from the 205 Olympic nations are competing to be part of the UK's largest ever poetry festival next year.Led by the Southbank Centre's artist in residence, Simon Armitage, and artistic director Jude Kelly, Poetry Parnassus will be part of next year's Cultural Olympiad. It will see 205 poets--one from each of the 205 Olympic nations--taking part in readings, workshops and a gala event, touring the UK and contributing a poem in their own language for a poetry collection, The World Record, which will champion poetry in translation.
from The Guardian: UK's largest ever poetry festival planned for Olympics
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