XXXIX International Festival of Poetry
Smederevo’s Poet Autumn

THE EIGHTH POETICAL FAIR

• Welcoming address by Dragan Mrdaković, director City Library
  
  The presentation of the Zmaj Ognjeni Vuk Award
• A poetical portrait Milica Jeftimijević - Lilić, Award Winner for 2008
  
  A speech about the author will be given by Petar Artutina, literary critic
  Radomir Stojanovic, editor IK Panorama
• Award Presentation ceremony
• Musical Intermezzo- vocal group Đurđevke

SMEDEREVO’S ORPHEUS EVENING

• Presentation of poetry book by Serbian Orthodox Priest Željko Đurić, Svet koji nestaje i svet koji nastaje (The Disappearing and Appearing Worlds)
  Speakers: Monk David Petrović and the author
• Presentation of the poetry book by Živorad Đorđević,
  Hodnici tišine (Hallways of Silence)
  Speakers: academic Risto Vasilevski and the author
  Poems will be recited by Miljan Guberinić
• Musical Intermezzo - Natalija Dojčinović
• Presentation of the medallion of gratitude to Zoran Tričković, Staniši Petronijević and Srbislav Milenković
  
  Presentation of the Smederevo Orpheus Award for 2008
• Živorad Đorđević winner of Smederevo’s Orphaeus 2007 recites the the winning poem, Istina (Truth)
• Speech by Tomislav Stevanović, jury president
• Smederevo Orphaeus award presentation
• Award will be given by last years winner Živorad Đorđević

THE RADIANCE OF WORDS

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

• AN EXHIBITION OF BOOKS STOTO KOLO
  SRPSKE KNJIŽEVNE ZADRUGE
  A word by th Slobodan Rakitić, president of the Serbian Literture Association
  Poems from the books will be recited by Miljan Guberinić
• EXHIBITION OF PICTURES 15 YEARS OF ARTISTIC COLONIES SENTANDREJA
  Welcoming words from the organiser
  The exhibition will be opened the the cultural attache for the Hungarian Embassy in Belgrade, Mrs Clara Sentđerđi

OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE FESTIVAL

• The Ethno vocal group Vesna i koreni– Oj devojko Smederevko
• Poem by Miodrag Pavlović Naučite Pjesan recited by Nebojša Dugalić
• Welcoming address by the vice mayor of Smederevo dr Jasna Avramović
• Address by Srba Ignjatović, president of the Association of Writers Serbia
• The festival will be opened by Milan Mihajlović, president of the Writers Association for Kosovo and Metohija

POETICAL HERITAGE

• Desanka Maksimović (1898 - 1992) Vukov utuk, recited by Nejbojša Dugalić
• Vesna i Koreni sing traditional Serbian songs

GOLDEN KEY OF SMEDEREVO

Presentation of the International Poetry Award

• Opening address by Zlatkо Krasni, Award Committee President
• Award presented by vice mayor of Smederevo dr Jasna Avramović
• Speech by award recipient
  
  POETRY OF KITO LORENCA
• A lecture on the poetry of Kito Lorenca will be given by Zlatkо Krasni
• Poems recited by the author and Nejboša Dugalić
• In tribute to Kito Lorenca songs performed by Vesna and koreni
  
  THE GOLDENT STRING AWARD
• Five poets which have been chosen for the award GOLDEN STRING are: Đorđe Ličina, Aleksandar Milanović, Zoran Milisavljević, Živko Prodanović and Jelena Stojsavljević, who will recite chosen verses

THE LITTLE GOLDEN KEY

• Presentation of the Little Golden Key Award to Raša Popov
• Speech by Mošo Odalović
• Аward presented by Goro Redžić,
  president of council committee of Smederevo
• Speech by award recipient
  Participants: Gradimir Stojković, Mošo Odalović, Ljubivoje Ršumović, Dobrica Erić, Ivo Munćan, Pero Zubac, Milovan Vitezović, Radivoje – Rale Damjanović, Ljubiša Simić and children from Smederevo’s nursery schools and pupils from Smederevo’s primary schools.

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

MERIDIANS INTERNATIONAL POETS’ MEETING

• Invited guests are:
  Miodrag Pavlović, Kito Lorenc (lužičkosrpski), Raša Popov, Dragan Dragojlović, Nikolaj Petev (Bulgarija), Milovan Vitezović, Jan Mysjkin (Belgium), Živorad Đorđević, Dragomir Dujmov (Serbian poet from Hungary), Risto Vasilevski, Aleksandra Fenogen (France), Petar Sarić, Alberto Princis (Italy), Tomislav Stevanović, Ljubomir Levčev (Bulgaria), Maja Perfi ljeva (Croatia), José Carlos Catan״o Gonzáles (Spain), Ljubiša Simić (Serbian poet from Germany), Vera Horvat, Anatolija Kičinski (Ukraine) Gradimir Stojković, Mihael Speier (Germany), Zlatko Krasni, Ivi Munćan, Srboljub Mišković (Serbian poet in Romania), Duška Vrhovac, Monika Osnato (Italy), Bratislav Milanović, Lojze Wieser (Austria), Milan Mihajlović, Miroslav Dimitrijević, Bogdan Radulović, Dobrica Erić
• Musical Imtermezzo: Karmena Repystić

GOLDEN STRING AWARD PRESENTATION

• Address by Danica Andrejević, jury president
• Award presented by Goran Đorđević, Festival Director

PUBLIC AWARD PRESENTATION

• A report by the commission president Radoslava 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 Prvoslava Radojković, jury president
• Award presented by Vesna Ristić, editor Naš Glas newspaper

FINAL ADDRESS

Festival programmes hosts Željko Dimić and Miljan Guberinić