Poetica is a festival for world literature that has been organized annually since 2015 by the University of Cologne together with the German Academy for Language and Poetry, and in particular focuses on poetry as a marginalized genre of world literature. Characteristic is the combination of literature, science and the public in readings and discussions, which take place in cooperation with Cologne cultural institutions such as the Schauspiel Köln, the Literaturhaus Köln and the Stadtbibliothek Köln. Each year, a curator sets a central theme and invites authors to redraw the maps of world literature. From 2015 to 2021, Poetica was part of the Morphomata International Center for Advanced Studies.
Michael Krüger, Yeşim Ağaoğlu, Jürgen Becker, Marcel Beyer, John Burnside, Lars Gustafsson, Ranjit Hoskoté, Aleš Šteger, Pia Tafdrup, Yang Lian, Adam Zagajewski.
Aleš Šteger, Yuri Andrukhovych, Bernardo Atxaga, Heinrich Detering, Georgi Gospodinov, Lavinia Greenlaw, Durs Grünbein, Navid Kermani, Michael Krüger, Martin Mosebach, Paul Muldoon, Ilma Rakusa, Monika Rinck, Ana Ristović, Sjón.
Monika Rinck, Javier Bello, Michael Donhauser, Nurduran Duman, Maricela Guerrero, Gila Lustiger, Angelika Meier, Zeruya Shalev, Eleni Sikelianos, Galsan Tschinag, Stefan Weidner, Lorenz Wilkens.
Yoko Tawada, Jeffrey Angles, Bei Dao, Anneke Brassinga, Teju Cole, Hiromi Itō, Kim Hyesoon, Barbara Köhler, Morten Søndergaard, Monique Truong, Jan Wagner.
Aris Fioretos, Mircea Cărtărescu, Oswald Egger, Christian Kracht, Mara Lee, Lebogang Mashile, Agi Mishol, Marion Poschmann, Jo Shapcott.
Jan Wagner, Tadeusz Dąbrowski, Erik Lindner, Luljeta Lleshanaku, Agi Mishol, Helen Mort, Herta Müller, Sergio Raimondi, Xi Chuan, Serhij Zhadan.
Uljana Wolf, Svetlana Alexievich, Ain Bailey, Don Mee Choi, Yan Jun, Mihret Kebede, Fiston Mwanza Mujila, Carlos Soto-Román, Maria Stepanova, Anja Utler, Cecilia Vicuña, Valzhyna Mort.
Christian Filips, Daniela Danz, Logan February, Lionel Fogarty, Kim de l'Horizon, Kateryna Kalytko, Els Moors, James Noël, Patti Smith, Sukirtharani, Zheng Xiaoqiong.
Daniela Danz, Ali Abdollahi, Takako Arai, Camille T. Dungy, Kendel Hippolyte, Esther Kinsky, Nikola Madžirov, María Paz Guerrero, Rou Reynolds, Liana Sakelliou, Raphael Urweider.
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