This year, the Printemps des poètes will take place from March 5 to 18 with the theme “Childhoods”. Numerous events will be organized in Nice.
For its 14th edition, the Printemps des poètes will turn towards childhood. From March 4 to 18, upcoming events and workshops around “Childhoods” will take place at the Louis Nucéra Library, the Mediterranean University Center (CUM), and in neighborhood libraries. A theme that will evoke innocence, joy, lightness, and colors. All proposed events will be free and open to everyone.
Poetry Forum
From February 1 to 19, budding poets can participate in the Poetry Forum. This competition allows the people of Nice to write poems and share them. Children will have their own category and can participate in this contest. On March 6, the jury, chaired by Raoul Mille, writer and city councilor of Nice, will use this day to award prizes to the best submitted poems. The authors of the awarded poems will be able to come and read their work.
To participate, interested individuals must submit a poem of their own composition on the theme “Childhoods” into a ballot box at the Louis Nucéra Library or send it by email or by post. Only one poem per person will be accepted. The creations must not exceed one and a half pages, A4 format. Each poet must provide their name, first name, postal address, email address, and phone number.
Childhood Memories
The city of Nice invites its residents to participate in a collective and interactive work by recording their childhood memories. At the Louis Nucéra Library and the CUM, throughout the Printemps des poètes, a computer station will be dedicated to these audio recordings. Each person will have the opportunity, for 2 minutes, to bring a childhood memory into the present. At the end of the event, this collective work will be accessible on the CUM and Louis Nucéra Library websites.
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At the Louis Nucéra Library:
- – Tuesday, March 6 – 2/6 pm: The jury will award prizes to the best poems submitted during February. The authors of the awarded poems will be able to read their work.
- – Wednesday, March 7 – 4 pm: The company Les mille bras will perform The Little Prince through a puppet show. Suitable for ages 7 and above.
- – Friday, March 9 – 5 pm: Philosophy workshop, with Hoda Hili, on the theme “Is imagination only a mistress of illusion?”
- – Saturday, March 10 – 3 pm: Magic Lanterns. This event will blend music, poetry, and light effects, thanks to magic lanterns.
- – Tuesday, March 13 – 5 pm: Conference and reading of poems on the theme “Render Your Heart Childlike,” or the poets’ dream of innocence. Colette Guedj will discuss the works of surrealist poets Paul Eluard and Robert Desnos.
- – Wednesday, March 14 – 4 pm: “Bite the Orange.” A child will choose six books, roll a dice, and the reading will begin. During this reading, illustrator Joan Troianowicz will draw, and everyone can follow the creation of his work on a giant screen.
- – Friday, March 16 – 5 pm: Philosophy workshop, with Hoda Hili, on the theme “Are our childhoods metaphors?”
- – Saturday, March 17 – 3 pm: “On the Banks, Our Childhoods” invites the audience to rediscover the magic of childhood by singing poems by Desnos, Norge, Cros, and others.
- – Saturday, March 17 – 2:30/5 pm: Poetry creation workshop, intended for young audiences.
In the neighborhood libraries:
- Bibliothèque Les Moulins – Alain Lefeuvre:
- – Wednesday, March 14 – 2/4 pm: Poetry workshop for young audiences on the theme “Once Upon a Time, Children.”
- Bibliothèque Terra-Amata:
- – Wednesdays, February 29, March 14 and 21 – 10 am/12 pm: Children will illustrate and create collections from poems they choose.
- Bibliothèque Thiole:
- – Tuesday, March 13 – 9/11:30 am: Poetic writing workshop for adults.
- – Wednesday, March 14 – 2/4 pm: Creation of poems based on the albums of Jiang Hong Chen on the theme of childhood (ages 8 to 14).
- Bibliothèque Saint-Roch:
- – Friday, March 16 – 4 pm: Reader’s committee for adults, around poetry.
At the CUM:
- – Wednesday, March 7 – 3 pm: Reading of texts and poetry by Moroccan writer and poet Abdellatif Laâbi.
- – Friday, March 9 – 3 pm: The BAL company will perform The Little Prince, by Saint-Exupéry, set to music.
- – Wednesday, March 14 – 3 pm: An actor, a singer, and a pianist will perform lullabies from Chopin to Gershwin.
