Days of Poetry and Wine Festival

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Festival Dnevi poezije in vina

Borštnikov trg 2, SI-1000 Ljubljana

http://poezijainvino.org

info@poezijainvino.org

Phone386 (0) 1 200 3705

Founded byŠtudentska založba Publishing House

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  Part two of the Japanese-Slovenian translation workshop (part one was organised during Days of Poetry and Wine Festival 2012) including literary readings by Gašper Bivšek, Milan Dekleva, Katja Perat, and Aleš Šteger, organised by Študentska založba Publishing House,

  
  

  
  

  
  

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The Days of Poetry and Wine Festival is a festival that hosts the younger generation of poets from all over the world. Up to 2009 it took place in Medana (a village in Goriška Brda next to the Italian border) during the last week in August, basically turning the village into the poetry capital of Europe for a week. In 2010 the 14th edition of the festival moves to Ptuj, a historical town of Roman origin in eastern Slovenia, one of regional partner cities of Maribor, European Capital of Culture 2012.

Rumen Leonidov, Bulgarian author readings at the Days of Poetry and Wine Festival in Medana, 2009

Background and programme

The festival was initiated in 1995 by the Študentska založba Publishing House, Ljubljana. It has since expanded to offer more than just poetry and wine: it features numerous concerts, a selection of recent Slovene films, contemporary dance performances, street theatre, visual and spatial interventions, a programme for children ... Among its goals are to examine intersections between poetry and other art forms and to provide an opportunity for discussions between authors and local and international publishers on different topics.

The festival has also seen some notable guests: in 2009 it was attended by Rumen Leonidov from Bulgaria and Durs Grünbein from Germany. In 2008 the other poets were joined by Lars Gustafsson from Sweden and Paul Muldoon from Ireland (all of which are regarded as modern poetry classics). Študentska založba also took this opportunity to publish collections of their poetry.

Before the official start of each year's festival in Medana, the participating poets took part in an event named Medana before Medana and presented their work in other towns all over Slovenia. In 2009 poetry readings were held in Ljubljana, Ptuj, Padna, Vrba, Volče, and Krško.

A comprehensive multilingual volume of the participants' poetry and a special festival bottling of vintage wines accompanies each festival. The poems are presented on the festival website. A genuine contact is established between the locals and their guests, as full board and private lodging is provided for all guest poets of the festival, along with the expenses relating to the programme (the invited participants are expected to cover only travel expenses to Ljubljana).

International cooperation

The event has had many sponsors in recent years, including the Brda Community, the Ministry of Culture of Slovenia, and winegrowers from Medana. In 2003 it was one of five Slovene projects that received a grant within the Culture 2000 programme of the European Commission.

In 2010 the festival moves from Medana to Ptuj, whose location between Graz and Zagreb makes it ideal for international cooperation when it comes to both poetry and wine. The guests of honour will be Tomas Tranströmer from Sweden, Les Murray from Australia and for the first time also a modern classic from Slovenia, Niko Grafenauer.

See also

• Študentska založba Publishing House

External links

• Days of Poetry and Wine Festival website (in Slovenian)
• Days of Poetry and Wine Festival (Medana) online archive
• Information about the 2003 festival funded by the EU, Database of Supported Projects by Cultural Contact Point Slovenia

Gallery

Aleš Šteger, art director of Days of Poetry and Wine Festival, 2014

Poetry Meadow, a public installation by Stanka Vauda Benčevič and Tjaša Čuš for the Days of Poetry and Wine Festival in Ptuj, 2014

Svetlana MakaroviÄ, a honorary guest of the Days of Poetry and Wine Festival in Ptuj, 2014

Days of Poetry and Wine Festival, the festival central stage on the Vraz Square in Ptuj, 2014

Days of Poetry and Wine Festival, Poetry reading, Astrid Alben, 2014

Days of Poetry and Wine Festival, garden readings, 2014

Days of Poetry and Wine Festival decor in the streets of Ptuj that lies in the heart of one of most fascinating wine-growing regions of eastern Slovenia, 2014

One of the so-called Wicked Tastings with the invited literary guests and vintners, in an intimate local space, Days of Poetry and Wine Festival, 2014

A comprehensive multilingual volume of the participants' poetry and a special festival bottling of vintage wines accompanies each festival. Wine tasting, Days of Poetry and Wine Festival 2009

Leja Jurišić and Mojca Kalar perform in "Sostanovalka", [title translates as Girl Roommate] conceived by Sanja Nešković Peršin, Days of Poetry and Wine Festival, 2009

Poetry and music at the Days of Poetry and Wine Festival in Medana, 2009

The festival has poetry as its basis and features multilingual readings accompanied by concerts, films, performances, exhibitions and art installations. Exhibition opening, Days of Poetry and Wine Festival 2008

Established in 1995 by the Študentska založba Publishing House, Ljubljana, Days of Poetry and Wine Festival has an established annual tradition. Poetry volumes for sale, 2008

Gorazd Kocijančič reading his work at Days of Poetry and Wine Festival in Medana 2009

Rumen Leonidov, Bulgarian author readings at the Days of Poetry and Wine Festival in Medana, 2009