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World Day of Poetry is celebrated on March 21 every year. It was established in 1999 in Paris at the UNESCO General Assembly session. Traditionally festive events, praising of poets and awarding ceremonies are taking place across the globe.
Russia has also planned a range of events in different corners of the country on this date. Novosibirsk is hosting All-Siberian poetic half-marathon, according to TASS. Poets will read own verses to the public for 12 hours. Organizers state that more than a hundred of poets applied for participation. Some of them will come from other cities: Omsk, Tomsk and Irkutsk.
The results of All-Russian contest for young poets The Green Leaf will be announced today in Tver, according to the Tverskie Vedomosti newspaper. About 700 contesters from all over Russia will compete for the title of the best poet there.
The celebrations in Pskov will be dedicated to the 230th birth anniversary of the British romantic poet George Gordon Byron, according to Izvestia newspaper. The verses of the poet will sound in Russian and English at the regional library of Pskov.
A book exhibition is to be opened in Orel today where all poems by famous classical poets will be presented. There will be poetic battle at the ring in Barnaul.
A flash mob on poetry is launched today in the social networks. Everybody is welcome to join. For participation people should publish own poems or lines by their favorite poets. The record should be accompanied by hashtag #DenPoezii_KulturaRF.
Russkiy Mir
