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Poetry on the Lake
The first of the annual Poetry on the Lake Celebrations, created and organised by Gabriel Griffin (www.poetgabrielgriffin.com), took place in 2001 on the antique island of St. Giulio which lies in the centre of the most romantic of Italian lakes, Lake Orta.
Poetry readings, workshops, discussions, poetry and dance and music now take place all over the lake area: on the island, in the square, on Sacro Monte, in the woods, round the chapels, in the old palaces - poetry has become dynamic!
And now Poetry on the Lake also goes to Varallo Sesia, to the first of the Sacro Monti, that preferred by Samuel Butler (see his book Ex Voto, which can be downleaded free from Gutenburg, a delightful, informative and amusing read).
Past adjudicators: Al Alvarez, John F. Deane, Carol Ann Duffy, John Hartley Williams, Brian Patten, Penelope Shuttle,D.M.Thomas, Massimo Bocchiola, Alessio Zanelli.
Previous Silver Wyvern winners: Daphne Gloag, Charles Evans, Siriol Troup, Mario Petrucci, John Whitworth, Grace Ingoldby, Pat Borthwick, Christopher North.
Previous Bill Winter and Formal verse winners: Gary Bills, Elsa Corbluth, Chris Considine, Audrey Dunne, Joan Fry, Karl Ghattas, Tony Maude, Christopher North, Michael Swan |
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Annual poetry competition
An international competition for the Silver Wyvern and other awards is launched with the New Year and closes late spring.
An anthology of selected poems is published, with line illustrations and with some translations. Authors of poems(not necessarily winners) or drawings published receive a complimentary copy.
updated 8th August 2008 |
Poetry celebration & awards
Awards are offered by ALESSI to winners of the competition and presented in the autumn in the course of the poetry celebration,
The 4 star Hotel San Rocco on the lake offers three nights hospitality to the 2008 Silver Wyvern winner 2008.
Hotel Araceli offers two nights hospitality to a participating poet in 2008. |
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