4 October 2018 | 8 PM | MuntPunt
  • 12/09/2018

4 October 2018 | 8 PM | MuntPunt”

TRANSPOESIE and MuntPunt have joined forces for the second consecutive year to present to you a great selection of literary talents from across Europe.

Be part of the celebration of diversity of European languages at a unique poetry reading event, with eight poets from different European countries reading in their own languages. Translations of the poems will be projected simultaneously.

Join us in discovering fresh, contemporary poetry from all corners of Europe.

In the spotlight:

  • Juanjo OLASAGARRE MENDINUETA from the Basque Country, Spain, studied psychology and returned to poetry after publishing award-winning novels and theatre plays
  • Vónbjørt VANG, from the Faroe Islands will raise the spirits with her lyrical prose poems about decline, giving expression to the great light and beauty of death
  • Madara GRUNTMANE from Latvia changed her career as a pianist to a successful cultural project manager. She brings to you poetry from her second volume as well, freshly published in 2018
  • Tom NISSE, from Luxembourg is active in the organization of various artistic events, collaborates with artists of all disciplines and creates visual poetry, too
  • Jakub KORNHAUSER, a Polish poet, essayist and translator is focused on avant-garde literature. Next to being an editor of several periodicals and editorial series, he founded the Centre of Studies of the Avant-Garde at the Jagiellonian University (Kraków)
  • Ștefan MANASIA, from Romania, is passionate about cinema, biology, history, the archeology of anxiety and the alchemy of horror. His (meta) poetic credo is: “Man, this mystic bug.”
  • the award-winning poet from Slovenia, Stanka HRASTELJ has won the title of Poet Knight in a poetry tournament. She hosts literary readings and is an enthusiastic designer of unique clayware.
  • Kaan Murat YANIK from Turkey worked as an editor and consultant in different publishing houses and he produced and delivered programs on culture and art for various television channels.

For the full program of the festival click here.


>>> Muntpunt | Muntplein 6, 1000 Brussels 

>>> 4 October 2018 - 8 PM 

>>> Free (Voluntary donation)

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  • Ambassade du Luxembourg à Bruxelles
  • Romanian Cultural Institute in Brussels
  • Danish Cultural Institute
  • Mission of the Faroes to the EU
  • Swedish Institute
  • Embassy of Sweden
  • Istituto Italiano di Cultura
  • Orfeu - Livraria Portuguesa
  • Vlaams-Nederlands Huis deBuren
  • Embassy of Andorra
  • Commission européenne
  • MuntPunt
  • LOFT 58
  • Greenlandic Writers Association
  • Spain Arts and Culture - Cultural and Scientific Service of the Embassy of Spain in Belgium
  • Permanent Representation of the Republic of Slovenia to the European Union
  • Embassy of the Republic of Latvia to the Kingdom of Belgium
  • Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the EU
  • Camões Instituto de Cooperação e Língua Portugal
  • Embassy of the Republic of Estonia in Belgium
  • Leeuwarden Europan Capital of Culture 2018
  • Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union
  • Permanent Representation of the Republic of Estonia to the European Union
  • Greenland Representation to the European Union
  • Czech Centre Brussels
  • It Skriuwersboun
  • LUCA School of Arts
  • Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity
  • Instituto Cervantes Brussels
  • Etxepare Euskal Institutua
  • Lithuanian Culture Institute
  • Yunus Emre Institute
  • Polish Institute - Cultural Service of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Brussels
  • Scottish Government EU Office
  • Embassy of Ireland
  • Austrian Cultural Forum
  • Ville de Bruxelles
  • Hungarian Cultural Institute Brussels