XXXVIII Internacional Festival of Poetry
Smederevo’s Poet Autumn

THE SEVENTH POETICAL FAIR

•  Welcoming address by Dragan Mrdaković, director City Librar
  The presentation of the Zmaj Ognjeni Vuk Award
• A poetical portrait of Miodrag Pavlović
  Award Winner for 2007
  A speech about the author will be given by dr Jovan Delić and Risto Vasilevski
•  Award Presentation ceremony
•  Musical Intermezzo - Vocal Group
  Gorunke, Folklore Group Semendrija

SMEDEREVO’S ORPHEUS EVENING

•  Presentation of poetry book by Zosim Popac, Žrtvovanje (Sacrifice)
  Speakers: Tatjana Lazarević-Milošević MA,
  Milijan Despotović and Dragan Mrdaković
• Musical intermezzo: Filip Živanović, guitar
•  Presentation of the Smederevo Orpheus Award for 2007
  - Milorad Ivić winner of Smederevo’s Orphaeus 2006 recites the poem Čistac u omrežju
  - Speech by Ljubica Zlatović, jury president
  - Smederevo Orphaeus award presentation
  - Award will be given by last years winner Milorad Ivić
•  The presentation of letters of gratitude “Smederevo’s Poets Autumn”
  to Bojka Vuletić, Selimir - Sele Jovanović and Milenko Braca Ostojić

THE RADIANCE OF WORDS

•  An encounter of secondary school students with poets and participants of the festival

OPENING OF EXHIBITION OF PHOTOGRAPHS 49 POETS ENRIQUE HERDANDEZ DE HESUS (VENEZUALA)

•  The exhibition will be opened by the author Moma Dimić

OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE FESTIVAL

•  Ethno - group Vesna i koreni – Oj devojko Smederevko
•  Poem by Miodrag Pavlović Naučite Pjesan recited by Ivan Jagodić
•  Welcoming address by the city council mayor Saša Radosavljević
•  Opening address by Srba Ignjatović, president of the Association of Writers Serbia

Poetical Heritage

•  Church choir Sloga “Vostani Serbie” (The Year of Dositej Obradović)
•  Kamena Uspavanka (Lullaby of Stone)
  Stevan Raičković (1928-2007)
•  Poems by Stevan Raičković will be recited by Sofija Petrović and Ivan Jagodić

GOLDEN KEY OF SMEDEREVO

• Presentation of the International Poetry Award
•  Opening address by Prof. Radivoje Konstantinović PhD,
  Award Committee President
•  Award presented by Saša Radosavljević, City Mayor
•  Speech by award recipient

POETRY OF ALEKSANDAR KUŠNER

• A lecture on the poetry of Aleksandar Kušner will be given
  by Prof. Dr. Miodrag Sibinović
•  Poems recited by the author Ivan Jagodić

THE FAME OF ALEKSANDAR KUŠNER

• Elena Stanisavljević recites Russian poets

FIVE POETS CHOSEN FOR THE “GOLDEN STRING” AWARD

• Dragana Bukvić, Igor Rems, Tanja Milutinović, Duško Ristić, Zoran Raonić

THE LITTLE GOLDEN KEY

• Presentation of the Little Golden Key Award to Gradimir Stojković
•  Speech by Mošo Odalović
•  Award Presentation
  Participants: Gradimir Stojković, Ljubivoje Ršumović, Vladimir Andrić, Dušan Pop Đurđev, Ivo Munćan, Srboljub Mišković, Miodrag Jakšić, Raša Perić and Radivoje – Rale Damjanović

•  Promotion of Festival Books
• Press conference with festival participants and poets

MERIDIANS INTERNATIONAL POETS’ MEETING

• Invited guests are: Miodrag Pavlović, Aleksandar Kušner (Russia), Ljubivoje Ršumović, Gradimir Stojković, Elena Nevzgliadova (Russia)  Dragan Jovanović – Danilov, Ataol Berhamoglu (Turkey), Duška Vrhovac, Đoko Stojičić, Bratislav Milanović, Gordana Boranijašević, Bernhard Widder (Austria), Radomir Andrić, Milosav Slavko Pešić, Milica Jeftimijević Lilić, Ratko Popović, Panagiota Hristopulo Zaloni (Greece), Ivan Gađanski, Zvonimir Kostić, Risto Vasilevski, Joakim Sartorius (Germany), Dragan Dragojolović, Miodrag Jakšić, Vladimir Andrić, Živorad Đorđević, Ljubica Zlatović, Adam Puslojić, Petar Pajić, Milisav Milenković, Danica Dodić (Serbian poet from France), Anđelkо Anušić (Republic of Serpska), Vasa Pavković, Željko Đurić, Angela Gianeli (Italy), Nejboša Devetak, Dušan Pop Đurđev, Enrique Hernandez de Hesus (Venezuala), Ivo Munćan, Srboljub Mišković (Serbian poet from Romania), Miloš Milišić, Raša Perić, Tomislav Stevanović, Andre Smitsz (Belgium)
•  Musical Imtermezzo: FLAUTA DOLCE

GOLDEN STRING AWARD PRESENTATION

•  Address by Gojko Božović, jury president
•  Award presented by Goran Đorđević, Festival Director

PUBLIC AWARD PRESENTATION

•  A report by the commission president Radoslav Jovanović on the system of vote counting
•  Award presented by Miodrag Popović, founder and owner of photographic studio Foto Dunav

NAŠ GLAS AWARD PRESENTATION

•  Address by Snežana Glišić, jury president
•  Award presented by Vesna Ristić, editor Naš Glas newspaper

FINAL ADDRESS

- Programme host Željko Dimić