Poetry Today: Why Write, Read, Translate It?
- Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
- When: November 15, 2022, 19:00 – 21:00
Discussion and reading featuring six Czech and Scottish poets. After a year of online meetings within the project Czech Scottish Poetry Connections, where they discussed their work and translated one another, they will meet face to face and discuss outwardly simple questions about the role of poetry: personal, social and political. Jitka Bret-Srbová, Ondřej Lipár, Rob Mackenzie, Niall O’Gallagher, Alycia Pirmohamed and Olina Stehlíková will debate and read. Chaired by Alexandra Büchler. The evening will take place in English and Czech.
In cooperation with the organisation Culture Reset, Literature Across Frontiers and the Poetry Day festival. With the support of the Czech Literary Centre, Creative Scotland and the Edwin Morgan Trust.