{"id":11142,"date":"2018-06-15T10:00:59","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T08:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cityofliterature.nl\/?p=11142"},"modified":"2018-06-14T13:09:38","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T11:09:38","slug":"two-poets-from-utrecht-in-a-unique-book-made-by-unesco-creative-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cityofliterature.nl\/en\/two-poets-from-utrecht-in-a-unique-book-made-by-unesco-creative-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Two poets from Utrecht in a unique book made by UNESCO Creative Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"

To mark the XII UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) Meeting in Krakow and Katowice, Utrecht City of Literature has contributed to the project \u2018Poetic Encounters\u2019, initiated by Heidelberg UNESCO City of Literature and Fabriano UNESCO City of Crafts and Folk Art, to produce a specially bound and printed anthology celebrating literature and its vital place in world culture. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

51 poets from 28 UNESCO Cities of Literature have come together to celebrate the collaborative spirit which lies at the core of the UCCN and to support linguistic diversity through poetic expressions from around the world. From Utrecht, poets Onno Kosters<\/strong> and Hanneke van Eijken<\/strong> contributed to the project. The book <\/span>is dedicated to all people worldwide valuing the power and richness of literature and advocating freedom of thought and speech. All texts have been written or printed on beautiful handcrafted, folio-sized paper from Fabriano UNESCO City of Crafts and Folk Art. The paper was sent from Fabriano via Heidelberg to all UNESCO Cities of Literature worldwide and, after being filled with literary works, was sent all the way back to Fabriano where the unique book has been bound.<\/span><\/p>\n

Contributing to the book, <\/span>the poets<\/span>were filmed as they wrote a literary piece of art on the Fabriano paper. The film was edited by Tel Aviv, UNESCO City of Media Arts, with music provided by Mannheim, UNESCO City of Music. The book was gifted to the Mayors of Krakow and Katowice by the mayors of Heidelberg and Fabriano at a special presentation during the annual meeting of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network on <\/span>June 13th<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n