OTHER WORDS 5th San Francisco International Poetry Festival will draw poets from nine different nations to a variety of local venues
from October 11-14, co-sponsored by the San Francisco offices of several international consulates and cultural institutes, along with
local literary arts organizations.

Taking place for the fith time in eight years, the OTHER WORDS San Francisco International Poetry Festival will this year bring together
fourteen poets & performing artists from a diversity of ten nations: Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Sweden,
Switzerland, and the U.S.A. The poets will read their own poetry in its original language (as is the practice at international poetry
festivals worldwide), with English-language translations, the work of acclaimed translators, read by the poet or translator.

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