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AASPRONG, AL-HARTHY, BOGAERT, BROLASKI, AND DICKINSON
2014 festival poets: round 1
May 28, 2014
Monica Aasprong (Norway) writes experimental poetry that explores the very boundaries of what may be construed as poetry, and which verges on visual art. With her second collection, Soldier’s Market, Aasprong started to exemplify literary conceptualism within Scandinavian poetry but also elsewhere in the world.
From Oman, Mohamed Al-Harthy writes poems and travel stories. Unlike the poetry of many Arabic poets and, in fact, all the poetry that adheres to Arabic tradition, Al-Harthy employs free verse. Even in his choice of themes Al-Harthy may be said to deviate from Arabic convention, and some have even described his verse as surrealistic.
In his collections of poetry, Belgian poet Paul Bogaert makes repeated use of different linguistic registers. In this way he is able to lend his poetry both an ironic and a critical tone. By essentially playing with context – Bogaert is able to invest the expressive potency and logic of such language with new significance.
It would seem that Julian Talamantez Brolaski (USA) is not so much preoccupied with elaborating a thought in a poetical text as with gathering together as many as possible ideas, words, linguistic associations and differing constructions within the framework of one poem. What is amazing is that both things are ultimately achieved.
Canadian writer Adam Dickinson’s poetry reads like an exploration of the relationship between literature and science. This is not achieved by reporting such explorative exploits in the actual poems but rather by bringing together materials, trains of thought and methods of approach from the two disciplines so that new light can be thrown on the matter of how we view each other and the world, the kind of ethics we uphold and how knowledge works.
Martín Gambarotta is a renowned spokesperson for the Argentinian poets of the nineties. His aim is always to provide a good performance but never at the expense of poetic content. In his poetry he manages to highlight the matters that do not come to light in political forums.
Although not an official festival poet this year, we also invite you to visit our profile of Jules Deelder, ‘enfant terrible’ of Dutch poetry. Deelder has managed to captivate poetry fans for decades with his quirky mix of urban humour and irony, as well as the authenticity of his renditions.
Read about all of this year’s poets at the festival home, and find out when they’re performing with our handy online programme.
Not able to attend the festival in person? You can follow our live stream (times listed on the programme, also announced on our Facebook Event and Twitter feed. You can also curl up with a copy of our {piform id="22" title="festival anthology"}, containing poems by each of our festival poets in the original language and in translation. A and Z images via Shutterstock
June is festival month, where we feature all of our 2014 festival poets, A-Z. This year’s festival poets come from 13 different countries around the world, with 11 languages between them. The festival will run from 10-14 June.
This week we’re covering festival poets A-G.Monica Aasprong (Norway) writes experimental poetry that explores the very boundaries of what may be construed as poetry, and which verges on visual art. With her second collection, Soldier’s Market, Aasprong started to exemplify literary conceptualism within Scandinavian poetry but also elsewhere in the world.
From Oman, Mohamed Al-Harthy writes poems and travel stories. Unlike the poetry of many Arabic poets and, in fact, all the poetry that adheres to Arabic tradition, Al-Harthy employs free verse. Even in his choice of themes Al-Harthy may be said to deviate from Arabic convention, and some have even described his verse as surrealistic.
In his collections of poetry, Belgian poet Paul Bogaert makes repeated use of different linguistic registers. In this way he is able to lend his poetry both an ironic and a critical tone. By essentially playing with context – Bogaert is able to invest the expressive potency and logic of such language with new significance.
It would seem that Julian Talamantez Brolaski (USA) is not so much preoccupied with elaborating a thought in a poetical text as with gathering together as many as possible ideas, words, linguistic associations and differing constructions within the framework of one poem. What is amazing is that both things are ultimately achieved.
Canadian writer Adam Dickinson’s poetry reads like an exploration of the relationship between literature and science. This is not achieved by reporting such explorative exploits in the actual poems but rather by bringing together materials, trains of thought and methods of approach from the two disciplines so that new light can be thrown on the matter of how we view each other and the world, the kind of ethics we uphold and how knowledge works.
Martín Gambarotta is a renowned spokesperson for the Argentinian poets of the nineties. His aim is always to provide a good performance but never at the expense of poetic content. In his poetry he manages to highlight the matters that do not come to light in political forums.
Although not an official festival poet this year, we also invite you to visit our profile of Jules Deelder, ‘enfant terrible’ of Dutch poetry. Deelder has managed to captivate poetry fans for decades with his quirky mix of urban humour and irony, as well as the authenticity of his renditions.
Read about all of this year’s poets at the festival home, and find out when they’re performing with our handy online programme.
Not able to attend the festival in person? You can follow our live stream (times listed on the programme, also announced on our Facebook Event and Twitter feed. You can also curl up with a copy of our {piform id="22" title="festival anthology"}, containing poems by each of our festival poets in the original language and in translation. A and Z images via Shutterstock
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