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The voice of a generation: tragic poet Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński named as patron of 2021

Viewed as one of Poland’s most outstanding literary talents of the WWII era, 2021 would have been Baczyński’s 100th birthday. Polana.pl/PAP

Shot dead by a sniper at the age of 23, Baczyński was part of a clutch of poets and creatives that formed the Kolumb Generation.

Filmic new ad launched to promote Polish literature abroad

VIDEO: Produced by Polish filmmakers and directed and written by Grzegorz Jankowski (Christening, The Trail of Koberg), the video forms part of the Polish Book Institute’s international campaign to promote this year’s catalogue of ‘New Books from Poland’.

Polish National Museum in Rapperswil celebrates 150th birthday

The Polen Museum, as it is known locally, was founded in 1870 by Polish Count Władysław Broël-Plater with the original goal being to create a place to showcase Polish culture and history.

Translators from across the globe discuss works of Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk

VIDEO: The language of Olga Tokarczuk’s novels is known for its richness, depth, and multifaceted references, but how do translators cope was the subject of this year’s PEN America conference.

Polish author receives Italian literary award

Polish author and Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk has received the 'La storia in un romanzo 2020' award at the Italian Pordenonelegge Literary Festival, according to the Wroclaw.pl web portal.

The Magic of Polish Literature... in English

When I first Marek Kazmierski it was to talk about his first EVER translation of Jan Brzechwa's 'Akademia Pana Kleksa' into English - but as it turned out he's on a one man mission to bring Polish literature classics to the wider world! 

Stunning golden time capsule full of art and literature to be opened in 2120

Resembling a golden crown and based at Jagiellonian University in Kraków, the contents of the time capsule contain public visions of how the world will look in 100 years’ time when it will be opened by future generations.  

Art Picnic Ukrainian culture festival starts Monday in Krakow

Ukrainian art, literature, music and fashion will be on show during the Art Picnic event starting on Monday at the cultural institute in Krakow, southern Poland.

Film fans get sneak peak at gorgeous new animation from Oscar-winning Loving Vincent director

VIDEO: Directed by Dorota Kobiela, the artwork for the new adaptation of Władysław Reymont’s masterpiece Chłopi has been completely hand-painted to tell the classic story of life in the Polish countryside over a century ago.

Chopin in love: How a brief encounter in Paris led to one the greatest romances of the 19th century

After being dumped by his fiancé Maria Wodzińska, Fryderyk Chopin fell for the cigar-puffing, trouser-wearing feminist who called herself George Sand. It took her over a year to win him over, but once she did the couple became inseparable. On the anniversary of Chopin’s birthday, TFN’s Stuart Dowell takes a look back at one of the 19th century’s greatest love stories.

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Art & Culture

Tokarczuk teams up with illustrator Joanna Concejo for latest book described as ‘an experiment with form’

The picture book which was first published in Polish in 2017 as ‘Zagubiona dusza’ has now been translated into English under the title ‘The Lost Soul’.

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‘I grew up in death camp house’: Extraordinary story of women born in Auschwitz and who has lived there ever since

Once asked to draw the view from her bedroom window for homework, Anna Odi couldn’t decide whether to draw the crematorium or the gallows where Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess was executed. She told TFN: “I think I am a hostage to the stories of people who experienced this hell. I am continuing what my parents started, to be a witness. Like my parents, I owe it to the victims.”

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