March 21 is World Poetry Day, history of the holiday. World Poetry Day - "Beautiful impulses of the soul"

On the day of the spring equinox, the world celebrates - world poetry day.
This holiday will be celebrated for the 12th time all over the world. This is only the first time in our school as part of Children's and Youth Book Week, but it certainly won't be the last!

Thanks to the competition" Poems of my own composition"Little stars have already lit up. There is an idea to create and publish an almanac of young poets and poetesses...

From history
World Poetry Day was established at the 30th session of the UNESCO General Assembly in 1999. The assembly delegates decided to celebrate this holiday annually on March 21.

The first day of poetry on March 21, 2000 was held simultaneously at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris and at the Taganka Theater in Moscow. The initiator of the celebration of this day in Russia was DOOS (Voluntary Society for the Protection of Dragonflies), led by the poet Konstantin Kedrov. The core of the holiday was the works of members of the DOOS. Andrei Voznesensky, Elena Katsyuba, Alina Vitukhnovskaya, Mikhail Buznik and Konstantin Kedrov himself read their poems from the stage of the Taganka Theater that evening. Despite the rather short preparation time, the event received a very wide response, and the Kultura TV channel released a separate television film dedicated to this holiday.

Since then, this Day has brought together poets of our country more than once. IN different years celebration world day poetry took place in various art galleries and clubs. The 2nd, 6th and 7th poetry festivals were again held at the Taganka Theater. And the 10th anniversary of World Poetry Day took place at the Central House of Writers with the support of the largest literary portals in our country, Stihi.ru and Proza.ru. Not only Muscovites and residents of the Moscow region, but also poets from other regions came to celebrate the 11th World Poetry Day in 2010. In total, more than a thousand people came to the Central House of Writers that evening.

Poet and nominee Nobel Prize in literature, Konstantin Kedrov proposed to UNESCO the idea of celebrating World Poetry Day on the vernal equinox 12 years ago, in 2000, and for the first time this holiday was held on the stage of the Taganka Theater with the support of the famous director Yuri Lyubimov.

“Poetry,” says the UNESCO decision, “can be the answer to the most pressing and profound spiritual questions modern man“But for this it is necessary to attract the widest possible public attention to it.”

Moreover, World Poetry Day is intended to provide an opportunity to better express themselves to small publishing houses, whose efforts mainly bring the work of modern poets to readers, and to literary clubs that revive the age-old tradition of the living, sounding poetic word.

This Day, UNESCO believes, is intended to serve as a means of creating mass media positive image of poetry as authentic contemporary art, open to people.

It is believed that the oldest hymn poems were created in the 23rd century BC. The author of the poems is the poetess-priestess En-hedu-ana, about whom all that is known is that she was the daughter of the Akkadian king Sargon, who conquered Ur (territory of Iran). En-hedu-ana wrote about the moon god Nanna and his daughter, the goddess of the morning star Inanna.

Interesting facts
March 21 is celebrated:
International Puppeteer Day
International Nowruz Day
Youth Day in Tunisia
Tree Day in Italy

March 21 in history:
1999 (13 years old)- After a 478-hour journey, Bertrand PICCARD and Brian JONES became the first people to circle the Earth in a hot air balloon.
1990 (22 years old)- The independence of Namibia, which had been under the rule of South Africa for 75 years, was declared.
1975 (37 years old)- A three-thousand-year-old monarchy is being overthrown in Ethiopia.

Congratulations:
All poets, poetesses
Gently congratulations,
Cool muse, inspiration
And we wish you love!

Well, you, our poet,
Always be with love
Physical education and exercises -
The right path to health!

Let it be easy and relaxed
The verse falls on the sheet,
Let your creative spirit
Will last a lifetime!

"Poetry is the devil's wine"
Aurelius Augustine (354 - 430)

“...Poetry is painting that is heard...”
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)

"Poetry is the music of words"
Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734)

The word "poetry" comes from the Greek. poieo - create, create, build, create.

It is believed that the most ancient hymn poems were created in the 23rd century BC. The author of the poems is the poetess-priestess Enheduanna, who was the daughter of the Akkadian king Sargon, who conquered Ur (territory of Iran). Enheduanna wrote about the moon god Nanna and his daughter, the goddess of the morning star Inanna. The hymns of Enheduanna were considered sacred.

Until the Renaissance, the poetic form was revered in Europe as one of the main conditions of beauty and was practically the only tool for transforming words into art. In Russian literature in the “golden age” of Russian literature, and sometimes even today, poetry was often called all fiction as opposed to non-fiction.

In 1999, at the 30th session of the UNESCO General Conference, it was decided to celebrate World Poetry Day on March 21 every year.

The date - March 21, the day of the vernal equinox of the global hemisphere, was chosen as a symbol of the renewal of nature and the creative nature of the human spirit.

The first World Poetry Day took place in Paris on March 21, 2000, where UNESCO has its headquarters.

On this day in different countries Festivals, quizzes and competitions of famous and aspiring poets are organized around the world.

“Poetry,” says the UNESCO decision, “can be the answer to the most pressing and profound spiritual questions of modern man - but for this it is necessary to attract the widest possible public attention to it.

In addition, World Poetry Day should provide an opportunity to more widely express themselves to small publishing houses, whose efforts mainly bring the work of modern poets to readers, and to literary clubs that revive the age-old tradition of the living, sounding poetic word.”

This Day, UNESCO believes, is designed to create a positive image of poetry in the media as a truly modern art, open to people.
http://ria.ru/spravka/20130321/928007220.html

First initiative of the institution official day poetry dates back to the late 1930s. In 1938, the American state of Ohio, on the initiative of the poet Tessa Sweezy Webb, proclaimed October 15 as Poetry Day - it was the birthday of the ancient Roman poet Virgil. This date was later recognized by thirty-eight US states, as well as Mexico, and was celebrated as National Poetry Day. Then this day began to be celebrated in other countries as World Poetry Day.
http://www.rg.ru/2013/03/21/poeziya-site-anons.html

In Moscow, the first Poetry Day was held on March 21, 2000 at the Taganka Theater. Its initiator was the Voluntary Society for the Protection of Dragonflies (DOOS), headed by the poet Konstantin Kedrov.

The annual celebration of World Poetry Day in Russia is celebrated with various poetry events in theaters, literary clubs and salons.
Since 2009 events, dedicated to the Day poetry, are organized at the Central House of Writers with the support of the literary portal Stikhi.ru in partnership with the UNESCO Office in Moscow and under the auspices of Federal agency in Printing and Mass Communications.

Stihi.ru is Russia's largest server of modern poetry
http://www.stihi.ru/

National Literary Award "Poet of the Year"
http://www.stihi.ru/poetgoda/
The national literary award "Poet of the Year" was established by the Russian Literary Club together with the publishing house "Author's Book" with the aim of finding new talented authors who can make a contribution to modern literature.

"Poetry Calendar"- Dmitry Shevarov’s column in Rossiyskaya Gazeta
http://www.rg.ru/plus/poezia/

"Anthology of Russian poetry for family reading" - website http://antologia.xxc.ru/

A space for audio and visual communication with the Russian world has appeared on the Internet. poetic classics: website "Anthology of Russian poetry for family reading". Here you can hear (and see!) how ancient lines are heard performed by modern actors, how landscapes by Russian artists come to life to the music of Tchaikovsky. Poems, many of which have been completely forgotten by the Russian reader for a century, or even a century and a half, are now spreading like fresh news on Facebook and VKontakte.
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Poem as a gift

Vasily Zhukovsky
To poetry
A wonderful gift from the gods!
O fiery hearts, joy and love,
O quiet beauty, charm of the soul -
Poetry! With you
And sorrow, and poverty, and gloomy exile -
They are losing their terror!
In the shadow of an oak grove, above the stream,
Friend of Phoebus, with a clear soul,
In his wretched hut,
Forgotten by rock, forgotten by rock -
Sings, dreams and - blissful!
And who and who is not alive
By your divine influence?
Rough lanterns with thoughtful clanging
Laplander, wild son of the snows,
Glorifies his foggy homeland
And the unartificial harmony of poetry,
Looking at the stormy waves, he depicts
And your smoky hut, and the cold, and the sound of the seas,
And the fast running of the sleigh,
Flying through the snow with fleet-footed elk.
Happy with the wretched lot,
Oratai, leaning on the plow,
Drawn slowly by tired oxen, -
Sings its forest, its peaceful meadow,
Carts creaking under the sheaves,
And the sweetness of winter evenings,
When, with the sound of blizzards, in front of the shining fireplace,
Among my sons,
With a foamy and boiling drink,
He pours joy into my heart
And peacefully falls asleep at midnight,
Forgetting the spilled sweat on the wild reins...
But you, whom the ray of heaven revives,
Singers, friends of my soul!
In the sad journey of this minute life
Cover the thorny path with flowers
And pour your flame into ardent hearts!
Yes by the sound of your loud lyres
A hero awakened to glory,
Divites and shocks the world!
Yes, the young man is inflamed
They shed tears of delight,
The altar of the fatherland kisses
And death for him, as a blessing, awaits!
May the poor worker's soul blossom
From your blessed songs!
But let your thunder fall
On these cruel and depraved ones,
Who, in shame, with an exalted brow,
Innocence, valor and honor trampled underfoot,
They dare to call themselves demigods!
Friends of the heavenly muses! Will we be captivated by vanity?
Disdaining momentary successes -
An insignificant voice of praise, a cymbal ringing
empty, -
Having despised the luxury of joy,
Let's follow in the footsteps of the greats! -
The path to immortality is open to us by fate!
Let us not shame ourselves with praise
High in lot, contemptuous in soul, -
Let us dare to crown the worthy!
Should Febov's favorite chase a ghost?
Should Febov's favorite grovel in the dust?
And to seduce Fortune with humiliation?
Posterity distributes crowns and shame:
Let us dare to transform our mausoleum into an altar!
O glory, hearts' admiration!
O sweet lot - in love
posterity to live!

December 1804

Phoebus- (Greek - shining), second name of the god Apollo
Cevnica- folk wind musical instrument, a kind of pipe
Oratay- plowman, ploughman, tiller, plougher (who holds the plow)

“Every poem is a veil stretched over the edges of words. These words shine like stars, and because of them the poem exists.” The opinion of Alexander Blok, a wonderful Russian poet, will certainly coincide with the point of view of anyone who is naturally talented and writes poetry with enthusiasm. Unfortunately, today poetic art does not have the same value that “music of the soul” acquired in the era of Alexander Pushkin or Anna Akhmatova. However, there is still hope for the revival of past traditions, because Every year on March 21, authors and readers celebrate the holiday, designed to remind the inhabitants of the planet about the existence of the Beautiful World.

History of the holiday

The holiday on March 21, World Poetry Day, was established not so long ago: in 1999, in the capital of France, within the framework of the 30th UN General Assembly. Events dedicated to the newly created World Poetry Day were also held there. The main goal of the annual World Poetry Day is, first of all, to introduce people to the art of poetry modern people, far from romance and lyrical thinking. After all, it is known that the problem of a dying culture is becoming more acute every year.

In addition, due to the popularization of market relations, poetry is considered simply unprofitable from a commercial point of view, and therefore superfluous in the list of spheres human activity. Therefore, World Poetry Day is needed by society in order to dispel pessimistic misconceptions.

The holiday of March 21 - World Poetry Day is real opportunity show your creativity so that others would learn about the talent of a nearby, unknown poet.

As part of this wonderful spring holiday, thematic events are held on March 21, where an already accomplished writer can communicate with a novice author, and the latter can learn a lot of useful things from a conversation with a more experienced colleague.

Representatives of organizations such as creative clubs and small publishing houses have a chance to offer their services to everyone in need of promoting poetic works and become a meeting place for people of art.

In Russia, World Poetry Day receives a lot of attention. It has already become a tradition to celebrate this holiday with the active support of the Taganka Theater. And a few years ago, celebrations began to take place in other cultural organizations: for example, in State center contemporary art. Poetry evenings, where authors publicly perform their the best works, intellectual competitions on poetic themes - all this takes place every year on the holiday of March 21 for more than 10 years.

The emergence and development of poetry

To confirm their words, the ancestors of modern Scandinavians told a legend about two magical peoples opposing each other - the Vanir and the Aesir. When the irreconcilable enemies were tired of endless wars, they concluded a truce, sealing it with the creation of the wise dwarf Kvasir from his own saliva. However, the phenomenal knowledge of the man-made creature in all areas of knowledge did not please two residents - Galar and Fyalar. The cunning people decided to kill the sage, which they did not fail to do. The scoundrels placed the blood of the dead know-it-all in a cauldron and added honey. The resulting mixture was called “the honey of poetry,” and anyone who tasted the wonderful drink acquired the talent of a poet...

Well, what do scientists say? Experts in the field historical science The composition of the first poetic work is attributed to the priestess En-khedu-an, the daughter of the Sumerian ruler. It was a hymn in honor of the gods. The historian Thomas Love Peacock tried to divide the entire period of the existence of poetry into several eras. In total, he got four time periods, each of which differed from the previous one in features unique to it.

According to Peacocke, poetry appeared long before the advent of writing. The earliest poetic forms were primitive odes glorifying warriors performing feats, ruling the people and other prominent personalities. This was the Iron Age of poetry. After him came the golden era, to characteristic features which included praise not of living, but of great ancestors, figurative language, originality of poetic turns, and the appropriate level of knowledge of the authors. During this period, the poets Homer, Sophocles, etc. worked.

The Silver Age included the development of two types of poetry: original, with the use of satirical and didactic notes, and imitative, consisting in a peculiar processing of varieties of poems of the previous era.

The final stage was the Copper Age of the art of creating “music of the soul,” the end of which was marked by the advent of the dark era of the Middle Ages. Afterwards, as Thomas Love Peacock argues, poetry only returned to periods already passed, without making the slightest attempt to give humanity something new.

Poems and modernity

Today's society perceives poetic works differently than the society of past centuries. There is less and less meaning in poetry, more and more clearly inappropriate epithets and metaphors, and the idols of youth are increasingly becoming authors who are fluent in writing obscene poetry. But even in the current situation, it cannot be said that “music of the soul” has become obsolete. It’s enough to look at large poetry Internet portals like “Stihi.ru”, “Poeziya.ru”, etc. to understand: in our country (I think in the world too) there are many amazing poets, but most of them are unknown to readers printed publications... However, every author “from among the people” always has a chance to make himself known for more high level, go beyond the network space - although, mostly, not without the involvement cash. However, there are often exceptions here, which is good news.

Poetry is an original language, understandable to everyone, but suitable for explanation only to a select few. Poems are not just rhymed lines built taking into account a certain rhythm, but an indicator of the level of public culture. Dedicate the day of March 21 to reading lyrical truths, and you will feel a symphony of light flowing into your heart. And perhaps you will understand how right Rasul Gamzatov was, who wrote the following poem:

“Poetry, you are not the servant of the strong,
You protected those who were humiliated
You covered for everyone who was offended
I saw those in power as an enemy.

Poetry, you and I don’t suit us
Raise your honest voice for the strong,
You can't look like a bride
Which self-interest leads to the crown"

We congratulate all connoisseurs of high culture and creativity on March 21, World Poetry Day. Poetry is our cultural past, present and future. Poetry makes us connoisseurs of kind and polite words; poetry instills in us restraint, respect for people, and teaches us to value human feelings and relationships.

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World Poetry Day is celebrated annually on March 21. It was established at the 30th session of the UNESCO General Assembly, held in Paris in 1999.

The main purpose of Poetry Day is to support linguistic diversity through poetic expression and to create conditions for endangered languages to develop among the populations that use them. This day is intended to promote the development of poetry, the return to the oral tradition of poetry readings, the teaching of poetry, the restoration of dialogue between poetry and other arts such as theatre, dance, music, painting, as well as the encouragement of publishing and the creation of a positive image of poetry in the media as truly modern art, open to people.

The first World Poetry Day took place in 2000 in Paris, where UNESCO has its headquarters.

IN recent years On World Poetry Day, the laureates of the National Poetry Awards are awarded. literary prizes"Poet of the Year" and "Writer of the Year", established with the aim of finding new talented authors who can contribute to modern literature.

On Poetry Day in Moscow, the tradition of organizing poetry festivals, open lectures, meetings with laureates of Russian poetry awards, and musical and literary evenings was born and is successfully developing.

Events dedicated to World Poetry Day were held at THEATER.doc, the Taganka Theater, the Russian State University for the Humanities, the Russian State Children's Library, in the literary salons "Bulgakov House", "Classics of the 21st Century", the cultural center "Punctum", in the club "Dacha" on Pokrovka" and at other venues. Poets Ivan Akhmetyev, Maxim Amelin, Alexey Alekhine, Marina Boroditskaya, Evgeny Bunimovich, Boris Dubin, Nikolai Zvyagintsev, Olesya Nikolaeva, Fyodor Swarovsky and others performed before the Muscovites.

In St. Petersburg, on World Poetry Day, festive events dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the birth of the poet Mikhail Lermontov began. On this day, the “St. Petersburg Reads Lermontov” campaign started - during the day, in the library of the Musin-Pushkin mansion, famous St. Petersburg actors, writers and artists read Lermontov’s poems. Among the participants were actors Ivan Krasko, Leonid Mozgovoy, and TV presenter Kirill Nabutov.

The material was prepared based on information from RIA Novosti and open sources

In 1999, at the 30th session of the UNESCO General Conference, it was decided to celebrate World Poetry Day annually. The first World Poetry Day took place in Paris, where UNESCO's headquarters are located.

This Day, UNESCO believes, is designed to create a positive image of poetry in the media as a truly modern art, open to people.

It is believed that the most ancient hymn poems were created in the 23rd century BC. The author of the poems is the poetess-priestess En-hedu-ana, about whom it is only known that she was the daughter of the Akkadian king Sargon, who conquered Ur (territory of Iran). En-hedu-ana wrote about the moon god Nanna and his daughter, the goddess of the morning star Inanna.

Currently, this Day is celebrated all over the world - in cultural institutions, educational institutions, creative groups, etc. - various poetry concerts, author readings, conferences and seminars dedicated to poets and their work, presentations of new poetic literature are held.

In the starry twilight of the night, rhymes fly in the skies
And they quietly dream of finding their life in a book.
And you write out sonnets, putting phrases together again,
So that they have hope, joy, and love.
Let inspiration shine even on the gloomiest day,
Dispersing the shadow of incomprehensible sadness with its light.
Let hundreds of words fall like a dance on paper,
And the muse lives with you in the favor of the gods.

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