Patron: Yu Hsi
"World Brotherhood and Peace through Poetry"
Dr Maurus Young, President.
María Eugenia Soberanis, General Secretary.
Ernesto Kahan, 1st Vice President.
Mend Ooyo Gamboyan, 2nd Vice President.
Istvan Turczi, 3er Vice President.
Bei Ta, Vice General Secretary-Member.
Georges Chapouthier, Member.
Jiri Dedecek, Member
Sunwoo Ho Member.
Dorothy Young, P.R.
Michelle Wang, Treasurer.
World Congress of Poets
"World Brotherhood and Peace through Poetry"
The World Congress of Poets (WCP) was founded in 1969 by †Amado M.Yuzon, †Krishna Srinivas, †Lou Lutour and Tin-Wen Chung and held for the first time in Manila in 1969. Since that time, 32 successive Congresses have been held in the following locations... Read more
Posted on February 1, 2016
Dear colleagues, poets from all over the world, On behalf of the World Academy of Arts and Culture, Czech Centre of PEN International has pleasure and honour to invite you to the 36th World Congress of Poets held in Prague from September 15th to 20th 2016.
"World Brotherhood and Peace through Poetry"
Editorial board
María Eugenia Soberanis– Manager- Chief Advisor
Susana Roberts – Advisor and coordinator between the Board and the Manager
Jesús Ríos – Advisor (he is the editor of a big newspaper in New York with about one million readers. He has a lot of experience)
Ernesto Kahan – Editor Principal
Istvan Turczi (English) - Member of the Editorial Board
Georges Friedenkraft (Chapouthier) (French) - Member of the Editorial Board
Bei Ta (Chinese/English) - Member of the Editorial Boardhood and Peace through Poetry