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December Reading Series

Shortly after the November edition, we have the pleasure to invite your to the Bomba club to the last meeting under Ha!art: Reading Series. At the December meeting we will have the opportunity to listen to Aleksandra Wojtaszek who will present her humorous analysis of Balkan stereotypes, and to Jędrzej Marowiecki and his reportage on myths, and in particular the myth of Central and Eastern Europe. Łukasz Grzesiczak will read the article about Czechophiles, whilst Marek Matyjanka will present a text about pseudo-ancient architecture of Skopje. The meeting will end with Patrik Oriešek’s gonzo impressions on Poland. The Reading Series will be moderated by Ha!art magazine editors: Kaja Puto, Ziemowit Szczerka and Zbigniew Rokita. Don’t miss out!

19 December 2014, Friday, 8.00 pm
Bomba, 2/1 Szczepański, Krakow

Reading Series serves to present literature and bring together the writers’ community. It’s the highest time for the City of Literature to try and test this form of organisation of literary life. The initiative has been launched by the editors and activists gathered around the Ha!art publishing house, foundation, magazine and portal.

The Krakow Reading Series consists of regularly held meetings, in which writers, essayists and translators read excerpts from their works. The project authors spare no effort to create a permanent forum for literature-focused meetings. During the meetings under the series you can also listen to works on which the writers are still working, the most recent works by well-known authors and debutants selected by project curators.

The Wisława Szymborska Foundation has started qualifications in the 3rd edition of the international poetry competition. The Wisława Szymborska Award for the best volume of poetry of the year 2015 includes a prize of PLN 200 000. The 3rd edition will cover volumes published in 2014.

Volumes of poetry originally published in Polish or translated into Polish in the year preceding the granting of the award are eligible to take part in the contest. Candidates can be proposed by: publishing houses, representatives of cultural institutions, literature-oriented media, members of the honorary jury and other persons. Applications should be sent to the Foundation’s address till the 15th of January 2015.

In 2015, the Wisława Szymborska Poetry Award will be granted for the third time. Previously, it was received by Krystyna Dąbrowska for the volume Białe krzesła (White Chairs) and Łukasz Jarosz for the volume Pełna krew (Full Blood) in 2013 and by Julia Hartwig for the volume Zapisane (Written Down) in 2014. In 2013, 176 books were proposed for the Award, and in 2014 – 171 volumes.

The purpose of the Award is to popularise the branch of literature that is less and less often met, namely: poetry. The organisers wish not only to attract readers’ attention but also to encourage editors to publish works of Polish authors and Polish translations of foreign poetry, which is quite rare at the Polish bookselling market. Opposing such phenomena as haste, superficial participation in culture or the domination of mass literature of poor quality, the organisers of the Award want to appreciate poetry as an art that is difficult but important. The Award is given to poets who can keep their independence, create their own world independent of the socio-political context and use a masterly diction in their writing.

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The UNESCO Cities of Literature family is growing! Today we welcome four new cities into the Creative Cities Network in the field of literature: Dunedin, Granada, Heidelberg, and Prague! Congratulations to all the cities on their successful bid. We look forward to many years of fruitful literary and artistic collaborations! For more information about the Creative Cities Network and new members, go to www.unesco.org.

Krakow became a UNESCO City of Literature in October 2013 and joined Edinburgh, Melbourne, Dublin, Iowa City, Reykjavik, and Norwich.

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