Poetry Spring Festival Lithuania 2022

15.5–29.5.2022
Vilnius / Litauen
Safiye Can mit dem Übersetzer Antanas A. Jonynas
Lithuanian Writers’ Union address: K. Sirvydo str. 6, LT-01101 Vilnius
24 — 30 May 2022
Poetry Spring Festival with Safiye Can
Vilnius
Organized by Lithuanian Writers’ Union
The Poetry Spring Festival (In Vilnius and other places in Lithuania) is the biggest poetry event of the year in Lithuania that will be held for the 58th time next year. Rich tradition combined with innovation engages different generations and audiences. Every year more than 100 events are being held during the festival. The festival will feature a variety of events: poetry readings, meetings with Lithuanian writers, poets from other countries and poetry readers; conference with round-table discussion and poetry reading tours to various places in Lithuania to name but a few.Traditional festival anthology will also be published.
Each year the almanac of the festival is published.
Marija Mažulė, Coördinator of International Programmes, Lithuanian Writers’ Union
May 24th
20:00 Dinner with the festival guests (location will be specified)
May 25th
17:30 Dinner with the festival guests (Carre Terasa, Gedimino ave. 9)
May 26th
14.00 Reception hosted by the
Mayor of Vilnius for the poets
participating in POETRY
SPRING and invited guests.
Vilnius Town Hall, Didžioji St.
31, Vilnius
18.00 Poetry readings by the guests
participating in POETRY
SPRING. Translators’ award
ceremony. The Big Hall of
Lithuanian Academy of Sciences,
Gedimino Ave. 3, Vilnius Reading 4–5 minutes, Antanas A. Jonynas will read the translations
20:00 reception at the Lithuanian Writers Union, K. Sirvydo str. 6, LT-01101, Vilnius
May 27th
Road trip to Nida (Coronian Spit) with the group of Lithuanian poets, overnight stay at the Writers’ and Translators’ Centre in Nida. Antanas A. Jonynas will go together, read the translations.
19.00
POETRY SPRING in Eduardas
Jonušas House. E. A. Jonušo
St. 1, Nida
Marija Mažulė
Coördinator of International Programmes
Lithuanian Writers’ Union
28th
Trip to Klaipėda (50km).
14.00 POETRY SPRING in Klaipėda
District Ieva Simonaitytė Public
Library. H. Manto St. 25,
Klaipėda
May 29th
17.00 CLOSING CEREMONY OF
THE INTERNATIONAL
POETRY FESTIVAL POETRY
SPRING. Vilnius Town Hall,
Didžioji st. 31, Vilnius Live on National TV LRT, reading 1 poem, Antanas reads the translation.
20:00 reception at the Lithuanian Writers Union, K. Sirvydo str. 6, LT-01101, Vilnius