We know the authors shortlisted for the 2026 European Poet of Freedom Award
Published 20 November 2024For 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
Published 01 July 2024MONIKA 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
Published 01 July 2024The 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
Published 28 May 2024In 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
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 (…)
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The 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 (…)
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European 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 (…)
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Monika 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 (…)
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We 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 (…)
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After 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 (…)
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