THE 2010 PROGRAM
P R O G R A M for the
SIXTH GRANADA INTERNATIONAL POETRY FESTIVAL
IN HONOR OF AZARÍAS H. PALLAIS
15-20 FEBRUARY 2010
“POETRY IS THE ANGEL OF IMAGINATION”
SUNDAY, 14 FEBRUARY 2010
ARRIVAL OF INVITEES
All day
Transfer to Granada, Accreditation and Delivery of Materials
Location: Casa de los Leones
Coordination: Maria Augusta Montealegre, Responsible for Protocol, Claudia Castillo from Universidad Americana, and Architect Horacio Navas
4.00 pm – 6.00 pm
WELCOME RECEPTION OFFERED BY THE EMBASSY OF ITALY FOR ITALIAN POETS AND INVITEES TO THE POETRY FESTIVAL.
PRESENTATION OF GIOCONDA BELLI’S POETRY BOOK: “ESCÁNDALO DE MIEL”
Edited by Editorial Planeta, Latin America
Hosted by the Embassy of Italy
Location: Casa Pellas, Granada
Poetry Reading by Invited Poets
7.00-8.00 PM
DINNER
Location: Casa de los Leones
Performance by young poets
MONDAY, 15 FEBRUARY 2010
10.00 am – 11.00 am
Inauguration of Book Fair
By: Pedro Xavier Solís
Location: Plaza de los Leones
Coordination: Luz Marina Acosta from the Nicaraguan Center of Writers
Inauguration of Tourism Fair, “The Water Route”, by Mr. Mario Salinas, Minister of Tourism, and Dr. Ernesto Medina Sandino, Chancellor of Universidad Americana
Coordination: Nicaraguan Tourism Institute, Sergio de Castro from A.C. Eventos, and Roger Solórzano from Universidad Americana
Location: Calle La Calzada
12.30 pm – 2.30 pm
LUNCH
Location: Casa de los Leones
Coordination: Festival’s Protocol and UAM
3.30 pm – 4.30 pm
OPENING EXHIBIT OF PHOTOGRAPHS, PAINTINGS, MANUSCRIPTS AND OBJECTS THAT BELONGED TO AZARÍAS H. PALLAIS.
OPENING OF “CONTEMPORARY NICARAGUAN ART”, an exhibition of paintings and sculptures.
Location: San Francisco Convent
Presentation: Luis Morales Alonso, Minister-Director, Nicaraguan Institute of Culture
Coordination: Nicaraguan Institute of Culture, Angelita Pallais, José Argüello and Aura Marina Espinoza, Epikentro Gallery
6.30 pm – 7.00 pm
POETRY READING
OPENING REMARKS AND WELCOME BY GIOCONDA BELLI
Location: Plaza de los Leones
Coordination: Madeline Mendieta and Héctor Avellán
9.00 pm – 10.00 pm
RONALD ABUD NATIONAL FOLKLORE BALLET
Coordination: Bayardo Martínez
10.00 pm – 12.00 pm
DINNER AND DANCING
Music Entertainment: Los Hijos del Son
Location: Casa de los Leones
Coordination: Protocol
TUESDAY, 16 FEBRUARY 2010
10.00 am – 11.30 am
INFORMAL MEETING BETWEEN LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL POETS
Introduction of the Board of Directors of Granada’s International Poetry Festival Foundation and invited organizations
Chaired by: Francisco de Asís Fernández, President of the Granada International ry Festival Foundation; Gioconda Belli, Nicasio Urbina and Blanca Castellón, Vice-Presidents of the Board of Directors of the Festival; Luis Rocha, President of the Nicaraguan Center of Writers (CNE); and Isolda Hurtado, President of the Nicaraguan Association of Women Writers (ANIDE)
Location: Casa de los Leones
Coordination: s Pedro Xavier Solís and Nicasio Urbina
11.30 am –12.30 pm
POETRY READING
10.00 am – 2.00 pm
POETRY READING (OPEN MICROPHONE)
From 10.00 am to 11.00 am
Location: Book Fair
Coordination: Víctor Chavarría
12.30 pm – 1.30 pm
Lunch
Coordination: UAM Protocol
3.00 pm – 5.00 pm
WOMEN POETS READ THEIR POETRY
Unveiling of the Commemorative Sculpture of Azarías H. Pallais created by Austrian Sculptor Johannes Krannz
Coordination: s Blanca Castellón and Nicasio Urbina and Granada City Hall
Remarks by Blanca Castellón, Vice-President of the Granada Poetry Festival
POETRY READING
Presentation: Madeline Mendieta
5.00 pm – 5.30 pm
THE FRENCH EMBASSY PRESENTS
A BOOK BY LUIS ARAGÓN
Remarks by IVAN URIARTE (poet)
Location: Central Park Kiosk
6.00 pm – 6.30 pm
OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SIXTH INTERNATIONAL POETRY FESTIVAL IN HONOR OF AZARÍAS H. PALLAIS
Presided by: His Excellency Mr. Jaime Morales Carazo, Vice-President of the Republic, and Mrs. Amparo de Morales; Mr. Mario Salinas, Minister of Tourism; Mr. Luis Morales Alonso, Minister-Director of the Institute of Culture; the Honorable Eulogio Mejía Marenco, Mayor of the City of Granada; Francisco de Asís Fernández Arellano, President of the Festival; the Honorable Bernardo Hombach, Bishop of the Diocese of Granada; Gioconda Belli , Blanca Castellón and Nicasio Urbina, s and Vice-Presidents of the Festival, Mr. Dieter Stadler, Director of Casa de los Tres Mundos.
Location: Plaza de la Independencia
Coordination: Fernando López, Gloria Gabuardi, Salomón Alarcón, María Augusta Montealegre, Claudia Castillo and Bayardo Martínez
Presentation: s Fernando López and Luz Marina Acosta
7.00 pm – 9.30 pm
POETRY READING
Coordination: Luz Marina Acosta and Pedro Xavier Solís
9.30 pm – 10.30 pm
MUSIC CONCERT BY AUTHOR AND INTERPRETER
CARLOS MEJÍA GODOY
Coordination: Bayardo Martínez
10.00 pm – 12.00 pm
WELCOMING RECEPTION HOSTED BY NICARAGUA’S VICE-PRESIDENT
Music Entertainment: Javner Alampana
Location: Casa de Los Leones
Coordination: Protocol
WEDNESDAY, 17 FEBRUARY
9.30 am – 12.00 am
Roundtable on the life and work of Azarías H. Pallais
Participants: Ernesto Cardenal, Jorge Eduardo Arellano, Julio Valle Castillo, José
Argüello, Jorge Luis Castillo and Michele Najlis
Location: San Francisco Convent
Coordinator: Nicasio Urbina
9.00 am – 12.00 noon
Poetry Reading (Open Microphone)
Location: Book Fair
Coordination: Víctor Chavarría
12.30 pm – 1.30 pm
Lunch
Location: Casa de Los Leones
Coordination: Protocol
3.00 pm – 6.00 pm
POETIC CARNIVAL: AN HOMAGE TO NICARAGUA’s CULTURAL IDENTITY
SYMBOLICAL BURIAL OF THE BETRAYAL OF DREAMS AND CELEBRATION OF
POETRY AS THE ANGEL OF IMAGINATION
Parade featuring the many manifestations of Nicaraguan folklore
MAY POETRY LIVE, MAY FREEDOM LIVE, MAY LOVE LIVE,
HERE IS GRANADA, DAMN IT!
POETRY READING ON EACH STREET CORNER OF THE PARADE’S ROUTE
Point of departure: Atrium of La Merced Church
Remarks by: Gloria Gabuardi, signaling the beginning of the Carnival.
Coordination: Fernando López, Gloria Gabuardi, Nicasio Urbina, Luz Marina Acosta, Víctor Chavarría, Salomón Alarcón, Alberto Maravilla, Ariel Talavera, Horacio Navas, Claudia Castillo, María Augusta Montealegre, Madeline Mendieta
7.30 pm – 9.00 pm
TRIBUTE TO THE CARIBBEAN COAST
Poetry Reading
Presentation: Alvaro Rivas, Director of Wani magazine of Nicaragua´s Caribbean Coast
Coordination: Alvaro Rivas and Bayardo Martínez
Location: Atrium of San Francisco Church and Convent
9.00 pm – 10.00 pm
MUSIC CONCERT
PHILIP MONTALVÁN
Coordination: Bayardo Martinez
10.00 pm – 12.00 pm
DINNER
Location: Casa de los Leones
Coordination: Protocol
THURSDAY, 18 FEBRUARY 2010
10.00 am – 12.00 noon
Poetry Reading (Open microphone)
Location: Book Fair
Coordination: Víctor Chavarría
10.00 am – 10.30 am
OFFICIAL PHOTO OF THE 6TH FESTIVAL
Location: San Francisco Convent
Coordination: Engineer Benjamin Lugo and Dr. Fernando Somarriba
10.30 am – 12.30 pm
CONVERSATION WITH HISPANIC-AMERICAN POETS INVITED TO THE FESTIVAL
Participants: Mr. Jesús García Sánchez, Director of Editorial Visor and Co-editor with Luis García Montero of the magazine “Estafeta del Viento” (Edited by Casa de América, Madrid, Spain) and Benjamin Prado, Director of the Spanish magazine “Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos“.
Location: San Francisco Convent, Pre-Colombian Statue Room.
12.30 pm – 1.30 pm
Lunch
Location: Casa de Los Leones
Coordination: Protocol
7.00 pm – 9.00 pm
RY READING
Location: LA PÓLVORA FORTRESS
Presentation: Isolda Hurtado and Fernando López
Coordination: María Augusta Montealegre
9.00 pm – 10.00 pm
CONCERT
CAMERATA BACH
Coordination: Bayardo Martínez
10.00 pm – 12.00 midnight
Cocktail hosted by the Nicaraguan Tourism Institute
Location: La Pólvora Fortress
Coordination: Protocol
FRIDAY, 19 FEBRUARY 2010
10.00 am – 3.00 pm
POETRY READING IN THE MUNICIPALITIES:
Masaya
Nindirí
Diriomo
Niquinohomo
Catarina
Nandaime
Diriamba
Masatepe
San Marcos
Jinotepe
Rivas
León
Managua
Coordination: Horacio Navas, Salomón Alarcón, Fernando López, Bayardo Martínez, Irving Cordero, Héctor Avellán, María Augusta Montealegre, Claudia Castillo, Blanca Castellón, Pedro Xavier Solís, Benjamín Lugo, Andira Watson, Madeleine Mendieta, Martha Leonor González, Ninoska Chacón, Christian Santos
10.00 am – 12.00 noon
POETRY READING IN THE CITY OF GRANADA:
POLICE AUDITORIUM
WOMEN’S JAILS
SCHOOLS
UNIVERSITIES
INTECNA
Coordination: s Álvaro Rivas, Víctor Chavarría, Fernando López, María Cecilia Bravo, Raúl Xavier García
6.00 pm – 8.00 pm
POETRY READING
PRESENTATION OF THE ANTHOLOGY, XX’s CENTURY NICARAGUAN POETRY edited by Editorial Visor, Spain
Location: ATRIUM OF LA MERCED CHURCH
Presentation: Daniel Rodríguez Moya and Mr. Jesús García Sánchez, President of Editorial Visor
READING OF POEMS FROM THE ANTHOLOGY
Coordination: Fernando López
9.00 pm—10.00 pm
CONCERT
NORMA ELENA GADEA
Coordination: Bayardo Martínez
10.00 pm – 11.00 pm
DINNER
Location: Casa de los Leones
Coordination: Protocol
SATURDAY, 20 FEBRUARY2010
10.00 am – 2.30 pm
YOUNG PEOPLE’S POETRY MARATHON
UAM
UPOLI
UCA
UNAM
THOMAS MORE
AVE MARÍA COLLEGE
NICARAGUAN INSTITUTE OF CULTURE
UNICA
PERFORMANCE
MUSIC BY: JAGUAR BAND, UAM
Location: Central Park
Coordination: Fernando López, Irving Cordero, Víctor Chavarría, Madeline Mendieta
10.00 am – 4.00 pm
VISIT AND LUNCH AT THE ISLETAS on THE GREAT LAKE OF NICARAGUA
Coordination: Fernando López, María Augusta Montealegre, Claudia Castillo, Horacio Navas
Point of Departure: Casa de Los Leones
6.00 pm – 7.30 pm
OFFICIAL CLOSING CEREMONY
Reading of the Document in Support of the Nomination of Granada as Patrimony of Humanity by the Invitees to the Sixth Festival
Reading of the Convocation to the Seventh Granada International Poetry Festival in 2010
Location: Plaza de la Independencia
Presided by: His Excellency Jaime Morales Carazo, Vice-President of the Republic, and his wife Mrs. Amparo de Morales; Mr. Mario Salinas, Minister of the Tourism Institute; Mr. Luis Morales Alonso, Minister Director of the Nicaraguan Institute of Culture; the Honorable Eulogio Mejía, Mayor of the City of Granada; Francisco de Asís Fernández, President of the Granada International ry Festival, the Honorable Bishop of the Diocese of Granada, Monsignor Bernardo Hombach; s Blanca Castellón, Gioconda Belli and Nicasio Urbina, Vice-Presidents of the Festival; Mr. Dieter Stadler, Director of Casa de Los Tres Mundos.
7.30 pm – 9.35 pm
POETRY READING
Location: Plaza de la Independencia
Coordination: Fernando López, Gloria Gabuardi, Isolda Hurtado, Blanca Castellón, Bayardo Martínez, Salomón Alarcón, María Augusta Montealegre, Claudia Castillo, Horacio Navas, Víctor Chavarría
10.00 pm – 11.00 pm
CONCERT BY SINGER SONGWRITER LUIS ENRIQUE MEJÍA GODOY
Location: Plaza de la Independencia
Coordination: Salomón Alarcón
FAREWELL
Coordination: Bayardo Martínez and Horacio Navas
Delivery of distinguished visitors’ diplomas by the Honorable Eulogio Mejía, Mayor of the City of Granada
FAREWELL DINNER HOSTED BY THE VICE-PRESIDENCY OF THE REPUBLIC
Location: Casa de Los Leones
Musical Entertainment: MARALEJ youth group and Javner Alampana
Protocol coordination: Maria Augusta Montealegre, Claudia Castillo and Vice-Presidency of the Republic
SUNDAY, 21 FEBRUARY 2010
DEPARTURE OF INVITEES
Coordination: Maria Augusta Montealegre, Claudia Castillo of UAM’s Protocol Department, and Horacio Navas
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Afiche VIII Festival
Me enorgullece tanto este evento, aparte de nuestro turismo Granada esta a los ojos del mundo poético, gracias por organizar este espectáculo!!! por mi parte ya invite a varios amigos de toda Nicaragua.
An overwhelming vitality is visible just by looking at the list of programs and wide representation of poets of various ages from several nations.Usha Akella who particpated has written a vividly exciting article in the May issue of museindia,where we shareplaces on the board of editors.The fellow-poets in India will certainly be thrilled to know of sanguine state of poetry in Nicaragua.Many congratulations and best wishes for your future festivals. I shall write more after reading further details and will circulate the news and poems in other Indian languages. Bravo!