XXXIII International Literary Festival Druskininkai Poetic Fall 2022
The Frontline of Poetry
PROGRAMME
September 28, Wednesday
| 18.00 | Presentation of the Druskininkai Poetic Fall Almanach hosted by Vytas Dekšnys and Rimas Užgiris. Café „Vėjai“, 2 Vokiečių Street, Vilnius |
September 29, Thursday
| 16.30 | Foreign guests depart to Druskininkai from the Lithuanian Writers Union, 6 K. Sirvydo Street. |
September 30, 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 | “Poetry after Bucha” – a discussion moderated by Dalius Jonkus. Dainava center, Aušrinė Hall. Simultaneous translation. |
| 16.00 | Coffee break. Opening of the exhibition "No Gun" by photographer and writer Eglė Frank. Dainava center, lobby of the Aušrinė Hall. |
| 16.30 | A presentation of books published over the past year. Dainava center, Saulė hall. The publishing houses will be presenting and selling their books. |
| 19.00 | Poetry evening. Dainava center, Aušrinė Hall. Featured poets: Krzysztof Czyżewski (Poland), Aliis Aalmann (Estonia), Eugenijus Ališanka (Lithuania), Elvīra Bloma (Latvia), Laurent Bouisset (France), Shota Iatashvili (Georgia), Agnė Žagrakalytė (Lithuania), Zita Mažeikaitė (Lithuania), VERSOPOLIS poet Małgorzata Lebda (Poland), Nojus Saulytis (Lithuania). |
| 21.00 | A poetic night: readings of the young poets. Hosted by Greta Ambrazaitė and Mantas Balakauskas. Dainava center, Širdelė café, Bubilas Hall. |
| 22.30 | Open mic hosted by Donatas Petrošius. Dainava center, Širdelė café, Bubilas Hall. |
| 00.00 | Secret Readings |
October 1, 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. Jonyno Gallery. Turistų St. 9, Druskininkai (no translation provided) |
| 14.00 | Poetry readings: Gerardo Beltran (Mexico, Poland); Kārlis Vērdiņš (Latvia); Kateryna Michalicyna (Ukraine) |
| 15.00 | Young poetry: discussion. Dainava center, Perkūnas Hall. |
| 16.00 | Lithuanian poetry readings hosted by Dainius Dirgėla. Širdelė café, Bubilas Hall. |
| 19.00 | Festivities and closing poetry evening hosted by Daiva Čepauskaitė and Zigmas Pakštaitis. Dainava center, Aušrinė Hall. Featured poets: Sara Poisson (Lithuania), Julia Stakhivska (Ukraine), Dinko Telećan (Croatia), J. C. Todd (USA), Rimas Užgiris (Lithuania) |
| 21.00 | Poetic Auction hosted by Agnė Žagrakalytė. Dainava center, Širdelė café, Bubilas Hall. |
| 22.00 | Night program: disco. Dainava center, Širdelė café, Bubilas Hall. |
October 2, Sunday
| 11.00 | Bus carrying the festival participants to Vilnius departing from the Dainava center. |
| 17.00 | An evening of poetry. Poetry read by the festival laureates, guests. MO Museum, 17 Pylimo Street, Vilnius |
October 4, Tuesday
| 19.00 | Readings and presentation of the Magazine „NO MORE AMBER“. House of Histories, 3 Kosciuškos Street, Vilnius |
Anonymous contests and registering for the readings
Single poem contest;
Single poem contest under the topic “The Frontline of Poetry”
Humorous poem contest under the topic “And now I will show you…”
