International Poetry Reading

In times of post-pandemic, war and a sense of natural apocalypse, it’s still important to remember that we are human beings, persons, and that we share a common space and that creativity helps us cope with what we experience and what is going on around us. It’s important that the ones who have a history have the right to remember it, for us who live in the presence to have the right to re-create our memories and other poetic materials the way we want and feel the need for; and to co-create it and to create our lives and identities according to our own sensibility, culture and language, and in relation to our surroundings, past or present.

Autofiction is the thread that weaves together the six poets who participate in this poetry reading. What each of them knows and what each of them imagines are the colors that taint their different poetic fabrics and make them unique.

Participating Poets:
Johan Jönson (Sweden)
León Plascencia Ñol (Mexico)
Heidi von Wright (Finland)
Haukur Ingvarsson (Iceland)
Roxana Crisólogo (Finland)
María Ramos (Iceland)

Translators:
Halla Kjartansdóttir
Margrét Lóa Jónsdóttir
John Swedenmark
Petronella Zetterlund

Presented by
Petronella Zetterlund and Margrét Lóa Jónsdóttir

Organizers:
NOXLit
Reykjavík UNESCO City of Literature