Open call for the 2nd “Ámeto Mítico” poetry residencies on the Camino de Santiago

December 18, 2020

The Uxío Novoneyra Foundation opens the II call for itinerant poetry residencies on the Camino de Santiago, a project that is part of the "Your Xacobeo" programme promoted by the Xunta de Galicia. We are looking for poets interested in walking the Camino de Santiago and writing about the Jacobean pilgrimage.

Comparte:

After several delays to which we have been forced by the situation derived from the COVID-19, we finally update the dates and open the deadline for submission of applications.

Our residency project “Ámeto Mítico” aims to update the legacy of Galician-Portuguese troubadour poetry characterised by the influence of Provençal lyric poetry and other influences that, like Sufi poetry, reached the lands of Galicia along the pilgrimage routes to Santiago de Compostela.

We want to reactivate this legacy and accompany poets interested in the experience of the pilgrimage with the aim of disseminating the Camino de Santiago as a mythical space on which to continue writing poetry.

Taking as inspiration the routes of the book Arrodeos e Desvíos do Camiño de Santiago, the latest collection of poems by Uxío Novoneyra -also a renowned moderniser of troubadour poetry- we propose eight (8) residencies of writing and poetic pilgrimage along the Jacobean route to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia.

This second edition is one of the activities scheduled under the cultural programme «O teu Xacobeo» developed by Xunta de Galicia. It is also part of the European project «BE(P)ART Grow With Arts», funded by the Creative Europe programe of the European Comission, which aspires to bring young people and artists and their works closer together.

When?

The residencies will take place between September 16th and September 30th of 2021 according to the following schedule:

2021/09/16: Arrival of the poets at Lavacolla airport/train station in Santiago de Compostela and transfer to O Cebreiro.
2021/09/17 – 2021/09/21: Pilgrimage along the French Way between O Cebreiro and Santiago de Compostela.
2021/09/22 – 2021/09/29: Poetry readings and workshops in 6 schools in municipalities along the French Way and in the Uxío Novoneyra Foundation.
2021/09/30: Return from Santiago de Compostela.

FUN will pay for the hospitality expenses: transport, accommodation and meals for the poets during the residency period.

Call for applications now open

Poets interested in participating should send an email to ametomitico@uxionovoneyra.com before July the 15th:

Letter of interest.
Updated CV.
E-mail address.
Photocopy of identity card/passport.
A minimum sample of their published poetry (100 lines).

A commission formed by 3 patrons and/or collaborators of the Uxío Novoneyra Foundation will decide the names of the chosen poets in July.

The list of selected poets will be published on the Foundation’s social networks and on this website. The Foundation will contact the selected poets to inform them of their participation in the II residencies «Ámeto Mítico» on the Camino de Santiago.