Ottobre in Poesia

The International Literary Prize of the city of Sassari takes place during the festival Ottobre in Poesia.

The 2012 edition start from Carbonia: "Waiting Ottobre in Poesia"[4] with an exhibition of works at international level directed by Shikanu', a recital and theatrical performance in schools; of a "After Festival" with a recital-shows at the Vecchio Mulino of Sassari, and meetings with schools of Alghero.

The credit for the success of this initiative is due to: The International Literary Prize of the city of Sassari is a very comprehensive literature contest, which provides for specific areas: includes two sections: includes one section: The importance attained by the festival in recent editions, has allowed the granting of major patronage: In addition to previous patronage of the Autonomous Region of Sardinia, Town of Tissi and Sassari.

The places where the festival takes place are very different from each other and displaced in different cities: Particular attention is given to the meeting of the last day of the festival at the Civic Theatre in Sassari, where all guests and participants gather together in order to follow the performances (recitals, plays, etc.)

In fact the festival, over all its five editions, has been able to count on the participation of prominent figures as: Silvano Agosti, Beppe Costa,[11] Giovanna Mulas, Gabriel Impaglione, Fernando Arrabal,[12] Jack Hirschman, Paul Polansky, Robert Minhinnick,[13] Alex Pausides, Tino Petilli, Hernan Loyola, Jan Fortune, Desmond Egan, Andrea Garbin, Fabio Barcellandi, Stefania Battistella, it:Adele Cambria, Alessandra Celletti, Dave Lordan, Antonella Meloni Corsini.

Ottobre in Poesia logo
A group of people on stage. They are smiling. There is a projected screen in the background with POESIA written with logo of a book with tree roots coming out of pages. Random alphabets are written on pages.
Beppe Costa , Leonardo Omar Onida, Jack Hirschman , Paul Polansky, Erika Pirodda, Luca Losito and Valeria Alzari at Civic Theater in Sassari
An older looking white man with long hair looking at someone. He is wearing small rectangle glass, and black jacket. You can only see the back of a person who he is looking at. They have long hair, wearing beret and a jacket.
Jack Hirschman and Gabriel Impaglione at Ottobre in Poesia, October 2011
Paul Polansky, Leonardo Omar Onida, Beppe Costa and Jack Hirschman at Ottobre in Poesia, October 2011