Days of Poetry & Wine »Grand Poetry Reading with Jordi Julià«
Moderators: Tilen Kolar and Tomi Petek
Participants
Aifric Mac Aodha (IRL), Jordi Julià (ESP), Tomasz Różycki (POL), Nataša Velikonja (SVN), Selahattin Yolgiden (TUR)
Jordi Julià i Garriga (1972) is a Catalan poet with a PhD in Theory of Literature and Comparative Literature from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, where he is now a lecturer. In 1997 he won his first literary prize, Màrius Torres, with »Els grills que no he matat«. Ever since, Julià has published more than 15 poetry books, including »Principi de plaer« (Vicent Andrés Estellés prize, 2007) and »Gent forastera« (Ciutat de Palma – Joan Alcover prize, 2012). Julià has also been succesful in the field of the literary criticism. »La perspectiva contemporánea« was awarded in 2002 with the Dámaso Alonso Prize for Philological Research). In 2003, his book »La mirada de Paris« received the Siglo XXI International Essay Prize of Mexico. He has studied the work of the catalan poets Gabriel Ferrater and Màrius Torres. Along with Pere Ballart, he has published a compilation of catalan poetry of the last century in 2012.
Days of Poetry and Wine, one of the most prominent Central European poetry festivals, successfully unites poetry with enology. Every year in the last warm August days the festival hosts over twenty poets from all over the world along with selected domestic winemakers. Korean phenomenon Ko Un, American poet C. D. Wright and Swedish nominee for the Nobel Prize Lars Gustafsson are just some of the 500 prominent names of past festivals. The main emphasis – poetry and wine – is accompanied by a thoughtfully made programme in the field of music, visual, photography, film and other arts for all ages and interests.
