XXIX World Congress of Poets

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XXIX World Congress of Poets

• 27 September 4 October 2009 Budapest, Hungary

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Future Is a Place on Earth
Budapest welcomes you!
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The venue
Park Hotel Flamenco
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Program - Day 1 Sept 27 (Sunday)

• Arrival and registration at Hotel Flamenco,
  Budapest
• Warming Up meeting with some leading home poets
  and translators

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Program - Day 2 Sept 28 (Monday)

• Inauguration
• in the presence of
• Honorary President (Gábor Görgey, President of
  Hungarian P.E.N. Center, former Cultural
  Minister)
• the Protector (Lord Mayor),
• the President of WCP,
• the President of Congress
• and all the official representatives of Hungarian
  Writers Associations

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Program - Day 2 Sept 28 (Monday)

• Coffee break
• Keynote speaker
• Awards ceremony
• Lunch
• Poetry Sessions (I English, German II Latinic III
  Asian IV Slavonic and Hungarian) chaired
  and co-chaired by 1 WCP member 1 home expert
  with good command of session language

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Program - Day 2 Sept 28 (Monday)

• Welcome Reception
• at Vajdahunyad Castle hosted by Dr. Leonard
  Weinek, Mayor of Budapest-Zugló, the district
  where Parnasszus poetry journal edited and
  published

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Program - Day 3 Sept 29 (Tuesday)

• Sightseeing Tour in Budapest
• Lunch
• Continuation of Poetry Sessions
• Dinner

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Program - Day 3 Sept 29 (Tuesday)
Open Reading at Hungarian Literary Museum with
leading Hungarian poets and audience
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Program - Day 4 Sept 30 (Wednesday)

• Official Visit with poetry recital and reception
  in the headquarter of the Hungarian Writers
  Association hosted by the president and the
  General Secretary of HWA.
• Lunch

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Program - Day 4 Sept 30 (Wednesday)

• The Phantoms of the Opera visit, outlaid
  sessions and closing ceremony at the national
  Opera House

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Program - Day 4 Sept 30 (Wednesday)

• Smooth Loose and Booze cultural program with
  wine and music

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Program Day 5 Oct 1 (Thursday)
Congress ends 72 Hours Around Hungary
starts Departure to the Danube Bend

• Szentendre, Visegrád
• For night back to Hotel Flamenco

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Program - Day 6 Oct 2 (Friday)

• Departure to Lake Balaton

• Wreathing on the grave of a famous Hungarian
  poet and the statue of Indian poet Rabindranath
  Tagore in Balatonfüred

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Program - Day 7 Oct 3 (Saturday)

• Departure to Europes Cultural Capital named Pécs
  in the southern part of the country
• City Tour and Lunch

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Program - Day 8 Oct 4 (Sunday)

• Post Congress Tour ends in Budapest
• See-you-kisses and Transfer to the airport

Farewell!
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PROVISIONAL FEESHotel Park Flamenco 4
500 eurosHotel Park Flamenco 3
400 eurosPost Congress Tour (3
nights) 300 eurosPrices are based on
double occupancy.Single room will have an
additional charge.Inquiries and
preregistration tippcult_at_t-online.hu