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The Springtime of Poets
Jean VILAR, mot pour mot, by Jacques Téphany et Melly Touzoul, éd. Stock, Paris, 1972.
The Springtime of Poets - Le Printemps des poètes
The Printemps des poètes was conceived and launched by Jack Lang, the former Minister of Culture, in Paris from 21 to 28 March 1999, and by Emmanuel Hoog and André Velter, in order to highlight the extreme vitality of poetry in France. It quickly became a nationwide event, and the voice of the poets rose to the occasion, with a host of poetic initiatives across the country and abroad. Printemps des poètes has built up a huge, active community of poets, publishers, teachers, students, librarians, singers, actors, musicians and readers.
Since then, over 12,000 events have been organised in France and abroad, in schools and educational establishments, libraries, theatres, bookshops, hospitals, etc. Printemps des Poètes is a veritable ode to poetry to accompany the spring equinox. In 2016, the event was awarded the Goncourt poetry prize for all its work. Supported by the Ministry of Culture, the National Book Centre and the Ministry of National Education and Youth, Jean-Pierre Siméon was artistic director until 2018, when he handed over to Sophie Nauleau.
« In a difficult world, often governed by self-interest, selfish profit and profitability,
we need poetry more than ever. we need poetry more than ever.
Because, as the Argentinian poet Roberto Juarroz puts it, poetry is "an extraordinary accelerator of consciousness","an extraordinary accelerator of consciousness", because it is a source of wonder and reflection, poetry must play an essential part in the education of young people. »
Extract from the presentation of the third edition of Printemps des Poètes.
The Compagnie Mot pour Mot and The Springtime of Poets
Requested and supported by Jack Lang to establish Le Printemps des Poètes in the city of Sète, Mot pour Mot has been present every March since 1999. Since then, 25 editions have been staged, and every year the company works to make words dance for the arrival of spring, alongside readers, actors, poets, musicians and dancers.
With the help of poets Alexis Guiengani, Solo Soro, Julien Blaine, Les Souffleurs commandos poétiques, Kiko Motos, Magyd Cherfi, Gabi Jimenez, Hagit Grossman and Ronny Someck, the Compagnie Mot pour Mot will be celebrating poetry in a multi-discursive and interactive way every year, with a clear desire to make culture accessible to as many people as possible.
To celebrate the 26th anniversary of the Printemps des Poètes festival in Sète from 11 to 29 March 2024, the Compagnie Mot pour Mot is organising a series of shows, conferences and cultural events on the theme of grace. This year, the photographer REZA is doing us the honour of being our support artist.
Compagnie Mot pour Mot poster for The Springtime of Poets#25