Please scroll down for photos submitted by Dr. Dimitris Kraniotis, Greece Mr. Abel Efren Gutierrez Fierro, Nicaragua Ms. Kay Renz, Santa Rosa. California, USA Ms. Mary Halliburton, Alabama, USA Ms. Inmaculada Cruz, Nicaragua and USA Ms. Mary Rudge, USA
The following photos have been submitted by Dr. Dimitris P. Kraniotis, M.D., President of the 22nd World Congress of Poets to be held in Larissa, Greece, June 29-July 3, 2011. For more information, click on "2011 Greece". Also, for the most recent and comprehensive information on the 22nd WCP, visit www.worldcongressofpoets.blogspot.com Photos were taken by English/Greek translator Mr. Athanasios Michail, Greece.
Dimitris Kraniotis on the roof of the ancient cathedral in Leon, Nicaragua, one of the oldest in the Western Hemisphere
Dimitris Kraniotis at the Museum, Home of Ruben Dario, famous Nicaraguan Poet
Gueguense, folk dance of Diriamba, Nicaragua was performed for the World Poets
The Poet and the Dancer, Richard and Natica Angilly dance in Leon, Nicaragua
Dr. Ronald Shafer, UPLI VP, Eastern USA, addresses the poets
Dimitris Kraniotis with Nicaraguan Minister of Culture Luis Morales
L-R 21st WCP Pres. Carlos Gutierrez, UPLI Sec./Treas. Judy Hardin Cheung, UPLI Pres. Dr. Benjamin R. Yuzon, 22nd WCP Pres. Dr. Dimitris P. Kraniotis
Dr. Dimitris P. Kraniotis, M.D., receives an award in Diriamba, Nicaragua from city official Josue Velasquez. In the background, L-R: UPLI Pres. Benjamin R. Yuzon; 20th WCP Pres Mary Halliburton; Mayor of Diriamba, Bismark Perez
L-R UPLI Pres. Benjamin R. Yuzon; Philippine-American Poet Rhodora Manganito; Greek Poet, 22nd WCP Pres. Dr. Dimitris P. Kraniotis; Japanese Poet Aya Yuki
L-R: 22 WCP Pres. Dr. Dimitris P. Kraniotis, M.D.; Canadian Poet Laureate of Parlieament Pierre DesRuiseaux; UPLI Pres. Benjamin R. Yuzon
L-R: 14th WCP Pres. and UPLI Exec.VP Dr. Wanda Rider; 21st WCP Muse Maria Celeste Rios Gomez; 22 WCP Pres. Dr. Dimitris P. Kraniotis, M.D., UPLI Pres. Benjamin R. Yuzon; Mrs. Pilar Yuzon, wife of Mr. Benjamin R. Yuzon
Having fun with food at the Nicaraguan Feast. L-R: 20th WCP Pres. Mary Halliburton; 22 WCP Pres. Dr. Dimitris P. Kraniotis, M.D.; 14th WCP Pres. and UPLI Exec. VP Dr. Wanda Rider
Dr. Dimitris P. Kraniotis receives his diploma of recognition and poetic achievement from Nicaragua Mayor Daisi Bosques
22 WCP Pres. Dr. Dimitris P. Kraniotis beside a map of Managua, Nicaragua
22 WCP Dr. Dimitris P. Kraniotis, M.D., poolside at 21st WCP's Hotel Camino Real, Managua, Nicaragua
UPLI Board of Directors presents Dr. Dimitris P. Kraniotis with a proclamation declaring he is President of the 22nd WCP to be held in Larissa, Greece in 2011.
Recognition from Diriamba, Nicaragua
Additional recognition from Diriamba. For more photos and honors of Dr. Dimitris P. Kraniotis, please visit his blog at http://worldcongressofpoets.blogspot.com
The following photos were submitted by Abel Efren Gutierrez Fierro, Managua, Nicaragua
Carlos Gutierrez at the tomb of Ruben Dario in the Cathedral at Leon
Managua Mayor Daisi Bosques gives an award to American poet Mary Rudge
Entrevista: 21st World Congress President Carlos Gutierrez is interviewed by the press during the first Congress lunch
Monumento a Ruben Dario
The following photos have been submitted by Poet Kay Renz, Santa Rosa, California, USA
Kay Renz poses with "La Gorda," one of the many traditional statues in the Hotel Camino Real honoring the traditional sense of beauty of Nicaraguan women
Baila Folklorica de Managua Flores de Santiago posing with Poet Mary Rudge and Dancer/poet Wanda Ingmire, both of Alameda, CA
Local "taxi" in Diriamba
Our translator, Mexican poet Leticia Highland from Seattle, Washington's Pensarte
Our audience in Diriamba included an entire high school. Also, there were parents, teachers, Diriamban poets and children as young as the primary grades.
Lunch in Diriamba with poets (L-R) Judy Hardin Cheung, Kay Renz, Veena Desai, Aya Yuki, and Mary Rudge
Poet Kay Renz, Santa Rosa, California, USA, in Bohio Restaurant and Bar, Diriamba, featuring decore from the Gueguence folkloreic tradition
Kay Renz receives her diploma of recognition for excellent poetry from Managua Mayor Daisi Torres Bosques
In the tunnels beneath the Leon Cathedral, a Leon poet describes photos of Leon's history. It is one of the oldest cities in the western hemisphere
A photo display of Ruben Dario in various stages of life, mounted in the Museum Home of Ruben Dario, Leon, Nicaragua
Amused by a muse, Natica poses in front of the beautiful Teatro Jose de la Cruz Mena in Leon, Nicaragua. Her dance troupe performed inside on the fabulous stage
Athanasios Michail, Greece (Michael) works on the laptop with Poet Rita Bogeart, Philippines and USA
Food, food, beautiful, poetic, exotic, tasty, healthy, fresh food every meal from the restaurant in the Hotel Camino Real
The following photos were submitted by Mary Halliburton, Alabama, USA, President of the 20th World Congress of Poets held in Montgomery, Alabama, 2007
The Camino Real Hotel greeted us with impecable service and beautiful, tropical courtyards, lobbies and all the visual pleasures to let us know we were not in the USA.
UPLI Exec.VP and 14th WCP Pres. Wanda Rider pauses in a "hallway" of the Camino Real Hotel to bask in the beauty of giant croatans and palm trees
Congress Muse Maria Celest Rios Gomez speaks, Leticia Highland translates, Renado Alzedon and Congress VP Rafael Rojas will also speak during the opening session of the 21st WCP, Managua, Nicaragua
Leticia Highland and Kathy Deem from Seattle Pensarte
Baile Folklorico de Managua Flores de Santiago pose for photo ops after the performance
"I don't care who sings, the water or the stones. The wind plays marimba on my bones," Sonata, by Karen Singer, Urbana, IL, is danced by Natica Angilly's Poetic Dance Theater Company in the opening session of the 21st World Congress of Poets, Managua, Nicaragua, July 16, 2009
The street long produce market in Diriamba was fascinating to see from the bus window.There were fruits and vegetables there many of us had never seen.
In Diriamba, the Gueguence Dancers thrilled us by dancing through the middle of the audience
In Diriamba, there were many troupes of young folkloric dancers
Managua, Diriamba, Leon, all heard words from our UPLI Pres. Benjamin R. Yuzon, our 21st Congress Pres. Carlos Gutierrez, translated by Mexican Poet Leticia Highland from Seattle, WA
Poets were impressed with the auditorium, stage and courtyard of the Colegio del Divino Pastor in Diriamba. Poets Dory Manganito, Philippines, poses with Aya Yuki from Japan with other poets and students all around
The following photos have been submitted by Inmaculada Cruz, Nicaragua and Seattle, Washington
Pensrte artista Luis Manzanres, Pensarte Poeta Adriana Cuadra, Pensarte Poeta Inmaculada Cruz y Muse Maria Celeste Rios
Mayor Bismark Perez of Diriamba recieves an award from World Congress President Carlos Gutierrez
Mayor Bismark Perez, Mayor of Diriamba and WCP President Carlos Gutierrez present an award to Pensarte Artist Giovanny Flores, assisted by Inmaculada Cruz
Josue Velazquez, Diriamba City Official, receives an award in Managua from WCP Pres. Carlos Gutierrez and Diriamba Mayor Bismark Peres
Miguel Flores, Artist-Pensarte, poet and artist Inmaculada Cruz of Pensarte and Bismark Perez, Mayor of Diriamba
Daniel Mayorga, Orlando Buitrago, Luis Manzanares, Artistsa Pensarte
Sergio Velasquez, Artist of Pensarte receives an award from Carlos Gutierrez, WCP Pres.
Sr. Jaime Serrano, Pensarte Artist, receives an award from Carlos Guitierrez, WCP Pres., with Bismark Perez, Mayor of Diriamba, and Inmaculada Cruz, Pensarte Poet and Artist
Adriana Cuadra in Leon at the Theater
Carlos Gutierrez and Inmaculada Cruz in the Plaza of Leon
American Poet Mary Rudge with Carlos Gutierrez and awards
Dancers having lunch with poets on our first day
Diriamban Dancers waiting backstage
Elizabeth Domondon in the Plaza
Dinner with Elizabeth Domandon, Pilar Yuzon and Ben Yuzon
Congress Muse Maria and her parents
Inmaculada Cruz, Pilar Yuzon, Benjamin R. Yuzon, Adriana Cuadra
UPLI Exec. VP Dr. Wanda Rider and UPLI Pres. Benjamin R. Yuzon and Mary Halliburton, UPLI 20 WCP Pres., officiate while UPLI Sec./Treas. reads a UPLI Contest prize winning poem
Natica Angilly received an award for her presentations by the Natica Angilly Poetic Dance Theater Company which performed four times during the Congress
Poets from around the world come together in friendship and harmony: Dora , Renado Alzedon, Benjamin R. Yuzon, Pilar Yuzon, Adriana Cuadra
The following photos were submitted by Mary Rudge, USA
Awards taken home from Nicaragua by Mary Rudge, L.W.L., Poet Laureate of Alameda, CA.
Mr. & Mrs. Pierre Desruiseaux of Canada, UPLI Pres. Benjamin R. Yuzon and Mary Rudge relax in the Pensarte art exhibit leading to our general assembly room. Aya Yuki is walking in the background.
Aya Yuki of Japan and Kay Renz of California, USA, enjoy a lunch together
Pierre Desruisseaux, Poet Laureate of the Parliament of Canada, receives his laurel crown and certificates of authenticity from UPLI President Benjamin R. Yuzon, 21st WCP President, Carlos Gutierrez and 22 WCP President Dimitris Kraniotis, assisted by UPLI Sec./Treas. Judy Hardin Cheung
Diriamba is a small city, very unlike sprawling Managua
Up close with a Gueguence dancer of Diriamba
Poets are interviewed on National TV
Our Congress Muse with Poets Rita Bogeart of California and Dr. Joseph Harris of Arizona
Sarahanne Lum, California, USA, with UPLI Pres. Benjamin R. Yuzon and his wife,Pilar Yuzon
Mary Rudge poses with Baile Folkloric de Managua Flor de Santiago
