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Literature Polish Cartoonists Head to Budapest
Budapest, 11.05.2012 - 30.05.2012Poles are guests of honour at Hungary’s 8th annual Festival of Comics. Two artists and the director...
Literature A Polish Literary Journey Along the Rhine
World/Germany, 08.05.2012 - 24.05.2012The Literary Journey of nine authors from Poland, Germany and the Netherlands kicks off with the...
Literature Chinese Dissident Wins the 2012 Kapuściński Award
Warszawa, 11.05.2012Chinese author, reporter, musician and poet imprisoned several times for exposing the dark side of...
Literature Sendecki and Zadura Take Polish Poetry to Kiev
Kiev, 17.05.2012 - 21.05.2012The two Poles take part in Ukraine’s 7th edition of the Kievskie Lavry International Poetry Festival, alongside 100 other poets from Belarus, Russia, Georgia, Germany and the US
Literature European Literature Night Features Miłoszewski
London, 16.05.2012 - 17.05.2012As part of the 4th edition of the event, the young Zygmunt Miłoszewski travels to London to take part in an evening hosted by BBC’s Rosie Goldsmith alongside the French writer Laurent Binet
Film Corso Polonia Takes Polish Art to Italy
Rome, 10.05.2012 - 07.06.2012This year’s tenth edition of the annual Corso Polonia Festival celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Polish Institute in Rome with a wide variety of events in various genres. The programme highlights...
Literature Wiesław Myśliwski Wins the 2012 Best Translated Book Award
New York, 04.05.2012Wiesław Myśliwski's Stone upon Stone translated by Bill Johnston received the 2012 Best Translated Book Award, the only prize of its kind to honour the best original works of international literature...
Literature Polish Poets in the Spotlight in Rome
Rome, 03.05.2012 - 04.05.2012For two days, Julia Hartwig and Adam Zagajewski participate in poetry readings and discussions, exploring the contemporary approach to translating Polish poetry into English
Film Dutch Documentary on Wisława Szymborska Debuts in Sweden
Stockholm, 28.04.2012Szymborska’s life was filled with a distinct sense of humour and irony. She considered the human being a vain and erring creature, but one that always commanded respect, admiration and kindness.
Literature A Reporter's Perspective on War: Jagielski's Night Wanderers in the US
New York, 30.04.2012 - 05.05.2012Wojciech Jagielski, one of the leading figures of the creative non-fiction genre, presents The Night Wanderers: Uganda's Children and the Lord's Resistance Army in New York and Washington, DC
Literature Nowak and Bator on the Klopsztanga Programme
Dortmund, 23.04.2012 - 26.04.2012Two major Polish writers present the German editions of their latest books and participate in discussions as part of a programme spotlighting Poland in the North Rhine-Westphalia region.
Literature Witkowski and Masłowska: Berlin and Beyond
Berlin, 20.04.2012 - 03.05.2012Two Polish writers of the young generation, Dorota Masłowska and Witkowski meet up with German students from the Postdam University as part of the Polonischer Salon series. The discussion's title is...
Literature Głowacki, Varga and Springer at Budapest's International Book Fair
Budapest, 20.04.2012 - 22.04.2012Contemporary Polish writers of three distinct generations: Janusz Głowacki, Krzysztof Varga and Filip Springer take part in Budapest’s International Book Fair
Literature Nostra Classe: Tadeusz Słobodzianek's Drama on Stage in Madrid
Madrid, 19.04.2012 - 13.05.2012Carme Portaceli, an acclaimed Spanish theatre director stages Nostra Classe in Madrid's Teatro Fernán Gómez. Our Class, Nasza Klasa in the original, the only play to win Poland's prestigious Nike...
Literature Zuzanna Ginczanka at Turin's Circle of Readers
18.04.2012Jarosław Mikołajewski presents a collection of poetry by Zuzanna Ginczanka, the short-lived star of a pre-war Poland. The Italian title of the volume is Un viavai di brumose apparenze, translated from...
Film Paris Commemorates Korczak and the Victims of World War II
Paris, 19.04.2012Parisian Centre Medem organises a special ceremony to honour the combatants of the Warsaw Ghetto and pay homage to all WWII nazi victims. Fragments of Andrzej Wajda’s film Korczak are screened on the...
Literature Polish Poets at Italy's Literatur Lana
Lana, 18.04.2012 - 19.04.2012In the alpine town of Lana Poland is represented by four authors of two distinct generations: Adam Zagajewski, Ryszard Krynicki, and the young Tomasz Różycki and Tadeusz Dąbrowski.
Literature Poland's Myśliwski and Tulli up for 2012 Best Translated Book Award
World/Rochester, 16.04.2012 - 04.05.2012Polish writers Magdalena Tulli and Wiesław Myśliwski, together with translator Bill Johnson, are on the shortlist for the University of Rochester's awards aimed at highlighting the best works of...
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Prose writer, journalist, international correspondent for the Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza for over...
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This so-called guide-book takes the reader through the streets of the Warsaw Ghetto, exploring its...
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Poet. He was born on the 6th of December 1945 in Mikołów, he died on the 11th of May 1971 in Warsaw....
Literature Magdalena Tulli - In Red
Magdalena Tulli's second novel confirms the Polish writer's talent for evoking invented worlds that...
