Browsing: Literature

On March 19-23 at the Salon du livre de Paris, the oldest and largest exposition event in the francophone world, Krakow and Wrocław, together with the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the Book Institute, will accentuate their literary and cultural identity. It is one of the biggest presentations of Polish literature abroad in 15 years!

A week with masters of world literature, representatives of numerous languages and various literary genres, with book designers, publishers and translators. Nearly 100 distinguished guests from Poland and abroad. Discussions, exhibitions, film projections and theatre performances. All this awaits you in Krakow during the 6th Conrad Festival!

Chinese readers will be able to read Bacacay, Cosmos, Trans-Atlantyk, Possessed and Pornografia in their native language. The publication of Witold Gombrowicz’s five works in China was supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Poland and the Polish Institute in Beijing.

Starting from August on the corner of the Main Square and Bracka St. in Krakow, it will be possible to read poetry from 7 UNESCO Cities of Literature.

Fragments of a yet unpublished novel by Mario Vargas Llosa, a Nobel Prize winner, will be presented to the participants of the European Literature Night, which will be held for the second time in Wrocław on 28 June. The city has been named World Book Capital for 2016.