Programmes
PROGRAMME OF THE 64th STRUGA POETRY EVENINGS 2025
Thursday
August 21, 2025Planting a tree and poetry reading in honour of the winner of the “Golden Wreath” for 2025
Park of Poetry
Press conference with the winner of the “Golden Wreath” of SPE 2025 - Ivan Štrpka (Slovakia)
Piano Hall – hotel “Drim”
Art exhibition “Macedonian Glagolitic – visual reflections” – Laze Tripkov
The Hallway of hotel “Drim”
Оfficial opening of the Struga Poetry Evenings 2025
The Centre of culture “Miladinov Brothers”
“Poetic Meridians” – International poetry reading
The Centre of culture “Miladinov Brothers”
Friday
August 22, 2025Poetry reading by the poets on the short-list of the “Miladinov Brothers” award competition for 2025
Piano Hall – hotel “Drim”
Poetry cafė with the winner of the “Golden Wreath” of SPE for 2025, Ivan Štrpka (Slovakia)
Piano Hall – hotel “Drim”
Portrait of Katica Kjulavkova, the winner of the “Miladinov Brothers” award for 2024 and promotion of the translated book from the “Pleiades” edition
Piano Hall – hotel “Drim”
Portrait of the winner of “Bridges of Struga” award for 2025 - Mateusz Szymczyk (Poland)
Piano Hall – hotel “Drim”
Contemporary Macedonian poetry – poetry reading
Piano Hall – hotel “Drim”
Presentation of the books published in the edition “Pleiades” – Antonela Aneda (Italy)
Summer garden "Strushki Kepenci" – hotel “Drim”
Presentation of the thematic anthology “DIONIS AND SAINT TRIFUN” (panoramic of contemporary wine poetry)
Summer garden "Strushki Kepenci" - hotel “Drim”
VERSOPOLIS night
Summer stage, Centre of culture “Miladinov Brothers”
Poetry portraits
Summer stage, Centre of culture “Miladinov Brothers”
„Circles“ – International poetry reading
Summer stage, Centre of culture “Miladinov Brothers”
Presentation of the “Young Struga” award for 2025
Summer stage, Centre of culture “Miladinov Brothers”
Nights without punctuation: musical - poetic performance FIRST PART – WINE AND POETRY SECOND PART – ENHALON
Summer stage, Centre of culture “Miladinov Brothers”
Saturday
August 23, 2025„Matinée“, international poetry reading and visit to Ohrid and its monuments of culture
Courtyard of the church St. Mary Peribleptos
Contemporary Macedonian poetry – poetry reading
Piano Hall – hotel “Drim”
Presentation of the winner of “Miladinov Brothers” award for 2025
Piano Hall – hotel “Drim”
Presentation of the winner of the “Stojan Hristov”award for 2025
Piano Hall – hotel “Drim”
Poetry portrait of the Poet - Laureate of the “Golden Wreath” award of SPE for 2025, Ivan Štrpka (Slovakia)
Church “St Sofia”, Ohrid
“Correspondences” – International poetry reading
Ohrid square – stage near the St Clement of Ohrid monument
Nights without punctuation: musical - poetic performance FIRST PART – WINE AND POETRY SECOND PART – ENHALON
Summer stage, Centre of culture “Miladinov Brothers”
Sunday
August 24, 2025Outing and sightseeing of the monastery “St. Naum” and the springs of the Crn Drim river by boat
Poetry reading
Courtyard of the monastery of “St Naum”
Presentation of the award for best poem dedicated to wine „In vino veritas“
on the boat
“Bridges”, international poetry reading and presenting of the awards “Golden Wreath”, the “Miladinov Brothers” and the “Bridges of Struga”
”Bridge of Poetry” - Struga
Announcing the winner of the “Enhalon” award
Diplomat Hall – hotel “Drim”
Monday
August 25, 2025“Poetry on the road” - Kavadarci - Visit to the Museum of wine - Promotion of DIONIS AND SAINT TRIFUN (panoramic of Macedonian wine poetry) - Poetry matinée
Winery “Tikves” Kavadarci