European Poet of Freedom celebrates the continent’s contemporary poetry, enables Polish audiences to meet its creators, and directs attention to issues important to the shape and development of poetry. EPoF is a festival, an award and a poetry series.
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Amina Elmi, a Danish poet of Somali origin, is this year’s winner of the City of Gdańsk Literary Award ‘European Poet of Freedom’. The jury honoured her volume With All My Love, selected and translated by Bogusława Sochańska. The winner’s (…)
What connects and what does not? Where do we diverge, and is it possible – through poetry, literature and sensitivity – to meet despite our differences? During this year’s European Poet of Freedom Festival, we will look for common ground (…)
Versopolis is a literary platform dedicated to poetry, founded in December 2014. Its aim is to support young European authors and promote their work beyond the borders of their home countries. The European Poet of Freedom is part of the network.