2012 Activities of the Anglo-French Poetry Festival
 
Festival   Marché 2012

35th Anglo-French Poetry Festival / La Traductière Nr 30

Poetic Attention / L'attention poétique

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Activities Program

Paris, June 10 to 17

Honor Guest of the Festival and of the Marché de la poésie :

S I N G A P O R E

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Place and Date
Activity
Description of the Activity
Sunday June 10 at La Pagode
(57, rue de Babylone, Paris 7e, M° Saint-François-Xavier)
At 11am
Video films
Projection of international video-films realized after poems on the theme "The Poetry Reader" published in the review La Traductière, in collaboration with FIFE 2012 (International Experimental Film Festival, Florean Museum, Baia Mare) - Entrance : 6 €
Tuesday June 12 at Café de Flore (172, boul. Saint-Germain, Paris 7e, M° Saint-Germain-des-Prés)
From 7 to 9 pm
Poetry reading Singapore & Others - 1
Poetry reading by the poets HENG Siok Tian, Madeleine Lee, Tan Chee Lay, Edwin Thumboo (Singapore), Eva-Maria Berg (Germany), Dominique Hecq (Australia), Max Alhau, Anne Talvaz(France), Patrick Williamson (UK), Paul Bélanger, Denise Desautels (Quebec)
Wednesday June 13 at Théâtre de Nesle (8, rue de Nesle, Paris 6e)
Poetry and Music Concert, presenting pieces of music composed after poems on the theme "The Poetry Reader" published in the new issue of the review La Traductière
Thursday June 14 at the Marché de la poésie (place Saint-Sulpice, Paris 6e, M° Saint-Sulpice)
At 5:30pm on the Podium Inauguration of the 30th Marché de la poésie, with Singapore as Honor Guest

Official inauguration of the Marché de la Poésie, with Singapore as Honor Guest, in collaboration with the Festival Franco-Anglais de Poésie and the review La Traductière.

A 6:30pm on stand 114
Inauguration of the exhibition and launch of la Traductière Nr 30

Official inauguration of the exhibition "The Poetry Reader", organized by the Festival franco-anglais de poésie and TranSignum Editions, presented jointly at the Galerie de Nesle (8, rue de Nesle, Paris 6e) and at the Marché de la poésie, stand 114
Launch of la Traductière n° 30, including poems on the theme "The Poetry Reader", essays on " Poetic Attention" and a special dossier on Singapore's poetry, with contributions by some 20 Singaporean poets
At 8pm on the Podium
Poetry reading by Singapore poets
Poetry reading with :
- the Singaporean poets Aaron Maniam, ZOU Lu and TOH Hsien Min
- the actors Sylvie Moussier and Philippe Burin des Roziers who will read the French translations plus poems by Latha and Johar Buang translated into French
- the Singaporean music composer and performer Diana Sow.
Friday June 15 at the Marché de la poésie

At 2:30pm on the Podium
Round table about Singapore poetry
Round table about "Poetry in Singapore" with the Singaporean poets Chandran Nair, HENG Siok Tian, Aaron Maniam, Tan Chee Lay, Edwin Thumboo, TOH Hsien Min and ZOU Lu
Ay 8pm on the Podium
Poetry reading by Singapore poets
Poetry reading with :
- the Singaporean poets Chandran Nair, HENG Siok Tian, Tan Chee Lay - the actors Sylvie Moussier and Philippe Burin des Roziers who will read the French translations plus poems by KTM Iqbal translated into French
- the Singaporean music composer and performer Diana Sow.

Saturday June 16 at the Café de la Mairie
(8, place Saint-Sulpice, Paris 6e, M° Saint-Sulpice)
From 8 to 10pm
Poetry reading Singapore & Others - 2
Poetry reading by the poets Chandran Nair, Aaron Maniam, ZOU Lu, TOH Hsien Min (Singapore), Jean-Luc Wauthier (Belgium), James A. Emanuel (USA), Claude Ber, Yekta (France), Shizue Ogawa (Japan), Anne Bihan (New Caledonia), Monique Deland (Quebec)
Sunday June 17 at the Marché de la poésie
At 4:30 on the Podium
Round table "Poetic Attention"
Round table about "Poetic Attention", theme of the essays published in la Traductière Nr 30, with the poets Jeanine Baude (France), Sebastian Reichmann (France/Rumania), Cécile Oumhani (France/Tunisia), Chandran Nair and Edwin Thumboo (Singapore)