The National Poetry Book Fair, the 11th edition – Bucharest International Poetry Festival, the 12th edition, September 12-18, 2022

HOUR 10:00 a.m.
“I.L. Caragiale” National College, 163 Calea Dorobanți

Public reading, Q&A: Miloš Janković (Serbia)
Moderator: Vasile Gribincea

HOUR 2:30 a.m.
“Anna de Noailles” French High School, București-Ploiești 160 A

Guest: Jean-Pierre Siméon (Franța)
Moderator: Dinu Flămând

HOUR 6:00 p.m.
The National Museum of Romanian Literature, 8 Nicolae Crețulescu

In memoriam Mitrush Kuteli – 115 years since his birth
A tribute to the work and personality of the Albanian writer Mitrush Kuteli (1907-1967)

Guests: Prof. Eris Rusi from “Fan S. Noli” University in Korça (Albania), Marius Chelaru, writer and literary critic (deputy editor-in chief of Convorbiri literare and researcher of Kuteli’s work) and Luan Topciu, PhD, coordinator of the Albanian Cultural Center of ALAR. Mr. Bogdan-Alin Stoica, deputy and the representative of the Albanian national minority in Romania will also be attending, as well as other guests from public institutions and other authorities.

HOUR 7:00 p.m.
Cărturești Verona, 13-15 Pictor Arthur Verona

Neighborhood. Romania-Bulgaria – literary connections | Chapter 1
Manol Peykov (editor, Bulgaria), Bogdan-Alexandru Stănescu (editor, Romania), Mihai Mitrică (The Association of Romanian Publishers – AER)
Moderators: Luminița Corneanu & Oana Boca-Stănescu

HOUR 7:30
The National Museum of Romanian Literature, 8 Nicolae Crețulescu

Public readings: María Ángeles Pérez López (Spain), Miloš Janković (Serbia), Leo Butnaru (Republic of Moldova), Elio Pecora (Italy), Simona Popescu (Romania), Adrian Alui Gheorghe (Romania), Marco Lucchesi (Brazil, video), Doris Moromisato (Peru, video), Florin Iaru (Romania), Mihai Ivașcu (Romania)
Moderator: Luigi Bambulea
Music: Tic Petroșel

HOUR 8:30
The National Museum of Romanian Literature, 8 Nicolae Crețulescu

Performance: DesFacerea lumii sau Spectacol în aer liber, based on writings by Nina Cassian, with poetic insertions by Nichita Stănescu and Marin Sorescu
Dramatized adaptation: Roxana Guttman
Performing: Roxana Guttman, Dan Codreanu and Naomi Guttman
Cast and directing: Roxana Guttman, Naomi Guttman, Dan Codreanu

HOUR 10:00 a.m.
“Sfântul Sava” College, 23 General H. M. Berthelot

Guest: Bruno Mazzoni (Italy)
Moderator: Luigi Bambulea

HOUR 2:30 a.m.
“Anna de Noailles” French High School, București-Ploiești 160 A

Guest: Jean-Pierre Siméon (Franța)
Moderator: Dinu Flămând

HOUR 4:00 p.m.
The National Museum of Romanian Literature, 8 Nicolae Crețulescu

Book launch – An Anthology of Contemporary Romanian Poetry „Schwebebrücken aus Papier/Poduri suspendate din hârtie”, translated into English by Hellmut Seiler, published at Noack&Block Publishing House (Berlin, Germany, 2021)
Presents: Hellmut Seiler (Germany)
Public readings: Magda Cârneci (Romania), Dinu Flămând (Romania), Octavian Soviany (Romania), Ioan Es. Pop (Romania)

With the participation of Mrs. Susanne Achilles, The Cultural Section of the German Embassy in Romania

HOUR 5:00
The National Museum of Romanian Literature, 8 Nicolae Crețulescu

Dinu Flămând (translator) and Jean-Pierre Siméon, dialogue on his poetic work

HOUR 6:00
The National Museum of Romanian Literature, 64-66 Calea Griviței

The opening of the exhibition Constantin Popovici (1938 – 1995) 

HOUR 7:00 p.m.
“Carol I” Central University Library’s Aula, 88 Calea Victoriei

Public readings: Osman Öztürk (Turkey), Denisa Comănescu (Romania), George Vulturescu (Romania), Kata Győrfi, Magda Cârneci (Romania), Dumitru Păcurar (Romania), Radu Sergiu Ruba, Tatiana Ernuțeanu (Romania), Iustin Moraru (Romania), Ioana Nicolaie (Romania), Vasile George Dâncu (Romania), Varujan Vosganian (Romania), Ion Bogdan Ștefănescu (Romania), Ioan Pintea (Romania)
Moderator: Dinu Flămând
Music: Ion Bogdan Ștefănescu

HOUR 7:00 p.m.
Londohome, 31 General David Praporgescu

Blecher Institute
Public readings: Aksinia Mihailova & Ivan Hristov (Bulgary)
Moderator: Claudiu Komartin

HOUR 8:00 p.m.
The National Museum of Romanian Literature, 8 Nicolae Crețulescu

Nicu Alifantis | „A treisprezecea noapte – Memorabilia”, music show 

HOUR 9:00 p.m.
The National Museum of Romanian Literature, 8 Nicolae Crețulescu

Viziunea vizuinii by Marin Sorescu, performance by Simona Măicănescu

HOUR 10:00 p.m.
“Nichita Stănescu” High School,  12  Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu

Guest: Patrick Williamson (U.K.)
Moderator: Vasile Gribincea

HOUR 12:00 a.m.
”Dante Alighieri” Theoretical High School, 9 Aleea Fuiorului

Guest: Elio Pecora (Italy)
Moderator: Luigi Bambulea

HOUR 2:00 p.m.
Goethe Pavilion, 32 Calea Dorobanți & online, video streaming on Goethe’s Institute Facebook page

Rendezvous@Goethe with Hellmut Seiler
Rendezvous@Goethe is an event regularly organized by the Goethe-Institut in Bucharest where German, Romanian and European cultural figures are brought face to face to discuss various topics. Joachim Umlauf’s guest at the Rendezvous@Goethe is Hellmut Seiler, poet and translator.

HOUR 5:00 p.m.
The National Museum of Romanian Literature, 8 Nicolae Crețulescu 

Debate Club 8, twenty five years of existence
Guests: Dan Lungu, Gabriel H. Decuble, Viorel Ilișoi, Dan Sociu
Moderator: Cosmin Ciotloș

HOUR 6:00 p.m.
The National Museum of Romanian Literature, 8 Nicolae Crețulescu

Public readings: Adrian Popescu (Romania), Eugen Suciu (Romania), Victor Ivanovici (Greece), Dan Cristea (Romania)
Presents: Dinu Flămând
Poetry recital – Ioana Crăciunescu reads poems written by Gabriela Melinescu
Poetry recital – Marius Bodochi reads poems written by Virgil Mazilescu
Concert: Adrian Naidin

HOUR 7:00 p.m.
Atelier 030202 / Comedy Theatre, Sala Nouă, 11 Sf. Vineri

”renshi virtual art” – digital art and new media experimental program, in confluence with contemporary creative writing
Performers: 3 visual artists – Ana Ștefania Andronic (BUZU) (Romania), Arina Bican and  Loredana Stancu (Romania) – and 3 poets – Livia Roșca (Romania), Ioana Iuna Șerban and Tudor Voicu (Romania), alongside Dan Mircea Cipariu, writer, and Mihai Zgondoiu, visual artist.
”renshi virtual art” is made by Euro CulturArt association in partnership with ATELIER 030202 Contemporary Art Space in Bucharest, the National Museum of Romanian Literature in Bucharest, the Comedy Theatre, the University of Arts in Bucharest – the Faculty of Decorative Arts and the West University of Timișoara – The Faculty of Arts and Design, with the financial support of AFCN (Administration of the National Cultural Fund).

HOUR 7:00 p.m.
Mall Vitan Bucharest, 55-59 Calea Vitan

The opening of the exhibition Women from different cultures through the eyes of make-up – “Femei din diferite culturi văzute prin ochii machiajului”
The exhibition will take you on a journey through 24 traditional cultures to celebrate diversity and to discover the secrets of make-up in China, Cameroon, France, Saudi Arabia, Armenia, Greece, Thailand, Alegeria and Syria.
Curators: Dana Eliza Serdean and Naomi Guttman
Guests: Consuela Cioboteanu, Armine Vosganian, Teodora Daiana Păcurar, Florin Kevorkian

HOUR 7:00 p.m.
”Carol I” Central University Library’s Aula, 88 Calea Victoriei

Jeudi de la Francophonie

The opening speeches:

• Ioan Cristescu, General Manager of the National Museum of Romanian Literature
• Mireille Rădoi, General Manager of the “Carol I” Central University Library
• H.E. Mrs. Laurence Auer, Ambasador of the French Republic to Romania
• Mohamed Ketata, Regional Director of the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie Central and Eastern Europe (AUF – ECO)

■ Public readings: Jean-Pierre Siméon (France), Ioana Crăciunescu (Romania), Noe Sovage (France), Gabriela Adameșteanu (Romania), Matei Vișniec (video) (Romania-France), Dinu Flămând (Romania)
Moderator: Magda Cârneci
Music: Diana Tudor (singer) & Alexandru Burcă (piano)

■ The award ceremony of the Tudor Arghezi Prize
■ The opening of the Engraving Exhibition François Villon by Mircia Dumitrescu
■ Book launch – Ballads and other poems/ Balade și alte poezii, François Villon (Tracus Arte Publishing House, 2022) translated by Adrian Vasiliu
■ Ioana Crăciunescu reads from Molière
■ Wine tasting and presentation by Cataleya

HOUR 8:00 p.m.
The National Museum of Romanian Literature, 8 Nicolae Crețulescu

Public readings: Patrick Williamson (UK), Cosmin Perța (Romania), Jerzy Jarniewicz  (Polond), Robert Șerban (Romania, video), Floarea Țuțuianu (Romania), Radu Vancu (Romania), Olga Gluštiková (Slovakia, video), Dumitru Fanfarov (Republica Moldova), Andra Rotaru (Romania, video), Cătălina Matei (Romania)
Moderator: Cosmin Perța
Music: Adrian Naidin
With the participation of Mr. Paweł Jankowski, attaché at the Embassy of Poland in Romania

HOUR 9:30
The National Museum of Romanian Literature, 8 Nicolae Crețulescu

Film screening The distance between Me and Me on Nina Cassian
Q&A session with the cast
The movie received the award for The best documentary film, Gopo, 2020
Directed by Mona Nicoară and Dana Bunescu (2018, 89 min.)
Guests: Ada Solomon, Dana Bunescu, Alexandru Solomon, Vivi Drăgan Vasile

HOUR 10:00 a.m.
”Școala Centrală” National College, 3-5 Școala Icoanei

Guest: Noe Sovage (France)
Moderator: Luigi Bambulea

HOUR 5:00 p.m.
The National Museum of Romanian Literature, 8 Nicolae Crețulescu

Romanian literature and the Italian cultural environment | Conference held by Bruno Mazzoni (Italy) 

HOUR 6:00 p.m.
The National Museum of Romanian Literature, 8 Nicolae Crețulescu

Dimitris Lyacos (Greece): The Poena Damni trilogy
Public reading and a dialogue between the writer and his translator, Victor Ivanovici, on the sidelines of the internationally acclaimed Poena Damni trilogy
Partner of the event: The Hellenic Foundation for Culture
(The languages for this event are English & Greek)

HOUR 7:00 p.m.
”Carol I” Central University Library’s Aula, 88 Calea Victoriei

Recital Horațiu Mălăele

HOUR 7:00 p.m.
ARCUB, 84 – 90 Lipscani

Public readings: Moni Stănilă (Republic of Moldova), William Tototk (Germany), (Alexandru Vakulovski (Republic of Moldova), Caius Dobrescu (Romania), Mircea Dan Duță, Gellu Dorian (Romania), Ioan Matiuț (Romania), Cassian Maria Spiridon (Romania), Florina Zaharia (Romania), Teodor Dună (Romania), Augustina Vișan (Romania), Gelu Diaconu (Romania, Adela Greceanu (Romania), Sorin Despot (Romania), Tiberiu Neacșu (Romania)
Music: Sorina Georgiana Rotaru (singer) & Alex Olteanu (piano)
Moderator: Cosmin Perța

ARCUB is a co-producer of the event

HOUR 8:00 p.m.
The National Museum of Romanian Literature, 8 Nicolae Crețulescu

Public readings: Nicolae Prelipceanu (Romania), Adrian Popescu (Romania), Dumitru Radu Popa (Romania, via Zoom)
Moderator: Ion Bogdan Lefter
Classical music micro-recital (Remember Enescu Foundation)

HOUR 9:00 p.m.
The National Museum of Romanian Literature, 8 Nicolae Crețulescu

Film screening | Bukovina – Țara Oamenilor Fagi, țara Unirii adevărate
Directed by: Florin Kevorkian (2019, 77 min.)

HOUR 12:00 a.m.
”Tudor Arghezi” Memorial house, 26 Mărțișor

Arghezian poetry reading in French: Benoît-Joseph Courvoisier (France)

HOUR 2:00 p.m.
The National Museum of Romanian Literature, 8 Nicolae Crețulescu

Public readings: Horia Gârbea and his guests: Vilia Banța, Gabriel Burlacu, Valentin Busuioc, Liviu Capșa, Evelyne Croitoru, Miruna Drăghici, Raluca Faraon, Victoria Milescu, Vasile Poenaru, Mihaela Stanciu, Cosmin Andrei Tudor, Dumitru Ioan Dincă
Moderator: Horia Gârbea

HOUR 4:00 p.m.
The National Museum of Romanian Literature, 8 Nicolae Crețulescu

A dialogue between Cristian Fulaș, Dan Lungu and Lucian Dan Teodorovici on contemporary Romanian prose

HOUR 5:00 p.m.
The National Museum of Romanian Literature, 8 Nicolae Crețulescu

Public readings: Ioana Tiberian, Alexandru Higyed, Denisa Ștefan, Adelina Pascale, Andrei Șerban, Antonia Mihăilescu, Elena Bălășanu, Vlad Beu
Moderator: Cosmin Perța

HOUR 6:00 p.m.
The National Museum of Romanian Literature, 8 Nicolae Crețulescu

An evening of feminist poetry
Public readings: Noe Sovage (France), Elena Vlădăreanu (Romania), Alina Purcaru (Romania), Alexandra Turcu (Romania), Iris Nuțu (Romania), Cristina Alexandrescu (Romania), Cătălina Stanislav (Romania)
Moderator: Elena Vlădăreanu
Music: Cătălina Beța (singer) and Ioana-Mădălina Petre (guitar)

HOUR 7:00 p.m.
”Carol I” Central University Library’s Aula, 88 Calea Victoriei

Public readings: Iossif Ventura (Greece), Benoît-Joseph Courvoisier (France), Tibor Zalán (Hungary), Efe Duyan (Turkey), Madara Gruntmane (Latvia), Romulus Bucur (Romania), Lucian Vasiliu (Romania), Mina Decu (Romania), Valerio Magrelli (Italy, video), Xánthos Maidás (Greece, video),  Cristina Ispas (Romania), Miruna Vlada (Romania)
Moderator: Iuliana Miu
Music: Mircea Tiberian

HOUR 8:00 p.m.
The National Museum of Romanian Literature, 8 Nicolae Crețulescu

Vedere din Uman – performance by Mugur Grosu, inspired by an event from the beginning of the war in Ukraine; poetry & music.

HOUR 1:30 p.m.
”Carol I” Central University Library’s Aula, 88 Calea Victoriei

Salut, Adolescența! – George Mihăiță

HOUR 4:00 p.m.
The National Museum of Romanian Literature, 8 Nicolae Crețulescu

Classical music recital organised by the Rememebr Enescu Cultural Foundation
Coordination and presentation: Mihaela Tomescu, professor

HOUR 6:00 p.m.
The National Museum of Romanian Literature’s Garden, 8 Nicolae Crețulescu

The closing of the Festival

Presents:

Ioan Cristescu, General Manager of The National Museum of Romanian Literature
H.E.’s Mrs. María Pía Busta Díaz, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Chile in Romania, speech on the occasion of the National Day of the Republic of Chile
A video reading of Gabriela Mistral will be screened (courtesy of the Gabriela Mistral Foundation)

Public readings: Juan Arabia (Argentina), Bogdan O. Popescu (Romania), Fulgencio Martinez (Spain, video), Dan Mircea Cipariu (Romania), Ada Salas (Spain, video), Marcelo Ariel (Brazil, video), Angela Marinescu (Romania), Rodrigo Guzmán (Chile, video), Andrei Novac (Romania), Rafael Courtoisie (Uruguay, video), Ștefan Manasia (Romania), Ioana Greceanu (Romania)
Moderator: Luana Stroe
Music: “Dinu Lipatti” Youth Orchestra

HOUR 8:00 p.m.
The National Museum of Romanian Literature’s Garden, 8 Nicolae Crețulescu

Recital Răzvan Vasilescu