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The comic strip Kościsko created by Karol ”KaeRel” Kalinowski (Kultura Gniewu) is the winner of the Ferdinand the Magnificent Award for the Best Children’s Book 2016. The Readers’ Award goes to Barbara Caillot-Dubus and Aleksandra Karkowska for their book Na Giewont się patrzy (Oficyna Wydawnicza Oryginały). Kościsko, is an involving comic strip, which frightens where it should […]

”It would be good if poetry books were discussed not only on the award-giving occasions” – said Marcin Sendecki, the winner of the Wisława Szymborska Award, on the last day of the Festival. Because in Poland we have really great poetry.  W stands for Warsaw. Or for weaving memories. Or perhaps watching sights. On Saturday evening […]

”A good book may be based on that you don’t know what it is about. A bad book may be based on that you don’t know what it is about” – read Marcin Sundecki yesterday in one of his poems. The jury of the Wisława Szymborska Award considered his recent book W the best poetry […]

The Bishop Erazm Ciołek Palace resounded wit many poetic voices – on the second day of the Milosz Festival our guests shared with the readers the sources of their creative inspirations. Karol Maliszewski, nominated for the Polityka Passport, the Nike Literary Award and  the Silesian Literary Laurel, confessed yesterday that his poetic fame did not […]

Why writing about worn shoes of your son? Is menopause the right theme for a poem? Can you see universal truths looking at yourself? This is what the guests of the first day of the Milosz Festival discussed yesterday. ”Beginning with My Streets” is the motto of this year’s edition of the Miłosz Festival. The […]

A prominent poet, many times candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature, a member of the Krakow UNESCO City of Literature Honorary Council and of the Miłosz Festival Honorary Committee, will receive one the most prestigious literary awards in the country of Don Quixote from the King of Spain. The Princess of Asturias Award (Spanish: Premio Príncipe […]

“Lanugage is our engine. There is no other way to think and explore reality than through language“, said Anthony Miłosz, the son of the Nobel-Prize winner, at yesterday’s opening of the Miłosz Festival.  The leading motif of this year’s sixth edition is “Beginning with My Streets”. It is the title of a collection of Miłosz’s […]

It’s time for the great festival premiere! In cooperation with publishing houses: a5, Instytut Mikołowski , Lokator Media, Wydawnictwo Literackie and Znak , Polish translations of works by five our guests from abroad: Linn Hansén, Petr Hruška, Antjie Krog, Robert Pinsky and Joachim Sartorius will be released. The books will be on sale in Bona Bookshop […]

JERUSALEM WITHIN REACH. THE LITERARY STREAM IN THE 27THE JEWISH CULTURE FESTIVAL For the third time already the Krakow Festival Office, the operator of Krakow UNESCO City of Literature, is involved in the Jewish Culture Festival, inviting to its literary section. During the nine days of the Festival we will have for you opportunities for interesting […]