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The Korporacja Ha!art Foundation and Krakow’s Czuły Barbarzyńca bookstore-cafe would like to invite everyone to the premiere of Sławomir Shuty’s collection of short stories, entitled Dziewięćdziesiąte, with the participation of the author.
Friday, the 6th of December, 6 p.m.
Czuły Barbarzyńca
ul. Powiśle 11
in Krakow
Host: Michał Sowiński
Admission is free!
The Korporacja Ha!art Foundation, the Fragile cultural magazine, and the Śródmieście Cultural Centre in Krakow would like to invite everyone to the premiere of Marian Pankowski’s collection of short stories entitled Nastka, śmiej się! Opowiadania.
Thursday, the 5th of December 2013, 6 p.m.
The Concert Hall of the Śródmieście Cultural Centre
ul. Mikołajska 2
Guests: Jan Bińczycki, Tomasz Charnas, Grzegorz Jankowicz
Admission is free!
This coming Tuesday, the 3rd of December, the Wisława Szymborska Foundation and the National Museum in Krakow would like to invite everyone to the screening of the documentary entitled Chwilami życie bywa znośne directed by Katarzyna Kolenda-Zaleska. The film is a sort of “meeting” with the Poet – a story of her everyday life, habits, passions, dreams. It presents the little-known face of the Nobel Prize winner. The film is surprising, amusing, and moving at the same time. The documentary is complemented by comments about Szymborska, made not only by people who were closely connected with her, but also well-known figures from the world of culture, fascinated with her works and personality, including Umberto Eco, Vaclav Havel, and Woody Allen.
The Chwilami życie bywa znośne documentary was screened in Europe and beyond, e.g. in Belgrade at the International Belgrade Poetry and Book Festival and in New York at the New York Polish Film Festival. Numerous screenings also took place in Italy, Germany, and Israel. Viewers in the Netherlands, Sweden, and Portugal had the chance to see the film on TV.
Due to limited space, the film will be screened on two consecutive December Tuesdays: on the 3rd and the 10th of December.
The screening will take place at 4:30 p.m. at the Szołayski House – a Branch of the National Museum in Krakow (pl. Szczepański 9) in the exhibition space of “Szymborska’s Drawer”.
Admission to the screening is free. Due to a limited number of places, please pick up the tickets in advance. They are available at the cash register at the Księgarnia Młoda bookstore in the Szołayski House.
A documentary, 74 min, Poland, 2009.
Directed by: Katarzyna Kolenda-Zaleska
Adam Zagajewski – poet, essayist, translator, one of the most recognisable Polish contemporary authors in the world, won the prestigious Zhongkun literary award, called the Chinese Nobel Prize in Poetry.
This international prize is awarded in China every two years by the Zhongkun Foundation and the Poetry Research Institute of Peking University. This is the only literary distinction in the country that can be awarded to a foreigner. Each time, there are two winners: a foreigner and a Chinese author, such as Bei Dao, representative of the Misty Poets – a poetry group opposing restrictions imposed by the cultural revolution. He is one of the most outstanding artists and winners of the Zhongkun award.
A collection of Adam Zagajewski’s poems is to be published in China in 2014. They were translated by Wu Lan, thanks to whom books by authors such as Czesław Miłosz and Ryszard Kapuściński came out in this country.
Born in 1945, Adam Zagajewski is a winner of many prestigious awards, such as the Prix de la Liberté awarded by the French PEN Club, the award of the German Konrad-Adenauer-Stifung (Konrad Adenauer Foundation), and the Swedish Tomas Tranströmer Prize. His books have been translated into over a dozen languages: from English, French, and German, through to Albanian, Bosnian, and Norwegian. For a number of years, the name of Adam Zagajewski has also appeared among the candidates for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Source: www.rp.pl
Pic. Michał Sosna
Neither rain nor the Ski Jumping World Cup competition and the sensational victory of young Polish ski jumper, Krzysztof Biegun, discouraged you. As usual, you turned up in crowds at the Wyspiański Pavilion to participate in this year’s penultimate edition of the Second Life of a Book campaign. This time, Katarzyna Grochola’s novels were an indisputable hit of our book exchange. There was also something for those who prefer more ambitious literature – Wisława Szymborska’s poetry or Stanisław Lem’s always equally popular novels. Several dozens of books which did not find new owners this time were donated to a school library in Niedźwiedź. They were carefully selected by its librarian to whom we would like to thank for her commitment. There are two more editions ahead of us this year: we would like to invite you to Gołębnik on the 11th of December and to the Wyspiański Pavilion four days later (the 15th of December).
Read an account of yesterday’s book exchange in Dziennik Literacki.
The Second Life of a Book is a joint campaign of the Krakow Festival Office and Bookeriada.pl. Everyone can take part in the free book swap; just bring at least one book and a maximum of ten books if they are in good condition. Books published till 1995 can be swapped only for those that were also published till that year, whereas newer books (published after 1995) can be swapped for every book available during the given book swap. Find out more about the campaign at: www.drugiezycieksiazki.pl.
Media partners: RMF Classic and Fragile.
Partners: Galeria Krakowska, Strefa Wolnego Czytania, Klubokawiarnia likeKonik
The project was subsided from the resources of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
The central figure of yet another episode of the Writers in Motion Audiovisual Library of Writers is Marek Bieńczyk – writer, historian, translator, and essayist, winner of last year’s NIKE Literary Award for a collection of essays entitled Książka twarzy. The interview was conducted in Krakow during the 5th edition of the Conrad Festival by Olga Szmidt – Jagiellonian University doctoral student. We encourage you to watch it!
We would like to remind you that the Writers in Motion Audiovisual Library of Writers is a project carried out by the Krakow Festival Office in cooperation with the Faculty of Polish Studies of Jagiellonian University. During the conversations conducted with authors by Jagiellonian University students and doctoral students, audiovisual profiles of Polish and international writers are created, both by those who live in Krakow and those who visit the city during its numerous literary events.
No plans for this weekend? Puzzled about where to look for presents from Father Christmas? We would like to invite you to spend your Saturday in the company of books. This year’s penultimate edition of the Second Life of a Book campaign will begin at 3 p.m. at the Wyspiański Pavilion. You will be able to find books perfect for autumn evenings and well suited for Christmas presents at this free book exchange. Examine your home libraries and choose books to exchange with others. See you there!
The Second Life of a Book is a joint campaign of the Krakow Festival Office and Bookeriada.pl. Everyone can take part in the free book swap; just bring at least one book and a maximum of ten books if they are in good condition. Books published till 1995 can be swapped only for those that were also published till that year, whereas newer books (published after 1995) can be swapped for every book available during the given book swap. Find out more about the campaign at: www.drugiezycieksiazki.pl.
Media partners: RMF Classic and Fragile.
Partners: Galeria Krakowska, Strefa Wolnego Czytania, Klubokawiarnia likeKonik
The project was subsided from the resources of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
The Villa Decius Association would like to invite everyone to this year’s last SAGA Literary Salon, the guest of which will be Mikołaj Łoziński, winner of the 2011 Polityka’s Passport for Książka. The event will take place on the 25th of November (Monday) at 11 a.m. During the meeting, he will talk about whether autobiographies help or disturb literature, among others. Join us! Admission is free.
Mikołaj Łoziński (1980) – writer and photographer. He studied sociology in Paris. He worked as a press photographer for Przekrój and Rzeczpospolita. His debut novel Reisefieber (2006) was translated into numerous languages, received the Kościelski Award, the Peacock Feather Award, and the Culture Foundation Award; it was also nominated for the NIKE Award. His collection of short stories for children, Bajki dla Idy, received distinctions in the 2008 Book of the Year and the 2008 Dong competitions. Winner of the 2011 Polityka’s Passport for Książka. In 2011, he published Restauracja, together with photographer Julia Staniszewska. This year’s Prawdziwa bajka was created in cooperation with illustrator Marta Ignerska.
The Literary Salons at Villa Decius are a part of the SAGA creativity workshops project for seniors. The creative writing course is supplemented by meetings, lectures on the theory of literature and contemporary trends, discussions about contemporary and old Polish literature and meetings with authors open to everyone. Previous guests of the SAGA Literary Salons included: Andrzej Franaszek, Magdalena Dygat, Michał Olszewski, Wojciech Nowicki, Magdalena Tulli, Sofija Andruchowycz, Bohdana Matijasz, Michał Rusinek, Agnieszka Kosińska, and Angelika Kuźniak, as well as Krakow’s publishing houses: Karakter, Znak, and Ha!art.
As part of the events accompanying the “Szymborska’s Drawer” exhibition, a meeting with Professor Teresa Walas will take place on the 26th of November at the Szołayski House. Teresa Walas will talk about her long-standing friendship with Wisława Szymborska and tell the inside story of the journey to Stockholm to the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony. The meeting will take place at the Szołayski House (Plac Szczepański 9) at 6 p.m. in the multimedia room. It will be hosted by Agnieszka Dauksza. Those who do not make it to the meeting, will be able to watch coverage of the event on the Museum Foundation’s website.
Teresa Walas – Professor at the Faculty of Polish Studies of Jagiellonian University, literary scholar, literary critic. Wisława Szymborska’s close friend. Member of the Board of the Wisława Szymborska Foundation.
Photo by Jakub Ociepa