diriomo, Diriá, Catarina, Masatepe, San Marcos, Diriamba, Jinotepe, San Juan de oriente y León
Exit place: Plaza de los Leones
Coordinates: Bayardo Martínez, Benjamin Lugo, Mario Urtecho, Hanzel Flunky, Alvaro Rivas, Francisco Ruíz and Irving Lamb.• 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
POETRY READING - OPEN MICROPHONE
Place: Book and Crafts Fair
Coordinates: Victor Chavarría and Fernando López• 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
POETRY READING AT THE MUNICIPAL MARKET
Coordinates: Álvaro Rivas.• 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
POETRY READINGS
Places: Colleges, Universities, Technical Centers, Jail, Police
Coordinates: María Cecilia Bravo• 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
HOMAGE TO IBERO-AMERICAN POETRY.
Poetry Reading
MUSIC CONCERT BY NORMA ELENA GADEA
Place: Atrium of La Merced
Coordinates: Pedro Xavier Solís and Blanca Castellón– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 16 2008
• 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Poetry Reading – Young Poetry Marathon
Place: Central Park
Music concert: Group Jaguar, UAM
Coordinates: Irving Lamb and Fernando López
• 9:30 AM to 3:00 PM
TRIP TO THE ISLES OF THE GREAT LAKE OF NICARAGUA
lunch in the Isles
Coordinates: Granada Municipal Government and Hanzel Flunky
Exit: Plaza de los Leones
• 5:00 PM to 5:30 PM
OFFICIAL CLOSING
DECLARATION OF GRANADA - Reading of a Document of the IV Festival’s Support to the Nomination of Granada as Human Heritage - Reading of the Convocation to the V Festival 2009
Place: Plaza de la Independencia
Presided by: President of the Board of the Granada International Festival of Poetry and Mayor of Granada
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• 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Poetry Reading
Place: Plaza de la Independencia• 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM
MUSIC CONCERT by CARLOS MEJÍA GODOY
Place: Plaza de la Independencia
Coordinates: Roberto Marenco, Bayardo Martínez, Salomón Alarcón and Fernando López
FAREWELL
Delivery of distinguished visitors' diplomas by Granada’s Municipal Government
FAREWELL COCKTAIL
Place: Plaza de los Leones
Coordinates: Protocol CommiteeSUNDAY FEBRUARY 17th,2008
Departure
Coordinates: Protocol Committee