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In 1945 the Nazis were defeated. But we live in a world that has been ethnically cleaned. And it is terrible – said Miljenko Jergović at the evening meeting in the International Cultural Centre. Earlier, Klementyna Suchanow and Małgorzata Rejmerhad talked about Cuba and Romania as they see them. But the true stars of Saturday events […]

When you write, you are God. You can do everything – said Jaume Car, a Catalan writer, at yesterday’s meeting in the ICE Kraków Congress Centre. Earlier, at Pod Baranami Palace, Jacques Rancière explained the meanders of the political, whilst Ryszard Koziołek, Aleksander Nawarecki and Szczepan Twardoch debated about Silesia, that is about their homeland. Jaume […]

I write about Russia to understand it – said Boris Akunin at the meeting in the ICE Kraków Congress Centre. Earlier Etgar Keret had talked about his relations with his son, whilst Mircea Cărtărescu explained his connections with Kafka. This was another day of the 6th Conrad Festival. Boris Akunin is a true star of […]

Towards the end of October, a new Polish translation of Don Quixote will appear under the imprint of the publishing house Rebis. On that occasion, you are cordially invited to participate in a discussion with Wojciech Charchalis, the translator, and Emilio Pascual, a poet, editor and well-known specialist in Cervantes’s works, which will take place […]

The reading of Dostoyevsky’s ‘Crime and Punishment’ shattered me into pieces. I was 15 at that time, and was already writing a lot – yesterday said Paul Auster, one of the stars of this year’s Conrad Festival. On Wednesday we also participated in the debate between Inga Iwasiów and Janusz Głowacki, the opening of the […]

I was already 35 years old, when I became a reporter – recalled Jacek Hugo-Bader, and added: But I did not waste my life earlier. I learnt something. The conversation with the journalist, as well as reflections about politics, and translations of Scandinavian literature, and the stories concerning the film production of Paul Auster made […]

The 6th Conrad Festival, one of Poland’s largest literary events organised on such a great scale in Krakow, started on Monday 20 October. The festival’s high attendance figures every year, notable guests and successful meetings demonstrate that bold visions and dreams can be fulfilled. The first day brought two interesting meetings – with Olga Tokarczuk […]

It was exactly one year ago, on 21st October, after three years of efforts, Kraków, as the seventh city in the world, was admitted to the Creative Cities’s Network in the field of literature. In the celebration of the anniversary of being awarded with the title of UNESCO’s City of Literature, we enter the city’s […]

Today, Krakow celebrated its one year anniversary as a member of the Cities of Literature Network. In celebration, at noon we floated up hundreds of colorful balloons to the sky to  spread the news round the world. In addition, the phrase: Krakow Miasto Literatury UNESCO (Krakow UNESCO City of Literature), formed from letters over a […]