The Americas Poetry Festival of New York Names
Rossy Lima 'Poet of The Year'
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This past Friday at the Instituto Cervantes in New York, The Americas Poetry Festival of New York (TAPFY) recognized the Mexican poet and DACA recipient, Rossy Evelin Lima, with the Poet of the Year Award. The director of TAPFNY, Carlos Aguasaco and the organizers Yrene Santos and Carlos Velásquez Torres, granted Lima the award "in recognition for her literary achievements and for her poetry that reflects the dreams of her generation and the true spirit of The Americas". To memorialize the award, TAPFNY will place a commemorative brick engraved with Lima's name at the Poetry Circle located in the garden of the Walt Whitman Birthplace in Huntington Long Island. |
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Rossy Lima was selected among 43 distinguished poets from around the world representing 18 countries and 7 languages. During her acceptance speech, Lima spoke about her immigrant identity and dedicated the award to her family. She spoke about the sacrifices that are made in order to follow our dreams and emphasized that we must make sure we leave our mark in this beautiful country.
The poet and linguist Rossy Evelin Lima (Veracruz, Mexico), holds a PhD in linguistics. She is the author of the bilingual poetry collection Migrare Mutare / Migrate Mutate (Artepoetica Press, 2017) and the trilingual children's book Noyolkanyolkej. Her work has been published in numerous journals, magazines and anthologies in 9 countries. She has been awarded the Premio Internazionale La Finestra Eterea (Milan, Italy, 2017); the Premio Orgullo Fronterizo Mexicano award by the Institute for Mexicans Abroad (Texas, USA, 2016); the Premio Internazionale di Poesia Altino (Venice, Italy, 2015); the National Gabriela Mistral Award by the Hispanic Honor Society (USA, 2010), among others. She is the president and founder of the Latin American Foundation for the Arts, the founder of the International Latin American Poetry Festival (FeIPoL), and the founder of Jade Publishing.
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Some of the notable poets that participated throughout the three day festival included Edward van de Vendel from Netherlands; Francisco X. Fernández Naval from Spain; Idran Amirthanayagam from Sri Lanka; Inga Pizāne from Latvia; Ana Guillot from Argentina; Carlos Satizábal from Colombia; Deidamia Galán from the Dominican Republic, among many others. The venues for TAPFNY 2017 were The City College Center For Worker Education; the Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site and Interpretive Center; the Consulate of Argentina in New York; and the Instituto Cervantes NY. Artepoetica Press published an anthology with the participant's work, celebrating the multilingual and international spirit of the festival.
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For more information about Rossy Evelin Lima visit her website: rossylima.com
For more information about The Americas Poetry Festival of New York visit their website: poetryny.com or their facebook page facebook.com/tapfny/
For more information about The Americas Poetry Festival of New York visit their website: poetryny.com or their facebook page facebook.com/tapfny/
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