Poetic intervention : Salade de mots avec Pimienta
Reading
Saturday 20 September
13.00u - 14.30u
Price: Gratuit - Gratis - Free
Language: Spanish, French/Dutch translation
Location: Petite Halle
with
Alexis Díaz Pimienta
Presentations
"Salade de Mots avec Pimienta" is a dynamic, interactive show combining poetry, improvisation and audience participation. Alexis Díaz Pimienta, master of words, invites spectators to immerse themselves in a vibrant creative universe.
Alexis will captivate audiences with an autobiographical monologue exploring existential and poetic themes. Through the use of words, rhythm and body language, he will create an intimate and fascinating bond with the audience. Throughout the show, Díaz Pimienta will invite the audience to take part in creative games and challenges that will put his poetic talents to the test. From improvised sonnets and decimas to forced feet: the audience is the main actor in this interactive dynamic.
Our speakers
Alexis Díaz-Pimienta
Writer and improviser, researcher and teacher, Alexis Díaz-Pimienta is the founder of the Chair of Improvised Poetry at the University of Arts of Cuba and associate professor at Loyola University of Seville (Spain).
He has published 55 books in various genres (poetry, novels, short stories, essays, literature for children and adolescents), and his works have been translated into English, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Bulgarian, Finnish, Japanese, and Farsi in journals and anthologies.
He received the Archiletras Language Prize in 2023 and has won seven international poetry awards and four fiction awards (novels and short stories) in Cuba, Spain, and Mexico, including the UNAM-COLSIN-Síglo XXI International Prize, the Ibero-American Prize of the Cortes de Cádiz, and the Casa de las Américas Prize.
His essay on the improvisation of décimas won the prestigious international “Margit Frenk – Lyra Mínima” Prize from UNAM and the Colegio de México, and his Theory of Poetic Improvisation won the annual Cultural Research Prize from the “Juan Marinello” Center.