It is with sadness that I announce the death of our UPLI President Benjamin R. Yuzon on October 8, 2013, at about 9:30 p.m., after a long bout with cancer. UPLI Executive VP Dr. Wanda Rider and UPLI member Marie Palazzolo were with President Yuzon and his family at the time of his passing. UPLI will always be indebted to President Ben for all he did over his many years a the guiding force of UPLI. After his passing, it was announced that President Ben’s younger brother, Virgilio A. Yuzon of Manila, Philippines, accepted Ben's nomination to become the next UPLI president. Through email, the board was notified and enthusiastically voted for his acceptance. Virgilio, or Gil (Heel) as he likes to be called, is president-elect. He will be installed during the Congress in Osaka in March, 2014. We hope you will all be there to welcome him.
Osaka Castle, Osaka, Japan. This image was borrowed from www.japan-guide.com
Noriko Mizusaki has been elected by the UPLI board to be President for the 23rd World Congress of Poets to be held in
Osaka, Japan on March 25-29, 2014. This is after the Japanese school year is over. Also, it should be very beautiful with the cherry blossoms.
Please click on tab "2014, Osaka, Japan" for details, invitation and registratin forms.
United Poets Laureate International
World Congress of Poets
United Poets Laureate International is a 501c3 international organization registered in the Security and Exchange Commission of the Philippines and registered in the United States. Established on December 8, 1963 in Manila, Philippines, by Dr. Amado M. Yuzon, this organization’s fourth and recently past president is Dr. Benjamin R. Yuzon, Hon. Ph.D., M.E., son of the founder. Founder Amado M. Yuzon's younger son, Virgilio A. Yuzon, Manila, Philippines, is now president elect and will be installed during the May, 2014 World Congress of Poets in Osaka, Japan in March, 2014.
The purpose of UPLI is to promote world brotherhood and peace through poetry.
UPLI is the parent organization of the World Congress of Poets. Approximately every two years, a World Congress of Poets is held, organized and run by a president who has been elected by the UPLI Board of Directors and approved by the members and delegates attending the Congress from which they were nominated. During our Congresses, poets from around the world come together in friendship and celebration to hear each other’s poems, listen to scholarly papers presented about poetry, and to bestow honors for poetry, including certificates, medals and the much coveted golden laurel crowns.
