Poetes a Paris - 1st International Festival

The 1st INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF POETRY in PARIS put as part of the international decade of the promotion of Nonviolence and the Culture of Peace to the advantage of the children of the World decided by the UNESCO, offers an exceptional meeting of the poets of the 5 continents from September 19 till 23 2007.Very numerous demonstrations will welcome unknown or celebrated poets but especially commited, independent and free, during 5 crazy days.Put together by POETS IN PARIS, this festival will visit the historical or popular places of the capital and primarily in the 20th arrondissement of Paris notably the Les Couronnes library, Gâtines bookshop, room of Feasts of the Town hall for an event which will make its mark: the international showcase of poetry in any language, the Père Lachaise cemetery, and will stretch to the shared gardens, in the Cafe} de Flore, in St Germain auditorium, in the Palace of Luxembourg, in the House of Latin America to end in the theatre of Gymnasium.This anthology of meetings will give to listen to a language made up of words, voices, tones, styles, rhythms, through readings, conferences, works on the topic poetry the language of peace, shows, performances, rich of the diversity of the peoples.As a poet and life-breather of this festival, I stress the humanist role of the poet responsible for serving as a cultural link between men.