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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 |
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