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Prometeo

Corporación de Arte y Poesía Prometeo

Medellín, Colombia

Arts & CulturePeace & ConflictChildren & YouthCommunity development
NGOFounded 1991International reach
Profile last updated: August 11, 2026

About

Founded in 1991, Prometeo is a non-governmental organisation based in Medellín, Colombia working on arts & culture, peace & conflict, children & youth +2 more.

Prometeo is a non-governmental, non-profit civil society organisation based in Medellín, Colombia. It creates, researches and disseminates poetry and other artistic expression, and runs the International Poetry Festival of Medellín, the Prometeo poetry magazine, the Gulliver Project for children and youth, and the Hipnos book series. Its work aims to promote peace, cultural diversity, inclusion and social transformation, and it coordinates the World Poetry Movement, which links poets and organisations in around 150 countries.

Location

Medellín, Colombia

Founded

1991

Organisation type

NGO

Legal form

Corporación

Legal name

Corporación de Arte y Poesía Prometeo

Focus areas

poetryliteraturefestivalpeacecultureMedellínchildreneducation

Languages

ESEN

Causes & programmes

Causes

Arts & CulturePeace & ConflictChildren & YouthCommunity developmentDemocracy & Civil society

Works for

ChildrenYouthVictims of violenceCommunities

How they work

Community programmesAwareness & educationCapacity buildingAdvocacy & campaigning

Programmes

Festival Internacional de Poesía de Medellín (FIPMed)

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Arts & Culture · Colombia

Annual international poetry festival in Medellín, held since 1991, bringing poets from many countries to read, converse and run workshops with the public.

Proyecto Gulliver

Children & Youth · Colombia

Educational processes for children, adolescents and youth, including those affected by armed conflict, developing creative use of language and citizenship and life skills.

Revista Prometeo

Arts & Culture · Colombia

Poetry magazine founded in Medellín in 1982, publishing poets of different generations and traditions.

Colección Hipnos

Arts & Culture · Colombia

Poetry book series publishing the work of contemporary world poets, mostly in Spanish.

Countries of operation

Colombia

Funding & support

Funded by

Government funding

Ways to support

Donate

Credentials & affiliations

Awards

Right Livelihood Award

Right Livelihood Award Foundation2006Alternative Nobel Prize

Other non-profits in Colombia

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