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European poetry back on the Metro

Ninth edition of the initiative celebrates friendship

published on 11/19/24 8:15 AM

Photo: Georgi Neykov, BNR

The ninth edition of the initiative Poetry in the Metro opens today and lasts until 23 December. The project was initiated by the Polish Cultural Institute in Sofia.

It includes poems by 20 European writers. They will be displayed on panels in the carriages and stations of the Sofia metro, both in Bulgarian and in the original language. The theme of this year's edition is friendship.

The official opening will take place at the Polish Institute at 18.30. Among the authors included in the project are Petya Kokudeva /Bulgaria/, Shota Rustaveli /Georgia/, Gianni Rodari /Italy/, Anna Świrszczyńska /Poland/, Nikola Majirov /North Macedonia/ and many others.

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