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The Poetic Imagination
Jeet Thayil, Miriam Reyes, Yolanda Castaño and Angélica Tanarro in performance , introduced by H.E Jayant N. Khobragade
A series of multi-vocal poetry readings in many moods and metres, where themes and rhythms converge in a joyous celebration of the poetic imagination.
Jeet Thayil is the author of five novels, as well as five books of poetry, and is the editor of The Penguin Book of Indian Poets. His most recent poetry collection, I'll Have it Here, received the Sarojini Naidu Award, and the Kalinga Literary Award. His latest novel is The Elsewhereans.
Miriam Reyes is a poet and video artist. She has published seven collections of poetry, as well as a novel. Her most recent collection of poems, Con, was awarded the 2025 National Poetry Prize. Her work has been included in numerous national and international anthologies, and has been translated into more than half a dozen languages.
A poet and cultural manager, with an international literary career spanning over thirty years, Yolanda Castaño is the recipient of the 2023 National Poetry Prize, and is a two-time winner of the Spanish Critics' Prize. She has published eight poetry collections, and has exhibited in over forty five countries.
Angélica Tanarro has served as culture editor at El Norte de Castilla, and as editor of its cultural supplement La Sombra del Ciprés. She currently writes for magazines such as Publishers and Turia, and is the author of three poetry collections: Serán distancia, Memoria del límite and Lo que (no) sé de las palabras.
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The Poetic Imagination
Jeet Thayil, Miriam Reyes, Yolanda Castaño and Angélica Tanarro in performance , introduced by H.E Jayant N. Khobragade
A series of multi-vocal poetry readings in many moods and metres, where themes and rhythms converge in a joyous celebration of the poetic imagination.
Jeet Thayil is the author of five novels, as well as five books of poetry, and is the editor of The Penguin Book of Indian Poets. His most recent poetry collection, I'll Have it Here, received the Sarojini Naidu Award, and the Kalinga Literary Award. His latest novel is The Elsewhereans.
Miriam Reyes is a poet and video artist. She has published seven collections of poetry, as well as a novel. Her most recent collection of poems, Con, was awarded the 2025 National Poetry Prize. Her work has been included in numerous national and international anthologies, and has been translated into more than half a dozen languages.
A poet and cultural manager, with an international literary career spanning over thirty years, Yolanda Castaño is the recipient of the 2023 National Poetry Prize, and is a two-time winner of the Spanish Critics' Prize. She has published eight poetry collections, and has exhibited in over forty five countries.
Angélica Tanarro has served as culture editor at El Norte de Castilla, and as editor of its cultural supplement La Sombra del Ciprés. She currently writes for magazines such as Publishers and Turia, and is the author of three poetry collections: Serán distancia, Memoria del límite and Lo que (no) sé de las palabras.
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#poetic #literature #poetryreading
