Scaldes, “atomic” poets, Björk… Icelandic poetry in constant eruption
As part of a weekend
" It's poetic weather ."
organized with
the Déferlantes bookstore,
the gallery Le 6
and the Tannery
Scaldes, “atomic” poets, Björk… Icelandic poetry in constant eruption
From the skaldic tradition of the 10th century to the "atomic" movement that revolutionized the genre in the 1950s, poetry has always had a significant place in literary production in Iceland.
Neither marginalized nor frozen in tradition, it is still a very practiced, widely read and respected genre, capable of taking hold of all social and political debates (Birgitta Jonsdottir, founder of the Icelandic Pirate Party and parliamentarian, was already known as a poet), and of renewing again and again the relationship with nature.
- Ólöf Pétursdóttir , specialist in Celtic culture and modern and ancient Icelandic literature, translator (into French and Breton) of novelistic and poetic texts
- And Janick Moisan , cultural mediator, director and passionate islandophile
will alternate between readings of texts and discussions with the public on this very lively production.
Reservations recommended: galerie.island@protonmail.com
Event organized on the occasion of the Spring of Poets and the Book Month in Brittany.