Wednesday, August 21, 2019
10:00 Planting of a tree and poetry reading in honour of the 2019 Golden Wreath Laureate.
- Park of Poetry
12:30 Press conference with the winner of the Golden Wreath 2019 Award
- Congress Hall, Hotel “Drim”
13:30 Exhibition opening “Colored Collection of Joy” by Sasho Blazhes
- Congress Hall, Hotel “Drim”
20:30 Official Opening of the Struga Poetry Evenings (SPE) 2019
- At the Cultural Center
21:00 Poetic Meridians – International poetry reading
- At the Cultural Center
22:30 Official reception for the participants of the Struga Poetry Evenings 2019
- Summer terrace of the Hotel “Drim”
Thursday, August 22, 2019
10:00 – 11:00 Portrait of Zoran Anchevski, winner of the Brothers Miladinov 2018 Award
- Congress Hall, Hotel “Drim”
11:00 – 12:00 Poetry reading of the shortlisted poets for the Brothers Miladinov 2019 Award
- Congress Hall, Hotel “Drim”
12:00 – 12:30 The handing of the Stoyan Christowe 2019 Award for best poetry book by an expatriated poet
- Congress Hall, Hotel “Drim”
12:30 – 14:00 Symposium “East/West – Balkans/Europe”
- Congress Hall, Hotel “Drim”
16:00 „Pirot, poet and wanderer“- talk with mr. Emmanuel Rimbert
- Congress Hall, Hotel “Drim”
17:00-18:30 Guided tour of Struga
20:00-21:00 “Poetic Portraits” – Vlada Uroshevic
- The outflow of the Crn Drim River (“Seagull”)
21:00 – 22:00 Presentation of the thematic anthology “Noah’s Ark”
22:00 – 23:00 “Circles” (Evening of international poetry)
- The outflow of Crn Drim River (“Seagull”)
23:00-00:00 Promotion of „Dedlajna my love“, Vladimir Lukash – in cooperation with INCA Struga, as part of „D I S – D R I M I N G“
- The outflow of Crn Drim River (“Seagull”)
00:00 “Night without Punctuation” – interpretation provided
- The lobby of the Cultural Center
00:00 Exhibition „Doodlings“, Vladimir Lukash – in cooperation with INCA Struga, as part of „D I S – D R I M I N G“
- The lobby of the Cultural Center
Friday, August 23, 2019
10:00- 12:00 “Matinée” – International poetry reading
- The courtyard of the monastery church “Holy Mother of God“, Kalishta
12:00 – 13:00 Tour of the cave churches, Kalishta
16:00 – 17:00 “Poetry Café” – VERSOPOLIS – Meeting with the publishers and the professionals
- Congress Hall, Hotel “Drim”
17:00 – 18:00 Presentation of the Macedonian poets – VERSOPOLIS
- Congress Hall, Hotel “Drim”
18:00-19:00 Discussion “The role of the literary journals in the digital age”
- Congress Hall, Hotel “Drim”
20:00 – 21:00 “Poetic Portraits” – Bogomil Gjuzel
21:00 – 22:00 Portrait of Monika Herceg, the laureate of the Bridges of Struga 2019 Award, given by SPE and UNESCO
- The outflow of Crn Drim River (“Seagull”)
22:00 – 23:00 VERSOPOLIS Night
- The alternate scene at the outflow of Crn Drim River (“Seagull”)
23:00 – 00:00 Poetry reading (Macedonian and foreign poets)
- The alternate scene at the outflow of Crn Drim River (“Seagull”)
00:00 Night without Punctuation: Music-poetry performance
- Cultural Center
Saturday, August 24, 2019
10:00 – 11:00 “Poetry Café” with the laureate of the Golden Wreath 2019 Award of the SPE.
Meeting with the journalists, the publishers, and the professionals
- Congress Hall, Hotel “Drim”
11:00 – 12:00 In Memoriam: Risto Jachev, Vera Chejkovska
- Congress Hall, Hotel “Drim”
12:30 – 13:30 Press-conference – Announcement of the Brothers Miladinov 2019 Award winner
- Congress Hall, Hotel “Drim”
17:00-19:00 Departure for Ohrid and guided tour of the cultural monuments in the city
19:00-19:45 “Poetic Portraits”: Mateja Matevski, 90-year birth anniversary
- Courtyard of the Hagia Sophia Church, Ohrid
20:30 Portrait of the laureate of the Golden Wreath 2019 Award.
- Hagia Sophia Church, Ohrid
00:00 Night without Punctuation
- Music-poetry performance
- Summer stage of the Cultural Center
Sunday, August 25, 2019
10:00 – 12:30 Field trip by boat to the Saint Naum Monastery
13:00 – 13:30 Tour of the complex
16:30 In Vino Veritas: the announcement of the best poem dedicated to wine
20:30 „Bridges”, international poetry reading and the awarding of the Golden Wreath 2019, Brothers Miladinov 2019 and Bridges of Struga 2019 awards
- The Bridge of Poetry, Struga
00:00 Announcement of the Enhalon Award winner
- Press Center of SPE in the hotel “Drim”
Monday, August 26, 2019
Poetry on the road
Kavadarci
12:00 Poetry reading in Kavadarci, at the Tikvesh Winery
Prilep
14:00 Poetry reading in Nebregovo – Blazhe Koneski Memorial House
15:00 Visit of the Treskavec Monastery
19:00 – 20:30 Poetry reading in front of the Cultural Centerr
Veles
Visit of the Koco Racin Memorial House
18:30 – 19:30 Poetry reading
Kumanovo
18:30 – 19:30 Poetry reading at the Cultural Center
Skopje
21:00 Gala poetry reading at the Museum of Modern Art