Join us for this year’s celebration of poetry and linguistic diversity in Brussels!

Transpoesie 2025 invites poets to voice the hopes, strives and fears of people living in Europe nowadays.

Voicing the fears but also the hopes of the current generation, the urgency to change but also the urge to seek cover and question what is. How does contemporary poetry react to the times we are living in and voice the current mood in each and every language?

At the invitation of the Polish Institute, Polish poet Marcin Czerkasow will join the festival.

Marcin Czerkasow (b. 1981) – poet, publisher, graphic designer. He writes and also translates literary texts and essays on contemporary art. Author of the chapbook Płonące ciasteczko (Burning Cookie 2006), and books Fałszywe zaproszenia (False Invitations, Wielkopolska Biblioteka i Centrum Animacji Kultury, 2008), Przede wszystkim zniszczenia (The Destruction Most of All, Disastra Publishing 2014), Mountain View (WBPiCAK 2022), for which he received the Gdynia Literary Award (2023), and Belgijskie rozwiązania (Belgian Solutions, WBPiCAK 2024). Founder of Disastra Publishing.

This year, Transpoesie joins forces with its partners – Letterenhuis in Antwerp and Poetik Bazar in Brussels. The closing event of the festival will take place at the Polish Institute – Cultural Service of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Brussels on 19 September at 19:30. The evening will feature “Sounds like Polish” performance, poetry readings, and a reception.

Registration required. Please note that an ID or passport will be checked at the entrance.
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Transpoesie 2025 – Turbulent Times
18-19 September
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