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Workshops, author meetings, festivals, courses – for children, youth and adults. For people interested in reading, writing, translating and even.. jumping! In the most literary city in Poland, everyone will find something for themselves. Check the current schedule, join us and let's create an unforgettable literary experience together.

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WELCOME TO KRAKOW – UNESCO CITY OF LITERATURE!

The Kraków UNESCO City of Literature (KMLU) programme, operated by KBF, integrates public institutions, municipal cultural institutions and non-governmental organisations in activities for the development of literature.

We have something to build on. Krakow is the cradle of the Polish language and Polish literature, the most important Polish writers were associated with the city, the most important literary trends of successive eras intersected here. The first scriptoria were created in Krakow as early as the 11th century, and the first printed works on Polish lands were also published here – first in Latin, later also in Polish.

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News

  • We announce Emma Zafon as the participant of the International Residency Program for writers!

    Emma Zafon holds a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and also she was awarded a Master’s Degree in Communication, and a Master’s Degree in Secondary Education Teaching. She has worked in various local and regional newsrooms in Spain and Andorra, having covered news concerning political, economic, social, and cultural […]
  • Call for Applications: Seamus Heaney – Czesław Miłosz Writer in Residence Programme

    About the Residency The Seamus Heaney – Czesław Miłosz Residency aims to support emerging writers, resident in Ireland, to further develop their work. It is intended that the Residency will also provide the basis for deepening further the many literary links between Ireland and Poland. As the first writer-in-residence of the Heaney-Milosz Residency, Alice Lyons […]
  • OPEN CALL for the Translatorium mentroing programme

    The programme is individual in nature; each of the chosen candidates will work for six months on a translation under the guidance of an experienced translator of high standing within the professional community, on a “Master and Pupil” basis. The emerging translators will also attend a weekend of special seminars covering copyright law and the […]
  • Open call for the International Residency Program for writers!

    Kraków UNESCO City of Literature announces the 2024 call for applications for the International Residency Program for writers. The Program is dedicated to all emerging writers, and poets having at least one published book working currently on a writing project and are willing to learn more about the Polish literary community. The Residency Program is […]
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