TRANSPOESIE 2021: TO BE IN THE (K)NOW
  • 15/09/2021

TRANSPOESIE 2021: TO BE IN THE (K)NOW”

After a year in social isolation, the TRANSPOESIE festival is emerging once more for its 11th edition in September and October with 27 new poets and a fresh new theme!

To be in the (k)now – poetry as a means of social expression explores poetry in the contemporary and post-pandemic present, sharing words from around the world in the heart of Europe. The TRANSPOESIE online and offline events will contribute to raising awareness of the diversity of languages by providing a visible platform for their poetic expression.

From 23 September to 21 October in Brussels and online @Transpoesie and at www.transpoesie.eu.

This year's edition of the TRANSPOESIE international poetry festival will take form in hybrid events, including our traditional readings and panels, where you can meet the poets in person, as well as giving the public space a poetical touch.

The TRANSPOESIE poetry festival is organised for the 11th consecutive year by EUNIC Brussels, the European Union National Institutes for Culture based in the Belgian capital and its partners.

The festival celebrates multilingualism by bringing poetry in dozens of languages to Brussels. It marks the annual European Day of Languages and Linguistic Diversity on 26 September by organising a series of events in September and October:

Please note that there is limited seating and hygienic measurements for public safety will be in place. Pre-registration to the live events is required. 

For more information click on the events and follow us on social media: @Transpoesie

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