Main aims:
Fostering mobility and direct exchange of and between international lyricists; creating opportunities for lasting, longer-term, international working relationships
Target groups:
Lyricists from UNESCO Cities of Literature around the world
Expected results:
Stimulating joint translation projects; pilot project of UNESCO City of Literature Heidelberg to be taken up and jointly advanced by other UNESCO Cities of Literature
2016: Poetry Expedition pilot project from Heidelberg to Prague; 2018: Poetry Expedition to Granada, Spain; productive exchange among participants; at least five poems written by each lyricist translated within a week; first eBook featuring the results of the Poetry Expedition published in 2018
Municipal budgets for cooperation within the UNESCO Creative Cities Network; EU20,000 for each Expedition covering 50% of Expedition costs
| Name of partner | Type of entity |
|---|---|
Prague state library
| Public Sector
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Goethe-Institut e.V.
| Public Sector
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Centro Federico García Lorca Granada
| Civil Society Organization (CSO)
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