Invitation! Milosz Poetry Reading in the Piazza of the British Library
3 October, 2011. Join us at 5pm outside the British Library, London for a Pop-Up Poetry Reading to celebrate the centenary of the great Polish writer of a Lithuanian descent & Nobel Laureate Czesław Miłosz (& National Poetry Week!) (if raining: on the overhang by the Conference Centre). The more the merrier! First come, first to read! Prizes for the best readings!
Czeslaw Milosz in Vilnius
What you have to do:
TURN UP from 1630pm & report to ROSIE GOLDSMITH* on the piazza
REGISTER your name and pick up your poem, or bring along your own favourite Miłosz poem
STARTS at 1700 pm. ENDS at 1800pm, followed by Prize-Giving.
After ‘popping up’ continue to indulge your Passion for Poetry at a special free event:
at 7 pm in the Conference Centre
CZESŁAW MIŁOSZ: THE MIND OF A GREAT POET
Hosted by Poet in the City & the British Library: an evening of poetry, politics & conversation, inspired by Miłosz’s life & work, chaired by poet & translator David Constantine.
http://www.bl.uk/whatson/events/event123737.html
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WITH THANKS TO: Polish Cultural Institute, London; Lithuanian Embassy, London; British Library, London; Poet In The City and Penguin Books
*ROSIE GOLDSMITH rosiegold@tiscali.co.uk 07740631828
