World Poetry Day event. World Poetry Day. Traditions of World Poetry Day in the world and Russia

As part of World Poetry Day 2016, Moscow literary projects and platforms offer:

On Thursday, March 17, the Museum of the Silver Age (Bryusov House, 30 Mira Ave., metro station "Prospekt Mira") will host the opening of the World Poetry Day program according to UNESCO "All Moscow / general gathering" (curators of Moscow literary projects, venues , salons, clubs present their programs and authors). Announcement of the exhibition - “Literary Atlantis of the 1990-2000s”. Starts at 19.00.

In the salon “Classics of the 21st Century” (Chekhov Cultural Center, Strastnoy Blvd., 6, building 2, metro station “Chekhovskaya”) there will be a presentation of the book “Girl with a Hoop” by German Vlasov. Starts at 19.00.

March 18, Friday, at the A.N. Tolstoy (Spiridonovka, 2/6, metro station "Arbatskaya") there will be a poetry evening by Evgeny Nikitin and Arkady Shtypel. Starts at 19.00.

On Saturday, March 19, a poetry evening by Galina Nerpina will take place at the Chukovsky House-Museum (Peredelkino village, Serafimovicha St., 3). Starts at 16.00.

The Museum of the Silver Age (Bryusov House) will host an evening from the series “Metamorphoses. Conversations about literary translation": Maria Falikman. Hosted by Alyosha Prokopyev. Starts at 19.00.

On Sunday, March 20, a presentation of the textbook “Poetry” will take place at the “Dacha on Pokrovka” club (18 Pokrovsky Blvd., metro station “Kitai-Gorod”). Conducted by authors Natalia Azarova, Kirill Korchagin, Dmitry Kuzmin. Starts at 19.00.

On Monday, March 21, the cafe “Jean-Jacques” (Tsvetnoy Boulevard, 24, building 1, metro station “Tsvetnoy Boulevard”) will host an evening “The Poetry Magazine “Air” - 10 years old.” Starts at 19.00.

The poetry evening “Poetry Day 2016, or Solid Complexes” will take place in the premises of Theater.Doc (M. Kazenny per., 12, metro station “Kurskaya”). Starts at 20.00.

In the theater hall of the Literary Salon in the Bulgakov House (B. Sadovaya, 10, metro station "Mayakovskaya") there will be a presentation of the anthology of modern poetry "Poetic Atlas of Russia". Hosted by Andrey Korovin and Pavel Kryuchkov. Starts at 20.00.

On Tuesday, March 22, in the cafe “Jean-Jacques” (Maroseyka, 15, metro station “Kitai-gorod”) the ceremony of announcing the poetry prize “Difference”-2016 will take place. Starts at 19.00.

There will also be a presentation of the books by Oksana Vasyakina “Women’s Prose” and Ksenia Charyeva “On a Completely Strange Celebration”. Starts at 20.00.

On Wednesday, March 23, at the club “Chinese pilot Zhao Da” (Lubyansky Prospect, 25, metro station “Kitai-Gorod”) there will be an evening of poets - laureates of the 2015 literary awards. Starts at 19.00.

March 25, Friday, in library No. 76 named after. M.Yu. Lermontov (Barbolina, 6, Sokolniki metro station) will host the first evening of the Fourth Literary Readings “They’re Gone. They remained" (in memory of young poets who passed away at the end of the 20th - beginning of the 21st century). Starts at 18.30.

March 26, Saturday, in library No. 76 named after. M.Yu. Lermontov will host the second evening of the Fourth Literary Readings “They Gone. They remained" (in memory of young poets who passed away at the end of the 20th - beginning of the 21st century). Starts at 15.00.

In the Pasternak House-Museum (Peredelkino village, Pavlenko St., 3), as part of Dmitry Vedenyapin’s author’s project “Man in Other People,” an evening by Mikhail Yasnov will be held. Starts at 16.00.

As part of the Moscow Cultural Forum 2016 (Manege, Manezhnaya Square, 1, stand of the State Budgetary Institution of Moscow, Central Library of the North-Eastern Administrative District), a round table “Artist and poet: transformations” will be held. Participating: Danila Davydov, Alexey Sosna and others. Starts at 18.00.

In the Museum of A.N. Tolstoy will host the evening “Poems kultinfo. Publication 1/16": "South Stream". Poems of the IX Moscow International Festival “Biennale of Poets”. Starts at 19.00.

On Sunday, March 27, the third evening of the Fourth Literary Readings “They’re Gone. They remained" (in memory of young poets who passed away at the end of the 20th - beginning of the 21st century). Starts at 15.30.

A poetry evening by Vasil Borodin will take place at the Pasternak House-Museum (Peredelkino village). Starts at 16.00.

The 4th Jean-Jacques reading: Timur Kibirov will take place in the cafe “Jean-Jacques” (Nikitsky Blvd., 12, metro station “Arbatskaya”). Starts at 19.00.

On Tuesday, March 29, the Dacha on Pokrovka club will host an evening from the series “Moscow and Non-Muscovites”: Maxim Amelin (Kursk) - Mikhail Aizenberg (Moscow). Starts at 19.00.

On Wednesday, March 30, the 5th Jean-Jacques readings will be held at the cafe “Jean-Jacques” (Tsvetnoy Boulevard, 24, building 1). Nikolai Zvyagintsev. Starts at 19.00.

The literary salon “Bulgakov House” will host the evening “The Corner of Nevsky and Tverskaya. Contemporary St. Petersburg poetry in Moscow." Participating: Vitaly Dmitriev, Oleg Levitan and others. Starts at 20.00.

On Thursday, March 31, in the Great Hall of the Central House of Writers (B. Nikitskaya, 53, metro station “Barrikadnaya”) there will be a presentation of Waldemar Weber’s book “The 101st kilometer, then everywhere.” Hosted by Olga Medvedko. Starts at 18.30.

An evening from the “Poles” cycle will take place at the Silver Age Museum (Bryusov House): Alexey Kashcheev - Dana Sideros. Starts at 19.00.

On Sunday, April 3, a presentation of Andrei Korovin’s book “Snebafall” will take place at the Bulgakov House literary salon. Starts at 19.00.

On Tuesday, April 5, the Dacha on Pokrovka club will host a presentation of Anna Tsvetkova’s book “Con amore.” Starts at 19.00.

On Wednesday, April 6, the literary club “Contemporaries-XXI” (Russian State Library for Youth, B. Cherkizovskaya, 4, building 1, metro station “Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad”) will host a poetry evening by Konstantin Kedrov. Starts at 19.00.

The ExLibris cafe (Bobrov lane, 6, building 1, metro station "Chistye Prudy", "Sretensky Boulevard") will host an evening of poets - graduates of the Moscow Printing Institute "Farewell to the Printing Institute". Starts at 18.00.

On Thursday, April 7, the bookstore “Order of Words” (Electrotheater “Stanislavsky”, Tverskaya, 23, metro station “Tverskaya”, “Pushkinskaya”) will host a presentation of Yan Nikitin’s book “Selected Texts: 1997-2012”. Starts at 19.30.

On Friday, April 8, a presentation of Sergei Kruglov’s book “Queen Saturday” will take place at the Museum of the Silver Age (Bryusov House). Starts at 19.00.

The Central House of Arts Workers (Pushechnaya, 9/6, bldg. 1, metro station "Kuznetsky Most") will host a DOOS poetry show: Part I of the video chronicle of the 1st, 2nd, 6th and 7th World Poetry Days at the Theater on Taganka (Yuri Lyubimov, Valery Zolotukhin, Dmitry Aleksandrovich Prigov, Nike Borzov, Andrey Voznesensky, etc.); Part II - poetry readings. Starts at 19.00.

On Saturday, April 9, at the “Magazine Hall” club (M. Gnezdnikovsky Lane, 9/8, building 3-a) Vasily Lomakin’s “Igitur” evening will take place. Starts at 19.00.

On Sunday, April 10, the Silver Age Museum will host the evening “Top Salesmen of the Book Store.” Starts at 19.00.

On Tuesday, April 12, the literary club “Sovremenniki-XXI” (Russian State Library for Youth) will host a literary and musical evening “Gagarin-Boogie-55”: Oleg Chilap and the “Bee-Band” group. Starts at 19.00.

On Wednesday, April 13, the literary salon “Bulgakov House” will host a presentation of Alexander Timofeevsky’s book “Backward Time. A book of poems." Starts at 20.00.

On April 14, Thursday, at the Museum of the Silver Age (Bryusov House) a meeting from the series “Coordinate System. Open lectures on Russian literature of the 1970s-2000s": "20 years of the Crimean Club." Read by Igor Sid. Illustrated by Tatyana Bonch-Osmolovskaya, Igor Levshin, Alexander Lyusy and others. Presentation of the collection of the Bosporus Forum. Starts at 19.00.

On April 15, Friday, in the Great Hall of the Central House of Writers an evening dedicated to the 130th anniversary of the birth of Nikolai Gumilyov “You will remember me more than once…” will be held. Starts at 19.00.

On Saturday, April 16, the Silver Age Museum (Bryusov House) will host Sergei Vlasov’s performance “A Private History of Poetry” (based on poems by Alexander Pushkin, Sergei Yesenin, Vladislav Khodasevich, Sergei Gandlevsky, Leonid Kostyukov, Dmitry Vedenyapin, etc.) Beginning at 19.00 .

World Poetry Day is celebrated on March 21st. In 2020, the holiday takes place for the 21st time. Literary associations, poetry fans, journalists, editors, critics, translators, teachers, students and graduates of philological educational institutions, and people passionate about writing poetry take part in the celebrations.

The purpose of the holiday is to introduce people to poetry and provide an opportunity for young talents to express themselves.

history of the holiday

Poetry Day first appeared in 1938 in the American state of Ohio. It was initiated by the poet Tessa Sweezy Webb. The holiday took place on October 15 - the birthday of the ancient Roman poet Virgil. In 1951, it was celebrated as National Poetry Day by 38 US states and Mexico.

World Poetry Day was officially established by the resolution of the 30th session of the General Conference of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) on November 15, 1999. The holiday was first held on March 21, 2000. In Russia, it was celebrated in Moscow at the Taganka Theater.

Holiday traditions

Participants in ceremonial events give each other rare books, share impressions of works, recite poems, and discuss new works.

Theme evenings are organized in educational institutions. Students give presentations on the lives of literary figures and recite rhymed lines from memory.

Radio and television stations broadcast programs about the life and work of poets.

• In the Russian language there are words that do not rhyme: muskrat, lark, frost, embankment, user, wire, torso.
• In the works of Pushkin there are 22 thousand different words, Lermontov - 15 thousand.
• In poems about nature by Russian poets, the following three trees are most often found: birch, pine and oak.
• In Russian, verbs that end in “at” rhyme best. There are 5.5 thousand variants of rhymes for them.
• The first poetess is considered to be the Akkadian princess Enheduanna, who lived in the 23rd century BC.
• The Chinese Emperor Qianlong, who reigned in the 18th century, executed the authors of sad poems.
• Scientists from the University of Liverpool in the UK have concluded that reading poetry activates the brain.

Few people have not tried to write poetry in their lives, so World Poetry Day can be considered a national holiday. Poetry is a truly brilliant invention of mankind, since rhymed lines are the easiest way to express the emotions that overwhelm the soul. In poems, poets dream of a wonderful future and remember the heroic past, dedicate lines to one specific person and address all of humanity.

Of course, not everyone is given the talent to write brilliant poetry, but even if primitive, but certainly sincere lines during a period of emotional upsurge, almost everyone composes. And this is wonderful, even if no one sees a simple poem except its author, even in this case, it will become a contribution to the spiritual prosperity of mankind.

History of appearance

The history of the holiday is interesting. It began to be celebrated unofficially back in the thirties of the last century in the USA. The initiator of organizing the Day, which unites poets and poetry lovers, was an American poetess named Tesa Webb.

For many years the holiday fell on October 15th. The date was chosen in honor of the birthday of Virgil, the famous philosopher and poet.

At the very end of the 20th century, on the initiative of UNESCO, it was decided to give the holiday official status. This was done to revive and inspire “new exploits” in the international poetry movement. The holiday was celebrated for the first time in official status 21 March 2000 and since then, this date has become a generally recognized international holiday dedicated to poetry.

On the role of poetry in the life of society

The word "poetry" is of Greek origin. It can be translated as “creation”, “creation”. Indeed, any poem is a work created using the emotions of the imagination and spiritual strength of the poet.

You can write poetry only in a special state of mind, when it is easy to see the sublime behind the everyday. It’s not for nothing that people often write their first rhymes during the period of falling in love.

Good poetry has a special energy. They force the listener or reader to experience those feelings and experience the emotions that the author puts into them. That is why good poetry always gives rise to a special feeling in the soul.

Of course, not every poet has great talent. Geniuses like Pushkin are not born often. But good poems outlive their creators for a long time, delighting more and more generations of readers with their extraordinary purity and poignancy.

Often brilliant poems are born during periods of great upheaval. Thus, during the Great Patriotic War, during the years of the most difficult trials that befell the peoples inhabiting the Soviet Union, a whole galaxy of bright poets appeared. Poems created during the war are distinguished by a variety of genres. This is bright journalism, and heartfelt lyrics, and caustic, evil satire.

But even in peacetime, poetry does not remain aloof from the life of society. Poems can become answers to the deepest questions arising in the souls of our contemporaries. Pictures and images created by poets can attract public attention to the most complex and pressing issues of our time.

Is it possible to imagine our life without poetry? Without poems that touch the deepest strings of the soul, without wonderful songs and even without naive but touching holiday greetings composed by a child for his mother? Isn't it true that such a life will be incredibly gray and boring? After all, it will not have that explosion of emotions and experiences that poetry gives us.

Traditions

On the day when Poetry Day is celebrated, a wide variety of events are held. Despite the fact that it was officially recognized only recently, certain celebration traditions have already developed.

On this evening, various literary readings and poetry evenings are held, and meetings of poets with admirers of their work are organized. Competitions are often held for aspiring poets, this allows them to identify young talents and give them the opportunity to develop their abilities.

On Poetry Day, various events are held in educational institutions: schools, philological departments of universities, as well as in libraries and publishing houses.

If we talk about events on an international scale, it is worth remembering the poetry festival, which is held annually in the small Macedonian town of Struga. This festival was first held in the early sixties, when only local poets took part in it.

The event was organized in honor of the famous enlighteners Miladinovs, who lived in the 19th century. Since the brothers were born in the town of Struga, poetry events in their honor are held in their homeland.

A year after its founding, writers from all over Yugoslavia took part in the festival, and at the same time a prize was established, which was awarded to the author of the best book of poetry published by a local publishing house.

Four years after its founding, the event became international. The scale of the award, which it was decided to call the “Golden Crown,” also changed. It began to be awarded for achievements in the field of poetry.

In different years, the prize was also received by famous Soviet poets - Okudzhava, Voznesensky, Rozhdestvensky. Photos of these talented people will forever remain in the gallery of festival laureates.

Over the years of the existence of the poetry festival, the town of Struga has received several thousand poets as guests and participants of the festival, as well as translators, poetry specialists and literary reviewers representing almost a hundred different countries of the world.

The Russian capital annually hosts a literary biennale, bringing together poets from different countries. In addition, two literary prizes are awarded annually: “Moscow Account” for Muscovite poets and “Moscow Transit” for Russian poets.

Poetry Day is a great opportunity for young poets to express themselves. In addition, this day allows small publishers to come to the fore. After all, the works of modern poets are most often published by small publishing houses and literary associations.

The most ancient poems, according to historians, were written back in the 23rd century BC. They were created by Princess En-hedu-ana and the discovery is confirmed by artifacts. The Princess is the earliest author known by name, as well as the first poet. She was the daughter of the founder of the Akkadian kingdom - King Sargon, and is known from the Sumerian hymns.

It is known that the first rhyming dictionaries appeared in the Middle Ages. It is interesting that, for example, the entire Koran is built on rhymes. And the first person to compare the cheeks of a young girl with a rose was a poet, as Salvador Dali once said.

In 1999, at the 30th session of the UNESCO General Conference, it was decided to celebrate World Poetry Day on March 21. The first holiday - World Poetry Day - was celebrated in Paris, where UNESCO headquarters is located.

“Poetry,” says the UNESCO decision, “can be the answer to the most pressing and profound spiritual questions of modern man - but for this it is necessary to attract the widest possible public attention to it. In addition, World Poetry Day should provide an opportunity to more widely express themselves to small publishing houses, whose efforts mainly bring the work of modern poets to readers, and to literary clubs that revive the age-old tradition of the living, sounding poetic word.”

It has become a good tradition on this day to hold various events, celebrations and new competitions, to present rising poetic talents and their creative works, and to organize evenings for friends of art. The poem makes our culture immeasurably richer and more representative. The most striking works, treasures of the heart, rightfully open up the opportunity to fully experience the uniqueness of the invisible flight of the human soul, to touch the greatest history of each of us, because each look is beautiful and unique in its own way. It allows us to give not only beautiful poetic forms of words and rhymes, but also a significant part of life that contributes to our own development.

If you are partial to poetry, please accept our congratulations on this day! If you are a poet, then this date is your worldwide professional holiday. Happy holiday to you and us, we wish you all poetry!

Interesting facts for World Poetry Day

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World Poetry Day is celebrated on March 21 every year. Poetry is probably one of the most brilliant achievements of mankind. To pour out your feelings in poetic form, to capture your worldview in rhyme, to dream about the future and remember the past, while simultaneously addressing millions and remaining alone with yourself - only poetry, the greatest of the arts created by man, is capable of this.

Not many become great and famous poets, but many have tried to write poetry at least once in their lives. After all, most people are far from alien to those “beautiful impulses of the soul” that prompt a person to take a pen, a piece of paper and start creating. Write poetry without thinking about fame and immortality. After all, even a small, unknown poem written by a child is also a huge spiritual contribution to the cultural and intellectual prosperity of the entire society.

History of World Poetry Day

For the first time, the initiative to establish the holiday was taken by the American poetess Tesa Webb back in the mid-30s of the 20th century. She proposed celebrating International Poetry Day on October 15, in honor of the birth date of the famous poet and philosopher Virgil. It should be noted that her proposal found a positive response in the hearts of many people: by 1951, on October 15, National Poetry Day was celebrated not only in 38 US states, but also in European countries. The celebrations were of an unofficial nature, and the date of their holding was in no way recorded in the calendar of memorable days.

Only on November 15, 1999, UNESCO, at the 30th conference, adopted a resolution on the establishment of an international day, which was supposed to “breathe a second life” into the world poetic movement. The holiday was celebrated for the first time on March 21 in 2000, in Paris, where UNESCO headquarters is located. The main goal of International Poetry Day was to emphasize the greatest importance that literature plays in the cultural life of modern society, to unite poets from all over the world and give them the right and opportunity to express themselves!

Traditions of World Poetry Day in the world

Despite the fact that World Poetry Day is a young holiday, it is celebrated quite widely in the USA, Europe, and, of course, in Russia. On this day, it is customary to organize evenings at literary clubs, meetings with readers, which are attended by both seasoned and beginning poets. The holiday is solemnly celebrated not only by poets and their readers, but also by philological faculties of higher educational institutions, many schools, publishing houses of literary magazines, almanacs and newspapers.