Get to know the authors shortlisted for the 2020 European Poet of Freedom Award
Published 04 February 2020On March 21st, 2020, we’ll find out who won the 2020 European Poet of Freedom Literary Award of the City of Gdańsk. This event will mark the end of the 10-year-old publishing series, through which the City Culture Institute has (…)
Read moreWe know the nominees of the 2020 European Poet of Freedom Literary Award of the City of Gdańsk
Published 01 April 2019The jury of the European Poet of Freedom Award, chaired by Krzysztof Czyżewski, has announced the nominees of the Award’s 6th edition. The selected poets come from eight European states: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Georgia, Ireland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia and (…)
Read moreBrowse photos from European Poet of Freedom 2018 Festival
Published 10 May 2018 Read moreLinda Vilhjálmsdóttir has won the European Poet of Freedom Literary Award of the City of Gdańsk
Published 04 April 2018Reykjavik-born Linda Vilhjálmsdóttir is the European Poet of Freedom 2018, with her volume Frelsi (Freedom) translated into Polish by Jacek Godek. The poet receives a statuette and PLN 100,000 and the translator of the winning volume – a statuette and (…)
Read moreThe International Festival of Literature European Poet of Freedom will be held in Gdansk between 23rd and 25th March
Published 17 January 2018The fifth edition of the International Festival of Literature European Poet of Freedom will take place between 23rd and 25th March. The event will gather numerous guests from Poland and other countries, including the poets nominated for the Award. The (…)
Read moreAn interview with Bogusława Sochańska, translator of Yahya Hassan’s poetry
Published 12 June 2017In 2016, Danish author Yahya Hassan’s collection of poems, “Digte” was shortlisted for the Polish literary prize ‘Gdansk European Poet of Freedom Award’. Danish Culture Institute’s director in Poland, Boguslawa Sochanska, had recommended him for the prize in her capacity as translator. (…)
Read moreFree Words: A Handbook for Individual and Group Exercises
Published 21 July 2016Freedom seems to be one of the most basic yet desirable and prominent values, which keeps reappearing in poetry. No wonder a new EPoF publication is entitled “Free Words: A Handbook for Individual and Group Exercises” Grzegorz Jankowicz and Zofia (…)
Read moreWhat poetry are we going to read in 2018?
Published 20 July 2016The European Poet of Freedom Literary Award is granted every two years, which means that the upcoming edition of the festival will take place in 2018. However, we already know the countries from which the nominations come from, namely: Azerbaijan, (…)
Read moreWalking on Stilts: Four Days at the European Poet of Freedom Festival
Published 17 May 2016Jonathan Edwards It’s difficult to walk on stilts. It’s difficult to walk on stilts on cobblestones. It’s difficult to walk on stilts when it’s a bright day, and you’re wearing a floor-length (even in stilts) heavy tartan coat, and you’re (…)
Read moreThe first English-language selection of Sergey Stratanovsky
Published 16 May 2016Sergey Stratanovsky’s Muddy River is the first comprehensive English-language selection of a contemporary existentialist Russian master. Taken together, the poems express the full range of Stratanovsky’s verse, drawing on seven collections that represent half a century of writing. Muddy River (…)
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