The International Poetry Festival of Medellín (
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:''Festival Internacional de Poesía de Medellín'') is an annual festival held in
Medellín
Medellín ( or ), officially the Municipality of Medellín ( es, Municipio de Medellín), is the second-largest city in Colombia, after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Aburrá Valley, a central re ...
, the second-largest city of
Colombia
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. It was founded in 1991.
Medellín has a reputation for violence,
and from its beginning the festival has attempted to offer an alternative. In 2006 the festival was one of the recipients of the
Right Livelihood Award
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"2006 Right Livelihood Awards honour pioneers for peace"
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. 30 Jan. 2013 (subscription required) . The citation for the award explained that it was given "…for showing how creativity, beauty, free expression and community can flourish amongst and overcome even deeply entrenched fear and violence."
The festival has also won a Spanish literary award for its contribution to peace among other things.
In 2011 the World Poetry Movement was founded in the context of the World Gathering of Directors from 37 International Poetry Festivals, held in Medellín.
References
External links
Official Website
Newspaper note
Poetry festivals in Colombia
Culture in Medellín
Festivals established in 1991
1991 establishments in Colombia
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