Poetic Encounters. José Carlos Rosales
To mark the XII UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) Annual Meeting in Krakow and Katowice, held on June 12-15, 2018, poets Ángeles Mora and José Carlos Rosales, from Granada UNESCO City Of Literature have contributed to the project Poetic Encounters, initiated by Heidelberg UNESCO City of Literature and Fabriano UNESCO City of Crafts and Folk Art, to produce a specially bound and printed anthology celebrating literature and its vital place in world culture.
The project
51 poets from 28 UNESCO Cities of Literature have come together to celebrate the collaborative spirit which lies at the core of the UCCN and to support linguistic diversity through poetic expressions from around the world. The book is dedicated to all people worldwide valuing the power and richness of literature and advocating freedom of thought and speech. All texts have been written or printed on beautiful handcrafted, folio-sized paper from Fabriano UNESCO City of Crafts and Folk Art. The paper was sent from Fabriano via Heidelberg to all UNESCO Cities of Literature worldwide and, after being filled with literary works, was sent all the way back to Fabriano where the unique book has been bound.
The book was gifted to the Mayors of Krakow and Katowice by the mayors of Heidelberg and Fabriano at a special presentation during the annual meeting of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network on June 13th 2018.
José Carlos Rosales
(Granada, 1952). He is a poet, Ph D. in Hispanic Philology, professor, literary critic, and articulist. As an essayist he has published Libro de faros (2008) and Memoria poética de la Alhambra (2011). As a poet, regardless his presence in several anthologies, his books El buzo incorregible (1988 y 1996), El precio de los días (1991), La nieve blanca (1995), El horizonte (2003), El desierto, la arena (2006), Poemas a Milena (2011, premio Gerardo Diego), Y el aire de los mapas (2014), and Si quisieras podrías levantarte y volar (2017) can be named.
On behalf of Granada UNESCO City of Literature, Rosales has participated into this project with his poem “Farther and Farther away”, from Y el aire de los mapas (2014). The audiovisual was featured by Antonia Ortega Urbano at Centro Federico García Lorca, Granada, January, 2018.
Poetic Encounters Audiovisual
A film about the production process, edited by Tel Aviv, UNESCO City of Media Arts, with music provided by Mannheim, UNESCO City of Music, was shown during the ‘Krakowice’ event to illustrate the project and its worldwide cooperation between UNESCO Creative Cities. The soundtrack of the film is taken from the joint music project ‘Mix the City – Mannheim’, a special music project that will be launched in Katowice.
To watch this film HERE
