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Partners
of London Poetry Festival in Europe
These relationships with Universities
of Europe started when professors of English, Poetry, Literature or Creative
Writing courses at many European Universities started writing to Poet's Letter
and London Poetry Festival.
First of such contact came from Dr Maria
Grech Ganado (Malta) and English Professor in Malta, followed by Dr Barbara
Schaff at University of Muenchen, Germany, who brought her whole English Poetry
class to join the 2nd London Poetry Festival in 2006. Her group added an extra
sense, vibration, life and dimension to the Festival atmosphere and everyone was
thrilled to have them at the Festival.
Then came the contact from Dr Natalia
Carbajosa that developed into a very powerful collaboration and friendship
through which University of Cartagena and its English Department became a big
supporter of
London Poetry Festival.
We have other connections and
relationships that are still developing, not just with European Universities but
other world universities from Dr Rati Saxena (India), Dr Everet Green (The New
School University, New York, America), Dr Sally-Anne Murray (University of Kwa-Zulu
Nutal, Durban, South Africa) and the list goes on.
We would love to develop a creative
and developing link and relationship with all the English Departments of all the
European Universities and the universities of the whole world. And here is our
open invitation to all Heads of Departments of all English Departments: let us
bring the world together, closer: creating and sharing together.
These links and relationships not
only enhance and enrich us as human beings but also, at the time, bring
astonishing togetherness and vibrancy by way of cross lingual translations of
creative works.
Dr Natalia Carbajosa's Spanish
translations of English Poetry into Spanish and English translations of Spanish Poetry could
be a shining example of such wonderful works. Through her dedication,
commitments and love of poetry and the wonderful support of her Head of English
Department Dr Tomás López
Maestre at University of Cartagena, meant that we have now three major
contemporary Spanish Poets (Tomas Sanchez Santiago, Bila Ramos and Gracia
Iglesias) translated and published in English and consequently, some of
these poets and their translator are now joining the Third London Poetry
Festival.
So here we are: open and warm invites
to all the professors and translators at European Universities and other World
Universities to join us in bringing all together in this resonating oneness of
our common humanity.
We highly appreciate and
welcome all the support of our Partners in Europe
University of
Cartagena
'It is an honour for the University
of Cartagena to support the London Poetry Festival in the person of one of its
professors, Dr
Natalia Carbajosa.'
Dr. Tomás López Maestre
Head, Department of English
University of Cartagena
Spain
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