International Coordinating Committee
Fernando Rendón
Colombian poet, founder and director of the International Poetry Festival of Medellín.
General Coordinator of WPM.
Jack Hirschman
Honorary President
(1933-2021)
American poet and essayist, former director of the San Francisco IFP. He was General Coordinator.
Africa
Achour Fenni
Algerian poet, translator and academician. Founding Member of the Association of Algerian Creators since 1992.
Siphiwe Nzima
She was born in Zimbabwe and has resided in Lesotho. She is a poet, film actress, singer, cultural and human rights activist.
Ashraf Aboul-Yazid
Egyptian poet, novelist and journalist. He is the acting president of the AJA (Asian Journalists Association).
Tarek Eltayeb
Egyptian-Sudanese poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright and university professor.
Invitees
Nimrod
Chadian poet, philosopher, novelist, essayist, journalist and editor. He has received numerous awards such as the Guillaume Apollinaire.
Ismaël Diadié Haidara
Poet, historian, philosopher and expert in Malian cooperation. Exiled in Spain. Responsible for the conservation of the Kati Fund.
America
Freddy Ñañez
Poet, singer and Venezuelan politician. Sector Vice President of Communication, Culture and Tourism
Alex Pausides
Cuban poet, general coordinator of the Havana Poetry Festival and the Sur Editorial Collection.
Rosa Chávez
Guatemalan poet, actress and cultural manager, belonging to the Maya K’iche and Kaqchiquel peoples.
Invitees
Ana María Oviedo
She is poet, musician and Venezuelan cultural trainer and promoter. She coordinator of the World Poetry Festival of Venezuela.
Maribel Mora Curriao
Poet and researcher of the mapuche people of Chile. She is part of the Advisory Council of the UNESCO of Education and Indigenous and Afro-descendant Peoples in Latin America.
Asia
Ali Al Ameri
Jordanian poet, painter and journalist of Palestinian origin. He is Editorial Manager of Publisher Weekly, Arabic edition of PW magazine, published by Sharjah Book Authority in UAE.
Jidi Majia
Chinese poet, he is currently the Honorary Chairman of the Chinese Minority Writers Association, Chairman of the Poetry Committee of the Chinese Writers Association.
Invitee
Hanan Awwad
She is a Palestinian activist, advocate, and poet. She is the president and founder of the Palestine section of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom.
Oceania
Christine Peiying Chen
She is poet, cultural activist, editor-in-chief and executive committee member of NZ Chinese Writers Association.
