History

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  1st Meeting (4 - 7 May 1992)

In May 1992, the First International Meeting of Poets took place in Coimbra, inspired by the tutelary figure of Walt Whitman.

The Meeting gathered together poets and scholars of diverse nationalities, promoting poetry readings in the native languages of the authors present, and organizing debates on poetic issues of contemporary writing. Extending the celebration and the poetic conviviality to the city of Coimbra - thereby materializing the very concept of Univer-city - has been one of the Meetings' first objectives.

About forty poets from eleven different countries were present in the First Meeting. The impact of the event on the Portuguese press, as well as the response on the part of the international press in the months following the Meeting, were extremely rewarding. Given that, and since the poets who first came to visit us were so insistently claiming it, the GEAA decided to host a Second Meeting. For us, as teachers of poetry, the most encouraging response was the enthusiasm of our students, who had the opportunity of experiencing the art of poetry as a living, acting force in their daily lives.

  2nd Meeting
  3rd Meeting
  4th Meeting
  5th Meeting

  
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