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The International Festival of Poetry “ORPHEUS” – PLOVDIV 2023 is a project of Plovdiv LIK Foundation. It includes creative, cultural, educational and promotional activities united by the desire for exchanging ideas, inspiration and creative contacts.
The festival will take place from the 12 th until the 13 th of May 2023 in the Little Early Christian Basilica as a festival center, but its activities will cover a number of other historical and cultural spaces in Plovdiv.
The festival includes: poetry readings, poetry competition, cultural and educational seminar, writers’ forum and exploratory trips.

The fifth edition of the festival gathers together poets from the Russia, Turkey, Italy, Croatia, Georgia, India, North Macedonia and Bulgaria.
The Orpheus Project – PLOVDIV 2023 is implemented with the financial support of the Municipality of Plovdiv – Directorate “Culture and Archeology” and is a part of the Cultural
Calendar of the Municipality for 2023.

Anton Baev – Director
Elka Dimitrova – Head of the Creative team
Ivan Kostov – Head of Web and Advertising activities
Victoria Baeva – Live stream and support
Lidiya Shamova, Gergana Zlatkova, Antonia Baeva – translators
Vera Gavrailova – accountant

Contacts
Anton Baev: baev_a@hotmail.com, +359 898 47 74 23
Elka Dimitrova: elkadimitrova4@gmail.com

What you will get

3

DAYS

10

PARTICIPANYS

8

COUNTRIES

5

AWARDS

PARTICIPANYS

HUSEYIN MEVSIM

HUSEYIN MEVSIM

Turkey
Dimana Ivanova

Dimana Ivanova

Bulgaria
Robert Meskhi

Robert Meskhi

Georgia
Yulia Berezhko-Kaminska

Yulia Berezhko-Kaminska

Ukraine

ATAOL BEHRAMOĞLU

ATAOL BEHRAMOĞLU

Turkey
Flavia Teoc

Flavia Teoc

Romania/ Denmark
Tomáš Starý

Tomáš Starý

Czech Republic
Yordan Velchev

Yordan Velchev

Bulgaria

Martina Straková

Martina Straková

Slovakia
Constantin Severin

Constantin Severin

Romania

Dimana Ivanova

Bulgaria

Flavia Teoc

Romania/ Denmark

Флавия Теок

Румъния / Дания

Martina Straková

Slovakia

Мартина Стракова

Словакия

Yordan Velchev

Bulgaria

Йордан Велчев

България

Tomáš Starý

Czech Republic

Томаш Стари

Чешка Република

HUSEYIN MEVSIM

Turkey

May 11-13, 2023 @Small Basilica, Plovdiv

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