Western-Eastern Poets in Sympathy: Poetry Reading in Kyoto 2020

2020年03月06日

JUNPA presented the 8th International poetry festival as follows. Thank you so much for sharing poems, ideas, and supports. (Click the headline) Movie

Opening Speech by Takashi Arima

有馬敲理事の挨拶

Dear Friends,

I am very glad to meet you today in this poetry festival. Above all two guest poets Juri Talvet from Estonia and Odveig Klyve from Norway.

8 years passed from establishment of JUNPA. It is so rapid to time current. We are facing to the stage how to continue in the future. So that I ask everyone to cooperate at one's capacity and with unique ideas.

Thank you.

Awarding ceremony

授賞式

JUNPA conferred Arima Takashi Prize to Mr.Gozo Yoshimasu.

Mr. Yoshimasu's outstanding activities on poetry, readings, and films in and out of Japan. Arima Takashi presented the prize with his full of respect.

Awardee Mr.Gozo Yoshimasu's speech and reading

吉増剛造氏のスピーチと記念朗読

Arima-san and I associated each other since 1970's. His activities, oral-reading-group was popular in the time. So, Kyoto has keen sense and cut-edging culture in any age, I respect that. Also, today I came to know that Kyoto has a lot of water (half of Lake Biwa) underground. It was fresh for me. I really hope JUNPA continue this activities and succeed. Thank you.

Reading poem with his wife. "The Old Poet"