In 2012, the Printemps des Poètes, a national and international event, celebrates its 14th edition on the theme “Childhood” from March 5 to 18.
Each year, the City of Nice is dedicated to participating in the national and international event known as the Printemps des Poètes. This event dedicated to poetry greatly aligns with the municipal action plan’s objectives, which aim to promote access to culture and reading from a young age for the people of Nice, as childhood, whatever it may be, represents the stage of our lives where the adult of tomorrow is built and anchored.
The 2012 edition of the national event “Printemps des Poètes,” dedicated to the theme of “Childhood,” promises to be rich and meaningful, as well as creative.
This edition, as Jean-Pierre Siméon, the artistic director of the event, says, “wants to invite consideration of what words poets hold about beginnings, the learning of the world between wounds and wonder, an appetite for living and confronting rough reality, how their writing also keeps the memory of the primary, free, and creative relationship to language.”
This event dedicated to poetry has a prominent place in the municipal action plan’s objectives, which aim to promote access to culture and reading from a young age for the people of Nice, as childhood, regardless of its nature, represents the stage of our lives where the adult of tomorrow is built and anchored.
The 2012 edition of the national event “Printemps des Poètes,” dedicated to the theme of “Childhood,” promises to be rich and meaningful, as well as creative.
This year again, municipal establishments known for their contributions in the fields of thought, poetry, and reading in general, represented by the Mediterranean University Center (C.U.M) and the Municipal Library Network with Regional Vocation (B.M.V.R), have developed a quality program that will invite exploration of all facets of these childhoods.
The C.U.M will question poets about their beginnings, the place of the child in their creation as a subject of inspiration or as an audience. More specifically, the reading of the iconic work by Saint-Exupéry, “The Little Prince,” will provide an opportunity to revisit a text that speaks to all generations as it serves both as a children’s story and a philosophical tale.
The B.M.V.R will place emphasis on poetry for the youth, through eight days of activities, workshops, conferences, and readings. Four neighborhood libraries will enrich this program by offering poetic and writing workshops.
On March 6, the Nucéra library will welcome, for the second year, the winners of the grand “Poetry Forum” contest, open to all residents of Nice. The winners will be selected by a jury chaired by Mr. Raoul Mille, a writer and municipal councilor.
