Amina Elmi named the European Poet of Freedom 2026
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 (…)
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The European Poet of Freedom presents ‘Points of Contact’ – the 2026 festival programme
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 (…)
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European Poet of Freedom: announcing the 2026 edition and forthcoming titles in the publishing series
The next European Poet of Freedom Festival, titled Points of Contact,will take place in Gdańsk from 16 to 18 April 2026. This will be the ninth edition of the event organised by the City Culture Institute. The leading theme will (…)
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The Open Call for 2025 Gdańsk Literary Residencies is now active!
The Urban Culture Institute announces open call for the Gdańsk Literary Residencies addressed to translators from Poland, authors from Belarus and Ukraine, as well as cultural researchers. The Open Call, active until 16 May, will select seven residents for creative (…)
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We know the authors shortlisted for the 2026 European Poet of Freedom Award
For the 9th edition of the European Poet of Freedom Literary Award organised by the City of Gdańsk, the jury has nominated six poets out of 22 submissions. Translations of the finalists’ collections will be published at the end of (…)
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Speech by Monika Herceg delivered during the EPoF 2024 award ceremony
MONIKA HERCEGspeech delivered during the award ceremony of the City of Gdańsk Literary Award European Poet of Freedom (19/04/2024) Where are we? We have discovered extrasolar planets, we are working on nuclear fusion to give us stellar energy, we have (…)
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European Poet of Freedom Festival 2024. Film summary of the edition
The last edition of the European Poet of Freedom Festival was a real joy! Surrounded by beautiful books of poetry of the EPoF Nominations publishing series and provided with a great programme created by Magda Kicińska and Małgosia Lebda, we (…)
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Delights and surprises. Jurors of the European Poet of Freedom Award 2024 talk about nominated poets
In the film Olga Tokarczuk, Anda Rottenberg, Krzysztof Czyżewski, Beata Stasińska, Anna Czekanowicz and Andrzej Jagodziński speak about what they found specially touching and interesting about poetry books nominated to the European Poet of Freedom Award 2024. Video with the (…)
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2024 European Poet of Freedom Festival
The European Poet of Freedom is a multifaceted poetry initiative, encompassing a festival, an award and a publishing series. We will be meeting in Gdańsk between 17 and 20 April for the 8th edition of the event. The 2024 European (…)
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The Open Call for Gdańsk Literary Residencies is now active!
The City Culture Institute announces open call for the Gdańsk Literary Residencies addressed to translators from Poland, authors from Belarus and Ukraine, as well as cultural researchers. The Open Call, active until 8 May, will select seven residents for creative (…)
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