Welcome to Days of poetry and wine

WELCOME TO DAYS OF POETRY AND WINE!

In the last week of August 2010 Days of Poetry and Wine, one of the most important European poetry festivals, will bring together poets from all over the world for the fourteenth consecutive year. The festival, which has to this day hosted more than 300 poets, will this year make its new home in the medieval centre of the town Ptuj, where it will expand its programme with the help of new infrastructure and scenery. As tradition has it, poetry readings will be accompanied by other arts; several concerts, film screenings, street shows, performances, exhibitions, puppet shows, readings for children etc. will take place in the very centre of Ptuj, which will be veiled in art installations for a whole week.

This year's honorable guests will include: the Australian poet Les Murray, frequently among the favourites to win the Nobel Prize in Literature and without doubt the most important Australian poet; the Swedish classic Tomas Tranströmer and the Slovene classic Niko Grafenauer. Each of them will be honored by having a book of his poetry translated and published, while poetry of the other guest poets will be published in a multilingual anthology Days of Poetry and Wine 2010. The accompanying programme will follow the central topic Voice, on which a round-table discussion will be held too. A rich selection of wines will ensure a relaxed, social atmosphere. All of the festival's event are free of charge.

Together let's write a poetic ending to the chapter of this summer!