International Ars Poetica Poetry Festival

14 – 17 November 2024

- Bratislava, Slovakia -

The festival has so far hosted over three hundred poets, the most prominent ones as well as rising stars from all across the world, including the likes of T.S. Eliot prize winners, U.S. Poet Laureates, etc. In 2014, Ars Poetica has been privileged to be able to introduce to the Slovak audience a renowned US poet and nominee for the Pulitzer Prize – Ron Padgett, one of the founding fathers of the New York School and contemporary U.S. poetry. 

Every year Ars Poetica participants’ poetries will appear in a nearly 400 page festival anthology featuring their texts in the original language, Slovak translations and possibly in other languages. 

Ars Poetica festival strives to bring poetry into an interdisciplinary realm, which can be traced in the festival efforts to offer not only an Ars Poetica Film section, but also a special multimedia programme segments, such as Poetry & video, or poetry & music.

Festival participants are invited to perform for about 20 minutes, reading in the original language that will also be recited in Slovak translation by leading younger Slovak actors. All readings are accompanied by the screenings of original live VJ sets.

Entrance is free on all poetry readings.

Supported through public funding by Slovak Arts Council