Patras World Poetry Festival, one of the biggest literary institutions, has returned to the capital of Western Greece in digital form allowing people from around the world to enjoy festivities through to 13 December.
Amid adverse health conditions, 60 Greek and foreign poets from 16 countries around the world warmly responded to Patras’ call and are coming together in a four-day online event, aiming to bring poetry to the national and international fore.
The festival’s schedule is made up of poetry readings as well as six poetry meetings, including ‘The therapeutic function of poetry in education’, ‘Convergences and divergences of generations in the uttermost poetics’, ‘National poets and the modern function of their works’ ‘Poetry in the era of COVID-19’, providing participants with the opportunity to discuss and exchange thoughts about their art and poetry’s role in our everyday life. Poets from England, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Poland, Romania, Ko