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Odra (magazine)
''Odra'' ( pl, Miesięcznik Odra; ''Oder'' river in Polish) is a Polish monthly art and culture magazine which has the reputation of an opinion-maker. The magazine provides news and commentaries on art and culture in Poland and abroad. History and profile ''Odra'' has been published in Wrocław since 1961. The publishers of the magazine, since its inception, are the ''Instytut Książki'' and ''Ośrodek Kultury i Sztuki we Wrocławiu''. The magazine provides news on art and culture on monthly basis. It publishes poetry and prose, philosophical discourses, historical articles (mostly concerning the Lower Silesia and Wrocław), correspondence from abroad. It also reviews and discusses cultural events related to literature, fine arts, music and theatre. The sections inside have not changed much over the years. There is an extensive reviews section with descriptions of books, exhibitions, classical and popular records, concerts, etc. Also, there are regular columns which have included ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Literary Magazine
A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry, and essays, along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letters. Literary magazines are often called literary journals, or little magazines, terms intended to contrast them with larger, commercial magazines. History ''Nouvelles de la république des lettres'' is regarded as the first literary magazine; it was established by Pierre Bayle in France in 1684. Literary magazines became common in the early part of the 19th century, mirroring an overall rise in the number of books, magazines, and scholarly journals being published at that time. In Great Britain, critics Francis Jeffrey, Henry Brougham and Sydney Smith founded the '' Edinburgh Review'' in 1802. Other British reviews of this period included the ''Westminster Review'' (1824), ''The Spectator'' (1828), and ''Athenaeum'' (1828). In the Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zbigniew Herbert
Zbigniew Herbert (; 29 October 1924 – 28 July 1998) was a Polish poet, essayist, drama writer and moralist. He is one of the best known and the most translated post-war Polish writers. While he was first published in the 1950s (a volume titled ''Chord of Light'' was issued in 1956), soon after he voluntarily ceased submitting most of his works to official Polish government publications. He resumed publication in the 1980s, initially in the underground press. Since the 1960s, he was nominated several times for the Nobel Prize in literature. His books have been translated into 38 languages. Herbert claimed to be a distant relative of the 17th-century Anglo-Welsh poet George Herbert. Herbert was educated as an economist and a lawyer. Herbert was one of the main poets of the Polish opposition to communism. Starting in 1986, he lived in Paris, where he cooperated with the journal ''Zeszyty Literackie''. He came back to Poland in 1992. On 1 July 2007 the Polish Government institut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Magazines In Poland
The following is a list of notable current and defunct magazines in Poland. In the country, there are also English-language magazines in addition to those published in Polish.English magazines in Poland ''Destination Warsaw'' Retrieved 10 December 2013. In terms of frequency, the Polish magazines are mostly weeklies and monthlies. Magazines targeting youth and university students also exist in the country. As of 2013, women magazines were significant part of the press market in the country. In addition, Poland has a long tradition of architecture magazines. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanna Lech
Joanna Lech (born 25 January 1984, in Rzeszów, Poland) – a Polish poet and writer. Author of ''Zapaść'', ''Nawroty'' (nominated for NIKE Literary Award 2011), ''Trans'', ''Piosenki Pikinierów'' and ''Sztuczki'' (nominated for NIKE Literary Award 2017). Graduate of the Literary-Arts faculty of Jagiellonian University in Kraków. Lives in Kraków. Works Novels * ''Sztuczki'' (Warsaw 2016) Poetry * ''Zapaść'' (Łódź 2009) * ''Nawroty'' (Poznań 2010) * ''Nic z tego / Nothing of this'' (London 2011) * ''Trans'' (Mikołów 2016) * ''Piosenki Pikinierów'' ( Szczecin 2017) Anthologies * ''Poeci na nowy wiek'' (Wrocław 2010) * ''Pociąg do poezji'' (Kutno 2011) * ''Almanach'' (Lviv 2011) * ''Poeci i poetki przekraczają granice. Sto wierszy'' ( Katowice 2011) * ''Free Over Blood'' (London 2011) * ''Once Upon a Deadline'' (London 2012) * ''Węzły, sukienki, żagle. Nowa poezja, ojczyzna i dziewczyna'' (Złoty Środek Poezji, 2013) * ''2014. Antologia współcz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Przemysław Witkowski
Przemysław () is a Polish Slavic given name, meaning someone who is clever or ingenious. It is derived from another Polish name Przemysł. Its diminutive forms include Przemek (the most popular one), Przemuś (hypocorism), Przemo, Przemko, Przem and Przemcio. Its feminine form is ''Przemysława''. Name days Individuals named Przemysław may choose their name day from the following dates: April 13, September 4, October 10, or October 30. People and characters with the name Przemysław * Przemysław Domański - a Polish ice skater * Przemysław Frankowski - a Polish footballer * Przemysław Karnowski (born 1993), Polish basketball player * Przemysław Kaźmierczak - a Polish footballer * Przemysław Matyjaszek - a Polish judoka * Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz - a Polish computer scientist * Przemysław Saleta - a Polish boxer * Przemysław Skwirczyński - a Polish cinematographer * Przemysław Słowikowski - a Polish sprinter * Przemysław Tytoń - a Polish goalkeeper * Przemy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakobe Mansztajn
Jakobe Mansztajn (born February 10, 1982, in Gdańsk) is a Polish poet and blogger. Life and career He studied psychology at the University of Gdańsk. He works as deputy editor of the literary quarterly ''Korespondencja z ojcem''. He is the author of the poetry collection ''Vienna High Life'' (2009) for which he has received many awards, including the prestigious 2010 Wroclaw Silesius Poetry Award in the Best Debut category, the 2010 Sztorm Roku Award founded by ''Gazeta Wyborcza'', and has also been nominated for the Gdynia Literary Prize. He was one of the initiators of the ''Zjednoczenie czytelnicze'' social campaign aimed at promoting reading books in Poland. His debut collection has been described as "one of the most distinctive in the past years in Polish literature" and gained wide critical acclaim. His works have been translated into many languages including German, Hebrew, English, Belarusian, and Norwegian. He is a co-host of the satirical Internet TV programme ''Make ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tadeusz Dąbrowski
Tadeusz Dąbrowski (born 1979) is a Polish poet, essayist, and critic. He is also the editor of the literary bimonthly ''Topos'' and co-editor of the poetry podcast on Radio Gdańsk. He was (2012-2019) the art director of the European Poet of Freedom Festival. Dąbrowski has been published in many journals in Poland (among others: ''Tygodnik Powszechny'', ''Zeszyty Literackie'', ''Polityka'', ''Rzeczpospolita'', ''Dziennik'', ''Twórczość'', ''Odra'', ''Chimera'', ''Res Publica Nowa'', ''Kresy'') and abroad (''The New Yorker'', ''Paris Review'', ''Boston Review'', ''Agni'', ''American Poetry Review'', ''Ploughshares'', ''Tin House'', ''Harvard Review'', ''Crazyhorse'', ''Little Star'', ''Little Star Weekly'', ''Guernica'', ''The Common'', ''Tikkun'', ''Poetry Daily'', ''3 Quarks Daily'', ''Image'', ''Body'', ''Arc Poetry Magazine'', ''Poetry Review'', ''Modern Poetry in Translation'', ''Poetry Ireland'', ''Poetry London'', ''The Reader'', ''Shearsman'', ''Poetry Wales'', ''3:AM' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandra Ziółkowska-Boehm
Aleksandra Ziółkowska-Boehm (born 15 April 1949, in Łódź, Poland), is a Polish-born U.S.-based writer and academic. She obtained her Ph.D in Humanistic studies at the Warsaw University. Her works include historical biographies,Dr Christoph Mick, review of Kaia, Heroine of the 1944 Warsaw Rising' by Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm. the current outlook of Native Americans, autobiographical stories of her travels, Ingrid Bergman, and cats. Biography Ziółkowska-Boehm is the daughter of Henryk Ziółkowski (1916–1992) and Antonina (née Laśkiewicz; 1922–2009). She has two brothers, Henryk (born 1946) and Krzysztof (born 1950). She attended the V Liceum ogólnokształcące im. W.Reymonta in her native Łódź. After this she studied five years of Polish language and literature at the University of Łódź. After her Master's degree, she completed a Ph.D in humanistic studies in Warsaw University. As a university student, she published her short stories and articles in Łódź ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacek Dehnel
Jacek Maria Dehnel (born 1 May 1980 in Gdańsk, Poland) is a Polish poet, writer, translator and painter. Life and work He graduated from the Stefan Żeromski High School No. 5 in Gdańsk, where he excelled in Humanities. Dehnel studied at the University of Warsaw's College of Inter-Area Individual Studies In the Humanities and Social Sciences (Polish: ''Kolegium Międzyobszarowych Indywidualnych Studiów Humanistycznych i Społecznych'') and graduated from the Faculty of Polish Language and Literature, where he obtained a Master of Arts (M.A.) degree, writing a thesis on Stanisław Barańczak's translations of Philip Larkin's works. His first collection of poems was the last book recommended by Polish Nobel Prize Laureate, Czesław Miłosz. Dehnel has published his poems in various literary magazines, including ''Kwartalnik Artystyczny'', ''Studium'', ''Przegląd Artystyczno-Literacki'', ''Topos'', ''Tytuł'', ''Undergrunt''. He also works for an internet literary portal Nie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miłosz Biedrzycki
Miłosz Biedrzycki (MLB ) (born 1967 in Koper, Yugoslavia) is a Polish poet, translator and geophysical engineer. One of the authors of the " ''brulion'' generation". His poems appeared in various literary magazines, including '' brulion'', '' Trafika'', '' Boston Review'', ''Chicago Review'', '' Fence'' and ''Washington Square Review''. Biedrzycki is the author of eight books of poetry published in Poland, two published in Slovenia, and one in the USA. He translated poetry of Tomaž Šalamun Tomaž Šalamun (July 4, 1941 – December 27, 2014) was a Slovenian poet who was a leading figure of postwar neo-avant-garde poetry in Central EuropeColm Tóibín (2004The comet's trail Guardian and an internationally acclaimed absurdist. Martín ... (''Jabłoń'', Zielona Sowa 2004, ). He was a 2010 resident of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa. A brother of Mariusz Biedrzycki. Bibliography Poetry * ''*'', (1993) * ''OO'', (1994) * ''Pył/Łyp'', (1997) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wacław Grabkowski
Wacław Grabkowski (born 28 March 1953, in Wrocław) is a Polish multi-prize winning novelist, short story writer and poet. He is an author of books for adults and teenagers. He has been a member of the Association of Polish Writers ( Stowarzyszenia Pisarzy Polskich) since 2000. Grabkowski's first published work was a collection of poems published in ''Sigma'' magazine in 1979. In 2000, his short story ''Wypalacz drutu'' ("A Man Who Burns Wire") won the First Prize from the Association of Polish Writers ( Stowarzyszenia Pisarzy Polskich) and monthly magazine Odra (magazine). Another short story, ''Wrocław i trzy harmonie ojca'' (" Wroclaw and father's three harmonicas"), won the First Prize from the Wroclaw's Millennium Celebrations Office (Biuro Obchodów Milenium Wrocławia) and Odra (magazine). In 2003, his second novel ''Dzieci z Wilczego Kąta'' ("Children of Wolf's Corner"), won the First Prize in the competition for a contemporary novel, awarded and published by the pub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Miodek
Jan Franciszek Miodek (born 7 June 1946 in Tarnowskie Góry, Silesian Voivodeship), is a Polish linguist, a prescriptive grammarian and a Professor of Wrocław University. He is regarded as one of the most prominent educators and promoters of the standard Polish language. Life and career He was born on 7 June 1946, in Tarnowskie Góry. His father was Franciszek Miodek and his mother was Janina (née Kowalska). In 1963, he graduated from the Stanisław Staszic High School No.2 in Tarnowskie Góry. Since 1967, he has been working as a columnist in ''Gazeta Wrocławska'' newspaper, running the weekly "Rzecz o języku" linguistic column. Since 1989 he has held the post of the head (director) of the Institute of Polish Philology at the Wrocław University. Between 1987-2007, he hosted a popular weekly TV program ''Ojczyzna polszczyzna'' devoted to the Polish language. He also created such programs as ''Profesor Miodek odpowiada'' and ''Słownik polsko@polski''. Since 2015, he has co- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
