Poetry

‘Underappreciated’ poet Norwid honoured on his 200th birthday with events across the country

A friend of Chopin and an influence on 20th century Polish writers and musical artists, Kamil Norwid is often considered the fourth national ‘bard’ or ‘poet-prophet’ after the big three of Adam Mickiewicz, Julisz Słowacki and Zygmunt Krasiński. Public domain

A friend of Chopin and an influence on 20th century Polish writers and musical artists, Cyprian Kamil Norwid is often considered the fourth national ‘bard’ or ‘poet-prophet’ after the big three of Adam Mickiewicz, Julisz Słowacki and Zygmunt Krasiński.

Award-winning Quay brothers create Norwid film to promote poet’s work to foreign audiences

Entitled “Vade-mecum” and named after Norwid’s largest poetry collection, the short film, around 11 minutes long,  premiered on Facebook last night.

Warsaw Uni academics make directorial debut with ‘virtual erotic poem’ at Sundance Film Festival

The experimental film ‘Nightsss’ (Noccc) by first-timers Drs Sandra Frydrysiak and Weronika Lewandowska from the SWPS University in Warsaw, which immerses the international audience in the sound structures of the Polish language, has been included in the festival’s New Frontier section as one of 14 works from around the world.

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

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.

Romantic reading: long-lost travel diaries of Juliusz Słowacki finally published

Detailing the Romantic poet’s travels around the Middle East, the diaries have been described as “a ready-made script for a thriller”.

Poem by renowned Polish poet recited at EC press confernce

European Commission spokeswoman Marta Wieczorek, during a European Commission (EC) conference on Monday, recited the poem "Nothing Twice" by Polish Nobel Prize winner Wisława Szymborska.

Culture icon Agnieszka Osiecka’s life to be serialised in new TV series

Covering two periods of her life, the series from TVP will see Eliza Rycembel and Magdalena Popławska playing the younger and older songwriter and poet who died in 1997.

Life of star pre-war athlete known as the ‘Golden One’ explored in fascinating new book

Among her achievements, Halina Konopacka, who always wore a red beret while competing, and had a model-like body shape, took Poland to its first Olympic gold in 1928.

A look back at the life of Nobel prize-winning poet Wisława Szymborska who passed away seven years ago today

Cutting her poetic teeth in the late 1940s and early 50s, like many of her artistic peers, she was forced to balance her individual freedom with the socialist line of the country’s communist government which she would later renounce as her works began to dwell on philosophical themes and obsessions.

Why did Ewa Demarczyk, the ‘Dark Angel of Polish Song’ disappear from public eye at the height of her career?

On the 78th birthday of one of Poland’s most important female singers, TFN’s Jacek Borowski looks back at the career of Ewa Demarczyk and asks ‘Why did she disappear’?

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