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European Poet of Freedom Award 2020

Get to know the shortlisted authors

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 (...)

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 (...)