XXXII International Literature Festival Druskininkai Poetic Fall 2021

In the Gaol of Poetry

PROGRAMME

 

September 29, Wednesday

18.00 Presentation of the Druskininkai Poetic Fall Almanach.
Hosted by Dominykas Norkūnas and Vytas Dekšnys.
House of Histories, cafe „Druska Miltai Vanduo“. 3 T. Kosciučkos Street, Vilnius.

 

 

October 1, Friday

11.00 Participant registration in Druskininkai.
Dainava center, Širdelė café, Bubilas Hall, 16 Maironio Street.
11.00 Meetings with children in Druskininkai schools.
13.45 Opening of the festival. The Druskininkai Poetic Fall flag raising ceremony near the Širdelė café.
14.00 “In the Gaol of Poetry” – a discussion moderated by Dalius Jonkus.
Dainava center, Aušrinė Hall.
Simultaneous translation.
16.00 Coffee break.

Opening of “Lukiškių skr. nr. 6”. An exhibition by photographer Gediminas Sadauskas.
Dainava center, lobby of the Aušrinė Hall.

Opening of “50 portraits of Ričardas Šileika,” an exhibition by poet and photographer Benediktas Januševičius.
Dainava center, Aušrinė Hall.
16.30 A presentation of books published over the past year.
Hosted by Giedrė Kazlauskaitė and Ieva Rudžianskaitė.
Dainava center, Saulė Hall.
The publishing houses will be presenting and selling their books.
19.00 Poetry evening hosted by Birutė Black and Aivaras Veiknys.
Dainava center, Aušrinė Hall.
Featured poets: Dainius Gintalas, Liudvikas Jakimavičius, Aušra Kaziliūnaitė, Kerry Shawn Keys, Laima Kreivytė, Tomas Petrulis, Alvydas Šlepikas.
21.00 A poetic night: readings of the young poets.
Hosted by Laura Kromalcaitė and Simonas Bernotas.
Dainava center, Širdelė café, Bubilas Hall.
22.30 Open mic hosted by Donatas Petrošius.
Dainava center, Širdelė café, Bubilas Hall.

 

 

October 2, Saturday

11.00 Readings of two poems – one’s own and the most favorite by another poet.
Hosted by Ričardas Šileika and Dainius Gintalas.
V. K. Jonynas Gallery, 9 Turistų Street.
14.00 Readings featuring poets from the project VERSOPOLIS, part of the EU program “Creative Europe.”
Hosted by Rūta Elijošaitytė-Kaikarė.
Širdelė café, Bubilas Hall.
Featured poets: Raymond Antrobus (UK), Valentina Colonna (Italy) Olena Herasymiuk (Ukraine), Olga Stehlikova (Czech Republic).
15.00 Young poetry: discussion.
Dainava center, Perkūnas Hall.
16.00 Poetry readings hosted by Neringa Butnoriūtė.
Širdelė café, Bubilas Hall.
Featured poets: Eugenijus Ališanka, Sabina Brilo (Belarus), Juhasia Kaliada (Belarus), Liutauras Leščinskas, Ramūnas Liutkevičius, Solveiga Masteikaitė, Donatas Petrošius, Paulina Pukytė, Vytautas Stankus.
19.00 Festivities and closing poetry evening hosted by Daiva Čepauskaitė and Gytis Norvilas. Dainava center, Aušrinė Hall. Featured poets: Arthur Sze (USA), Giedrė Kazlauskaitė (Lithuania), Konrad Góra (Poland).
Award ceremony of the Yotvingian and Young Yotvingian Prizes. Award ceremonies. Bestowal of awards on the contests’ laureates.
21.00 Night program: disco.
Dainava center, Širdelė café, Bubilas Hall.

 

 

October 3, Sunday

16.00 An evening of poetry.
Poetry read by the festival laureates, guests, and VERSOPOLIS poets.
House of Histories, cafe „Druska Miltai Vanduo“. 3 T. Kosciučkos Street, Vilnius.

 

 

October 4, Monday

19.00 Readings and presentation of the Magazine „NO MORE AMBER“.
Paviljonas, 21B Pylimo Street, Vilnius

 

 

Anonymous contests and registering for the readings

Single poem contest;
Single poem contest under the topic “the bars of your lines are dence”
Humorous poem contest under the topic “So lock me in, oh poetry!”

 

 

 

OUR PARTNERS

 

Lietuvos kultūros taryba
Lietuvos Respublikos kutūros ministerija
EU: Creative Europe
Versopolis
Dainava