We have invited a Danish, a Latvian, a Ukrainian, and a Belarusian poet to take part in the event. The poets will each read aloud from their own poems in both their native language and in English. Apart from that, they will also have a discussion about their poetry work and life as a young poet in their respective countries, and how poetry can deal with societal and political issues.

Here are the poets:

- The Danish poet 𝗗𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘇 𝗞𝗶𝘆 (b. 1994) is a graduate from The Danish Academy of Creative Writing and had his debut in 2021 with "Blå øjne (türkü)" (Blue eyes (türkü)). - The Belarusian poet is 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗷𝗮 𝗕𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗵 (b. 1993). She has graduated from the Belarusian Collegium in Philosophy and Literature and had her debut "Tears to the Wind" in 2021. - The Latvian poet 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝗮 (b. 1992) is a graduate from Latvian Academy of Culture and had her debut in 2022 with with her collection of poems "Veranda". For this debut she won the annual Latvian Literary Award. - Ukrainian poet and journalist 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗶𝗹 (𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗸) 𝗭𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘇𝗵𝗻𝘆𝗶 was born in 1995 in Lviv. Graduated from the University of Lviv (faculty of Journalism). His poems have been published in Los Angeles Review of Books and Words Without Borders, among other forums. Winner of the A. Dragomoshchenko Poetry Award (2019) and author of the bilingual poetry book Nebezpechni Formy Blyz'kosti ("Dangerous Forms of Intimacy", Gerda Press, 2021).

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