International Coordinating Committee
Fernando Rendón
Colombian poet, founder and director of the International Poetry Festival of Medellín.
President of WPM.
Africa
Achour Fenni
Algerian poet, translator and academician. Founding Member of the Association of Algerian Creators since 1992.
Zolani Mkiva
He is a poet, musician, orator, and imbongi (folk poet) of the Xhosa people. He is a member of the South African Parliament.
Khalid Raissouni
He is a Moroccan poet, translator and cultural journalist. Member of the Union of Moroccan Writers.
Siphiwe Nzima
She was born in Zimbabwe and has resided in Lesotho. She is a poet, film actress, singer, cultural and human rights activist.
Radhouane Ajroudi
He was born in Tataouine, Tunisia. He is a poet, set designer, and lighting designer. He works at the Nabeul Center for Dramatic and Performing Arts.
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.
Ana María Oviedo
She is poet, musician and Venezuelan cultural trainer and promoter. She coordinator of the World Poetry Festival of Venezuela.
Marcelo Reis de Mello
He was born in Brazil in 1984. He is a poet, literature professor, editor, and translator.
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
Cao Shui
Chinese poet, novelist, screenwriter and translator. He leads the “Great Poetics” movement.
Abdulla Issa
Palestinian poet, First Secretary of the Embassy of the State of Palestine in Moscow, journalist, political analyst, film producer.
Shirani Rajapakse
She is an internationally published Sri Lankan poet and short story writer.
Europa
Sylvie Marie
She is a Flemish (Belgium) experimental poet and writer who received the Literature Prize of the province of East Flanders. She is also an editor and teacher.
Christos Koukis
He is a Greek poet, essayist, lyricist and cultural manager, working with the Crete Poetry Festival.
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Fadıl Oktay
He is a Turkish poet and publisher, founded of the poetry magazine “Hayal” and Cağdaş Şair ve Yazarlar Derneği (Association of Contemporary Writers and Poets).
Marty McKenna
He is an independent poet born in Tyrone, Northern Ireland, who currently lives and works in Belfast. He is a central figure in the local poetry scene.
Alicia Es Martinez Juan
She is a renowned Spanish poet, journalist, cultural manager and actress, born in Burgos in 1973. She is the director of the Spanish edition of the Voix Vives international poetry festival in Toledo.
Oceania
Võ Thị Như Mai
She is a poet, translator, editor, critic, and Senior Teacher based in Western Australia. She works as a reporter for Multicultural Press Australia.
