WPM Europe
Roll over or click on the countries to get information on the members of WPM in this continent.
Continental Coordinators
Francis Combes (France): [email protected]
Luis Filipe Sarmento (Portugal) [email protected]
Ataol Behramoglu (Türkiye): [email protected]
National Coordinators
Shaip Emerlahu (Albania): [email protected]
Magdalena Kauz (Austria): [email protected]
Nigar Hasan-Zadeh (Azerbaijan): [email protected]
Liljia Velitchko (Belarus): [email protected]
Eric Piette (Belgium -French-): [email protected]
Frans Dumortier (Belgium -Dutch-): [email protected]
Petar Tchouhov (Bulgaria): [email protected]
Josef Straka (Chequia): [email protected]
Sonja Manojlovic (Croatia): [email protected]
Neşe Yaşın (Cyprus): [email protected]
Claus Ankersen (Denmark): [email protected]
Andy Croft (England): [email protected]
Juri Talvet (Estonia): [email protected]
Olli Heikkonen (Finland): [email protected]
Inger-Mari Aikio (Sami Nation-Finland): [email protected]
Alexis Bernaut (France): [email protected]
Paata Shamugia (Georgia) : [email protected]
Sotirios Pastakas (Greece): [email protected]
Adrian Kasnitz (Germany): [email protected]
Safyie Can (Germany): [email protected]
Sándor Halmosi (Hungary): [email protected]
Thor Stefansson (Iceland): [email protected]
Ciaran O’Rourke (Ireland) [email protected]
Guido Oldani (Italy): [email protected]
Anna Lombardo (Italy): [email protected]
Fahredin Shehu (Kosovo): [email protected]
Mitko Gogov (Macedonia): [email protected]
Maria Augustina Hincu-Patanchon (Moldavia): [email protected]
Pavle Goranovic (Montenegro) [email protected]
Marije Langelaar (Netherlands): [email protected]
Gunnar Wærness (Norway): [email protected]
Dariusz Tomasz Lebioda (Poland): [email protected] [email protected]
Luis Filipe Sarmento (Portugal) [email protected]
Angela Almeida (Azores-Portugal): [email protected]
Aquiles Garcia de Brito (Canary Islands-Portugal) iven[email protected]
Maria Fernandes (Madeira- Portugal): [email protected]
Vadim Terekhin (Russia): [email protected]
Gerry Loose (Scotland): [email protected]
Attila F. Balázs (Slovakia): [email protected]
Barbara Pogacnik (Slovenia): [email protected]
Luis Luna (Spain): [email protected]
Pedro Enriquez (Andalusian Spain): [email protected]
Bengt Berg (Sweden): [email protected]
Heike Fiedler (French Switzerland): [email protected]
Zsúzsa Túri (Dutch Switzerland): [email protected]
Nurduran Duman (Türkiye) [email protected]
Pelin Batu (Türkiye): [email protected]
ALBANIA:
Shaip Emerlahu (National Coordinator): [email protected]
Poetic Projects:
Kosove and Belgium, International Poets and Writers Pegasi Albania, Kozeta Zavalani, poet and coordinator for Albania
Writer’s Union, Nuri Plaku, poet and chairman
ANDORRA:
Poets:
Casimiro Horacio
Ester Fenoll
Josefina Obiols
Jordi Pasques
Josep Dallerès
Maria Alaminos
Manel Figuera
Manel Gibert
Marta Deu
Montserrat Marfany
Teresa Colom
Txema Llorens
AUSTRIA:
Magdalena Kauz (National Coordinator): [email protected]
Poetic Project:
Vienna Poetry School (Austria), founded by the late Ide Hintze
AZERBAIJAN:
Nigar Hasan-Zadeh: National Coordinator ([email protected])
Poets:
Ramiz Rovshan (National Coordinator)
Nigar Hasan-Zadeh
BELARUS:
Liljia Velitchko Biélorussie (National Coordinator): [email protected]
Poet:
Andrej Khadanovich, poet and president Pen Club
BELGIUM:
Eric Piette (Coordinator -French-): [email protected]
Frans Dumortier (Coordinator Dutch): [email protected]
Poetry Festival:
SlaMons | Slamons & friends. François Veermersch
Poetic Projects:
Salón Árabe Literario de Bruselas (Morocco/Belgium), Taha Adnan, director
Poets:
Anne Talvaz
François Veermersch
Germain Droogenbroodt
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA:
Poetry Festivals:
Sarajevo Days of Poetry Hadžem Hajdarević, poet and representative
Incontri Internazionali di Poesia di Sarajevo, Sergio Iagulli, Raffaella Marzano, poets and directors
BULGARIA:
Petar Tchouhov (National Coordinator): [email protected]
Poets:
Amelia Licheva
Mytrip
Andriana Spassova
B. Apostolova
Boriana Katsarskal
Vebeve
Vladimir Levchev
Deyan Deyanov
Edvin Sugarev
Emil Hristov
Ivan Dimitrov
Ilko Dimitrov
Ivan Landzhev
E. Yossifova
Kalin Mikhaylov
Kalin Terziiski
Ustatagrup
Lemidia
Marin Bodakov
Maria Kalinova
Miglena Nikolchina
Nadezhda Moskovska
Sofia Marinovot
Nikola Petrov
Petar Tchouhov
P. Barosov
Lilav Skorpion
C. Stoilr
Tsvetelina Manova
T. Boiadjiev
Yanitsa Radeva
Yassen Atanassov
Yassen Vassilev
CHEQUIA
Josef Straka (National Coordinator): [email protected]
CROATIA:
Sonja Manojlovic (National Coordinator): [email protected]
Poetry Festivals:
Brutal International Poetry Festival, Silvestar Vrljić, poet and representative
International Poetry Festival in Goranovo -Goranovo Proljeće, Marko Pogacar, poet an representative
Poetic Project:
Zarez Newspaper, Marko Pogacar
Poets:
Antonija Novaković
Branislav Oblucar
Darija Žilić
Irena Matijašević
Ivan Šamija
Ivica Prtenjaca
Kemal Mujičić Artnam
Marko Pogacar
Stevo Đurašković
Tomica Bajsić
CYPRUS:
Nese Yasin (National Coordinator): [email protected]
Poetic Projects:
Turkish Cypriot Artists and Writers Union, Neshe Yashin, poet and president of
Poets:
Beste Sakallı
Gürgenç Korkmazel
Fatma Akilhoca
Jenan Selçuk
Mehmet Kansu
Ümit İnatçı
Senem Gökel
Tamer Öncül
Zeki Ali
DENMARK:
Claus Ankersen (National Coordinator): [email protected]
ENGLAND:
Andy Croft (National Coordinator): [email protected]
Poetry Festivals:
Hit the Ode, Bohdan Piasecki -England-
Lewes Live Literature Festival, Mark Hewitt, writer and Artistic Director -England-
Ledbury Poetry Festival, Chloe Garner, Artistic Director -England-
StAnza – Scotland’s Poetry Festival, Eleanor Livingstone, director
Poetic Projects:
European Platform for Literary Exchange, Translation and Policy Debate and Literature Across Frontiers, Alexandra Büchler, director
Sable LitMag, Dorothea Smartt, poet and Associate Poetry Editor -England-
Poets:
Alexandra Büchler
Bohdan Piasecki
Catherine Smith
Chaucer Cameron
Chloe Garner
Chris Lawrence
Dorothea Smartt
Eleanor Livingstone
Judith Kazantzis
Khadijatou Doyneh
Mark Hewitt
Menna Elfyn -Wales-
Nat Hall -Scotland-
Robin Robertson
ESTONIA:
Juri Talvet (National Coordinator): [email protected]
FINLAND:
Olli Heikkonen (National coordinator): [email protected]
Inger-Mari Aikio (Sami Nation): [email protected]
Poetry Festival:
Annikki Poetry Festival, Jyrki Ihalainen, poet and director
Poet:
Inger Mari Aikio (Sami Nation)
Jyrki Ihalainen
Silvana Berki
FRANCE:
Alexis Bernaut (National Coordinator): [email protected]
Poetry Festivals:
Festival International des Poètes en Val-de-Marne, Francis Combes, director
Festival Franco-Anglais de Poésie et de la Revue la Traductière, Jacques Rancourt, director
Les Printemps des Poètes, Jean Pierre Siméon, Artistic Director
Slam Tribu Reims | Reims Slam d’Europe, Sébastien Gavignet
Poetic Projects:
Parvis Poétiques, Marc Delouze, Directeur fondateur des
Éditions Le Temps des Cerisess, Francis Combes, director
Revue SARRAZINE, Paul de Brancion, rédacteur en chef et fondateur
Poets:
Francis Combes (Member of Coordinating Committee)
Agnar Artúvertin -Faro Islands-
Anas Alaili
Brigitte Maillard
Carey Lenehan
Françoise Coulmin
Francois Szabo
Gwen Garnier-Duguy
Helene Laprevotte
Jacques Rancourt
Jean Luc Despax
Laurent Grison
Marc Delouze
Matthieu Baumier
Paul De Brancion (France/Haití)
Nina Karacosta
Paul de Brancion
Stéphane Chaumet
GEORGIA:
Paata Shamugia (National Coordinator) : [email protected]
GERMANY:
Adrian Kasnitz (National Coordinator): [email protected]
Safyie Can (National Coordinator): [email protected]
Poetry Festivals:
Literaturwerkstatt Berlín
Hannover Poetry Slam | Weitersagen, Tobias Kunze
Poetry on the Road, Regina Dyck, Michael Augustin, directors
Schamrock-Festival of Women Poets, Augusta Laar, founder and director
Poetic Projects:
Publishing House Edition Delta, Tobias Burghardt, translator and director
Poets:
Augusta Laar
Michael Augustin
Stan Lafleur
Timo Berger
Tobias Burghardt
Tobias Kunze
GREECE:
Sotirios Pastakas (National Coordinator): [email protected]
Poetry Festivals:
Tinos International Literary Festival and Poets Circle, Dino Siotis, director
Poetic Projects:
World Poets Society –WPS-, Dimitris P. Kraniotis, president
Volos Poetry Slam, Helen Psaralidu
Poets:
Christos Koukis
Ersi Sotiropoulos
Nana Nestoros
Nikolaos Vlahakis
Savina Yannatou
Sotorios Pastakas
Spyros Manesis
Yiorgos Chouliaras
HUNGARY:
Sándor Halmosi (National Coordinator): [email protected]
Poets:
András Lázár Bence
Árpád Kollár
Edina Barna
Erzsébet Csányi
Gábor Lanczkor
Károly Sándor Pallai
Krisztina Uj
Magor Molnár
Sándor Pál
Sára Káldy
Orsolya Kalasz
Roland Orsick
Tomaso Kemeny
ICELAND:
Thor Stefansson (National Coordinator): [email protected]
Poetic Projects:
International Modern Media Institute
Poets:
Birgitta Jonsdottir
Thor Stefansson
Celia de Fréine
IRELAND:
Ciaran O’Rourke (National Coordinator) [email protected]
Poetic Projects:
Cheeky Besom Productions: ‘Artists with Attitude’, Ruby McCann
Poets:
Gabriel Rosenstock
Gearoid Mac Lochlainn
Joseph Woods
Michael Higgins
Philip Cummings
Rody Gorman
Tomas´Carthaigh
ITALY:
Guido Oldani (National Coordinator): [email protected]
Anna Lombardo (National Coordinator): [email protected]
Poetry Festivals:
International Poetry Festival in Cagliari – Traghetti di Poesia-, Guido Oldani, director
International Poetry Festival Europa in Versi, Laura Garavaglia, organizer
Festival Ottobre in Poesia, Leonardo Onida, director
Festival Lo Spirito dei Luoghi, Sergio Iagulli, Raffaella Marzano, coordinators
International Poetry Festival RomaPoesía and Absolute Poetry, Lello Voce, representative
Argonauti nel Golfo degli Dei and Altramarea Poetry Festival, Angelo Tonelli, director
Per la Terra e per l’Uomo Festival, Massimo Morasso, director
Parola Spalacante Poetry Festival, Claudio Pozzani
Poetic Projects:
Associazione Culturale Maqroll in Genova, Massimo Morasso, director
Cultural Association Leopardian Community Coro A More Voices, Novella Torregiani, president
Casa della Poesia (Baronissi/Salerno)
Movimento dal sottosuolo, Andrea Garbin
Circolo Culturale Mario Luzi di Boccheggiano, Armando Santoro, poet and director
Poeti d’Abruzzo (poetidabruzzo.wordpress.com) / Colectivo Poetry Slam Abruzzo, Dimitri Ruggeri, founder (poetryslamabruzzo.wordpress.com/), SlamContemPoetry (slamcontempoetry.wordpress.com/)
Association Nelverso Giusto/Senigallia-Poetry, Matilde Avenali
Massari Editore, Roberto Massari, director
Poets:
Adriana Beverini
Aldo Tambellini
Alessandra Bava
Andrea Coffami
Andrea Garbin
Angelo Tonelli
Basir Ahang (Italy-Hazaristan)
Claudio Pozzani
Dimitri Ruggeri
Edoardo Olmi
Giovanna Mulas
Giulio Vaccaro
Giussepe Conte
John Claude Smith
Francesca Clementi
Lamberto Garzia
Laura Garavaglia
Lello Voce
Ludovica Lanini
Marco Cinque
Marco Lupo
Massimo Ferrando
Massimo Morasso
Nicola Caroli
Olga Campofreda
Valeriano Forte
KOSOVO:
Fahredin Shehu (National Coordinator): [email protected]
LITHUANIA:
Poetry Festival:
The International Annual Literary Festival Druskininkai Poetic Fall, Kornelijus Plateles, representative
Poetic Project:
Lithuanian Writers’ Union, Antanas A. Jonynas, poet and chairman; Donatas Petrošius, poet and coordinator for international programmes
LUXEMBOURG:
Poet:
Jean Portante
MACEDONIA:
Mitko Gogov (National Coordinator): [email protected]
Poetry Festivals:
Struga Poetry Evenings, Mite Stefoska, Director
Poets:
Mite Stefoska
Natasha Sardzoska
Nikola Madzirov
MOLDOVA:
Maria Augustina Hincu-Patanchon (National Coordinator): [email protected]
MONTENEGRO:
Pavle Goranovic (National Coordinator): [email protected]
Poetry Festivals:
Ratkovic Poetry Evenings, Pavle Goranović, representative
Poet:
Sreten Vujovic
Pavle Goranović
NETHERLANDS:
Marije Langelaar (National Coordinator): [email protected]
Poetry Festivals:
Maastricht International Poetry Nights, Hans van de Waarsenburg, poet and presidente,
Poetry International Rotterdam
Writers Unlimited, Tom van de Langkruis, director
Poetic Projects:
Tajes Art Center & Microteatro. Tabajuca, Director Juan Tajes
Poets:
Arjen Duinker
Jaap Blonk
Marije Langelaar
NORWAY:
Gunnar Wærness (National Coordinator): [email protected]
Poetry Festivals:
NorskLitteraturfestival
Poets:
Erling Kittelsen
Hilde Susan Jægtnes
Marit Borkenhagen
Taro Vestal
Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen
POLAND:
Dariusz Tomasz Lebioda (National Coordinator): [email protected], [email protected]
Poetry Festival:
Spoke’N’Word Festival, Wojciech Cichon
Poets:
Krystyna Dabrowska
Dariusz Tomasz Lebioda
Maria Jastrzebska
Marta Eloy Cichocka
PORTUGAL:
Luis Filipe Sarmento (National Coordinator, Member of Coordinator Committe) [email protected]
Angela Almeida (Azores): [email protected]
Aquiles Garcia de Brito (Canary Islands): [email protected]
Maria Fernandes (Madeira): [email protected]
Poetry Festival:
Portugal Slam, (Portogallo), Raquel Lima
Poetic Project:
Associação Poesia Viva, Fernando Aguiar, director
Poets:
Rosa Alice Branco
ROMANIA:
Poetry Festivals:
Festival “Serile de literatura ale revistei Antares”, Braila-Galati, Corneliu Antoniu, director
International Literary Festival Romeo si Julieta la Mizil, Badicioiu Laurentiu, director
Poetic Project:
Oglinda Literara -Literary Mirror- magazine, Gheorghe Neagu, writer, chief editor
Poets:
Elena Armenescu, national coordinator
Alina Beatrice Chesca
Angela Ribinciuc
Cezarina Adamescu
Claudia Voiculescu
Corneliu Antoniu
Gheorghe Neagu
Dan Bodea
Doina Ioanid
Elena Armenescu
George Grigore
George Tei
Ion Pachia Tatomirescu
Ioana Trica
Janet Nica
Luciana Grosu
Petru Nicolae
Razvan Tupa
Octavian Mihalcea
Vali Craciun
Victorita Dutu
Victoria Milescu
RUSSIA
Vadim Terekhin (National Coordinator): [email protected]
SAN MARINO:
Poetic Projects:
Associazione Culturale La Sammarina, Milena Ercollani, president
Poets:
Dušan Gojkov
Roland Orcsik
SCOTLAND:
Gerry Loose (National Coordinator): [email protected]
SERBIA:
Poetic Projects:
Messager Littéraire Balkanique, Dušan Gojkov, filmmaker and editor
Poets:
Dušan Gojkov
Mina Gligoric
Roland Orcsik
SLOVAKIA:
Attila F. Balázs (National Coordinator): [email protected]
Poetry Festival:
Ars Poetica International Poetry Festival, Founded in 2003. Director: Martin Solotruk
Poetic Project:
RAK, Braňo Hochel, editor-in-Chief
SLOVENIA:
Barbara Pogacnik (National Coordinator): [email protected]
Poetry Festivals:
Dnevi poezije in vina -Festival Days of Poetry and Wine, Jelka Ciglenečki, director
Poetic Projects:
Beletrina Academic Press, Anja Kovač
Slovenian poetry internet magazine Poiesis, Peter Semolic, translator and editor, co-founder and chief editor
Poets:
Aleš Debeljak
Aleš Šteger
Ivo Svetina
Jelka Ciglenečki
Maruša Krese (Slovenia-Germany)
Milan Jesih
SPAIN:
Luis Luna (National Coordinator): [email protected]
Poetry Festival:
Poético Festival Poetas por km2, Pepe Olona, poet and coordinator
Barcelona Poesía, Eduard Escofet, Martí Sales, representatives
Festival Bilbao Poesía
Festival Atlántico de Poesía, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Juan Francisco González-Díaz, president
Poetry Slam Barcelona | Gran Slam Barcelona, Marta Torras
Encuentro Internacional de Literatura 3 Orillas, Samir Delgado, coordinator
Festival Poesía al Laurel, Pedro Enríquez, director
Festival Internacional de Poesía de Granada, Fernando Valverde, director
Poetry Slam Madrid | Poetry Salm Madrid Internacional, Silvia Nieva
Poetic Projects:
Arrebato libros, Pepe Olona, coordinator
Colectivo Cultural Giner de los Ríos, Manuel Casillas Jiménez, president
Edita, Uberto Stabile, coordinador
Fundación Rosalía de Castro, Helena Villar Janeiro, director
Galería Eiseke, Luis Ballesteros, director of Foreign Relations
Liceo Poético de Benidorm, Julio Pavanetti, director. Annabel Villar
Palabras Diversas, Luis E. Prieto, director, coordinator of Network of Writers in Spanish and president by Spain of Hispanoamerican Union of Writers
Poetas de la Tierra y Amigos de la Poesía –POETAP-, Olivier Herrera Marin, representative
Poets:
Annabel Villar
Alberto Chessa
Antonio Ruiz Cabrera
Arantxa Oteo Ugarte
Cristina Barcelona
Daniel de Culla
Eduard Escofet
Fernando Valverde
Helena Villar Janeiro
Juan Carlos Mestre
Juan Francisco González-Díaz
Ivonne Sanchez
Julio Pavanetti
Kirmen Uribe
Luis Ballesteros
Luis E. Prieto
Manuel Casillas Jiménez
Mario Castro Navarrete
Marta Torras
Martí Sales
Olivier Herrera Marin
Pedro Enríquez
Pepe Olona
Raquel Lanseros
Samir Delgado
Silvia Nieva
Soledad Benages Amorós
Tomás Arias
Uberto Stabile
Yolanda García Ares
Zulema Moret
SWEDEN:
Bengt Berg (National Coordinator): [email protected]
Poetry Festival:
Södermalms Poesifestival, Boel Schenlaer, director
Poets:
Agneta Falk (Member of Coordinating Commiittee)
Anders Dahlgren
Boel Schenlaer
SWITZERLAND:
Heike Fiedler (French Switzerland National Coordinator): [email protected]
Zsúzsa Túri (National Coordinator): [email protected]
Poetry Festival:
Festival Poesia Presente, Fabiano Alborguetti, director
Poets:
Ingrid Wickström
Claude Darbellay
Fabiano Alborguetti
Heike Fiedler
Iren Baumann
Philip Meersman
Raymond de Morawitz
Sylvain Thévoz
Vince Fasciani
TÜRKIYE:
Nurduran Duman: National Coordinator ([email protected])
Festivals:
CAGSAD (Çağdaş Şair ve Yazarlar Derneği – Contemporary Poet and Writers Association, Fadıl Oktay, president
Poets:
Adnan Ozer
Aydan Yalçın
Esel Arslan
Merwan Osman
Metin Cengiz
Merwan Eli
Hemin Kurdaxi
Habibe Ağaçdelen
Hürdemi Nevzat Bayramoğlu
Fadıl Oktay
Hilal Karahan
Müesser Yeniay
Necati Arslanmirza
Osman Namdar
Pelin Batu
Serap Demirtürk
Sibel Oruç
Serdar Kalkan
Zerrin Saraçoğlu