Ποιειν Και Πραττειν - create and do

Luis Eduardo Rendón

          

           Fernando Rendon

 

Guerre

 

Toujours tu auras des raisons

 

Tu vas tirer l'epee

comme un ange

 

Et a l'instant ou tu la degaines

tu deviens un demon.

 

 

Arrival in Medellin - Gran Hotel, June 17, 2016

 

Louis Fernando Rendon, Gloria Rendon, Staff member, Fernando Rendon

 

                  

                   Fernando Rendon, Hatto Fischer  - upon arrival June 17, 2016

 

Fernando Rendon at the closing ceremony                          Photo: Ralph Nazareth

 

Interview with Fernando Rendon

http://www.rightlivelihood.org/medellin_interview.html

http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/cou_article/item/7750/An-interview-with-Fernando-Rendon/en

 

Fernando Rendón was born in Medellín (Colombia), in 1951. He has published the poetry books Contrahistoria, Bajo otros soles, Canción en los Campos de Marte, Los motivos del salmón, La cuestión radiante (Venezuela, Egypt, Costa Rica) La Question radiante (Francia), The Way of Salmon (United States), La Rama Roja (Cuba), En flotación (Colombia) and Poesía (Italia) He has founded the poetry magazine Prometeo (1982).In 1991 he and a team founded The International Poetry Festival of Medellin. The Foundation Right Livelihood Award with its headquarters in Stockholm has officially announced at September 28, 2006, that a jury formed by ten international personalities has decided to grant the 2006 Alternative Nobel Prize to the International Poetry Festival of Medellín, “in recognition of its courage and hope in times of despair”, among 73 candidates of 40 nations, activists for truth, peace and social justice. Web:

http://www.festivaldepoesiademedellin.org/pub.php/en/Intro/index.htm

Luis Eduardo Rendón
Program Coordinator
26 Medellin International Poetry Festival
www.festivaldepoesiademedellin.org
www.youtube.com/revistaprometeo

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