The fifth review of "Chieti-Poesia" is underway. A three-day journey into contemporary beauty

The fifth review of "Chieti-Poesia" is underway. A three-day journey into contemporary beauty.

It started there fifth edition di “Chieti-Poesia Festival of poetry and other languages”, an event organized by Aps Mira and the Center for Poetry and Other Languages, supported by the Banco di Napoli Foundation and the Kiwanis clubs Chieti-Pescara, Chieti-Pescara d'Annunzio and Chieti-Theate, and sponsored by the Abruzzo Region, the Embassy in Italy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, by the Province and Municipality of Chieti and by the DiLASS of the “G. d'Annunzio" of Chieti.

The event, sponsored by the Municipality, will see the participation of poets, artists and scholars of art and literature. The complete program is available at www.chietipoesia.it.

The Center for Poetry and Other Languages, directed by Luigi Colagreco, deals with the promotion of contemporary poetry in relation to other artistic languages, with particular attention paid to university students and secondary school students.

«An important Festival, because it unifies the city with a series of initiatives that will animate it in the name of poetry and art, coming to life from the most beautiful and important places from the Barbella Museum to Palazzo de Mayo, to the University Auditorium – said the deputy mayor and councilor for culture Paolo De Cesare –. A high quality event, aimed at young people, to promote the beauty of poetry. Initiatives like this enhance us as a cultural city and enrich an offer that we are expanding and enhancing more and more, it is nice that it also happens in synergy with the D'Annunzio University and with all the other institutions that sponsor the Festival with us. The cultural life of the capital city must be rich and synergistic, made up of events that interact with a varied audience, including generationally, giving voice to associations and entities full of proposals and initiatives. A format that involves and works, giving Chieti numerous and attractive events, just like this one".

On the morning of Thursday 26th, in the Auditorium of the University Museum, the poets Daniel Calabrese and Claudio Damiani will meet students from some secondary schools in Chieti, while in the afternoon, they will be involved in two initiatives open to all citizens. The Argentine poet Daniel Calabrese, at Palazzo de' Mayo, will talk about the volume "A sky for things - A sky for things" in collaboration with the National Boarding School "GB Vico". The poet Claudio Damiani, however, will present the collection “Before being born” in the Auditorium of the “V. Antonelli” in collaboration with the Istituto Comprensivo 3 Chieti. In the evening the poet Jean Portante and the bandoneonist César Stroscio will bring to life, in the “C. Barbella” at the poetry and music recital “The Strange Language”. The initiative is carried out in collaboration with the Embassy in Italy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

On the morning of Friday 27th, last day of the Theatine festival, the poets Jean Portante and Maria Borio, in the Auditorium of the UdA Rectorate, will talk about poetry to the students of some Theatine schools in collaboration with the DiLASS of the “G. d'Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara. In the afternoon, at Palazzo De' Mayo, Maria Borio will return to talk about poetry by presenting the collection “Trasparenza”. At the end of the festival, the conference “Time of memory, memory of time” will be held with speeches by Concetta Meri Leone, philologist, and Valentina Sturli, professor of Comparative Literature at the “G. d'Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara.