Thursday, September 20, 2007

SIXTH INTERNATIONAL POETIC MEETING DEDICATED TO BOSNIAN POET IZET SARAJLIC TO BE HELD IN SARAJEVO

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (September 20,2007) – The Sixth International Poetical Meeting dedicated to Bosnian poet Izet Sarajlic will be held in Sarajevo from September 28 to September 30. The event will take place at the “Prvi Maj” cinema.

This poetical event is aimed to realize the dream of this great poet – returning the international poetry to Sarajevo.

12 years after the end of the 1992-1995 Serbian,Montenegrin and Croatian aggressions against Bosnia and siege of Bosnian capital, this event bears a full symbolic and political value – the project based on the culture of meetings, exchange of experience and brotherhood will again be situated in Sarajevo.

This manifestation is organized by the “Multimedia Edizioni/Casa della poesia” from Baronissi (Salerno),Italy, in cooperation with the Italian Embassy in Sarajevo, the “Dante Alighieri” Association, the City of Sarajevo, the Bosnian P.E.N. Center and the Association of Independent Intellectuals “Circle 99”.

Numerous governmental institutions, cultural centers, Italian companies, the “Andre Malraux” Cultural Association and Spanish, US, Egyptian and Turkish embassies also contributed.

No comments: