2024 European Poet of Freedom Festival
Published 16 April 2024The 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 (…)
Read moreThe Open Call for Gdańsk Literary Residencies is now active!
Published 16 April 2024The 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 (…)
Read moreEuropean Poet of Freedom Award Jurors describe the poetry of Monika Herceg
Published 02 April 2024What words would the European Poet of Freedom Award Jurors use to describe the poetry of this year’s laureate Monika Herceg? Why is her book of poems Lovostaj. (translated into Polish by Aleksandra Wojtaszek) so worth reading? What did Olga (…)
Read moreMonika Herceg named this year’s European Poet of Freedom!
Published 02 April 2024Croatian poet Monika Herceg wins the 2024 “European Poet of Freedom” Gdańsk Literary Award. The 34-year-old author is the youngest winner in the award’s history. Her translator, Aleksandra Wojtaszek, has also been recognised for her work. The jury noted that (…)
Read moreWe know the authors shortlisted for the 2024 European Poet of Freedom Literary Award of the City of Gdańsk
Published 23 January 2023The European Poet of Freedom is a literary award, poetry festival and publishing series showcasing volumes shortlisted for the given edition of the competition. The finalists of the 2024 European Poet of Freedom Literary Award of the City of Gdańsk (…)
Read moreAfter the Festival…
Published 17 June 2022European Poet of Freedom International Literature Festival #7 is behind us. Over 3 days, we held 10 meetings with poets from 9 countries in 7 venues across Gdańsk. We invited our audience to 2 poetry and music soirees in the (…)
Read moreJury’s conglaturatory speech for Marianna Kiyanovska and Luljeta Lleshanaku
Published 14 June 2022The seventh edition of the European Poet of Freedom Award will go down in history as exceptional. The Award Jury, with the support of Mayor Aleksandra Dulkiewicz and the Gdańsk City Council, has decided to double the pool of prizes (…)
Read moreThe call for entries for the 2022-24 edition of the Award is now open
Published 14 June 2022The Award will be granted for the eighth time in spring 2024. Poets may only be entered into the competition by translators who will undertake to translate their work into Polish. For the 2022-24 edition, submissions will be accepted from (…)
Read moreThe Jury of the European Poet of Freedom Literary Award presents the 2022 laureates
Published 30 May 2022As we already know, for the first time since the start of the European Poet of Freedom award, the Jury has decided to award two authors. Right after the deliberations (April 25, Gdansk), we’ve asked members of the Jury about (…)
Read moreMarianna Kiyanovska and Luljeta Lleshanaku are this year’s European Poets of Freedom!
Published 19 May 2022For the first time since the start of the European Poet of Freedom award, the Jury has decided to award two poets.The Jury recommended that two equal Literary Awards of the City of Gdańsk be granted in a verdict approved (…)
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