Gdynia Literary Prize ( pl, Nagroda Literacka Gdynia) is a Polish

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, which is awarded annually to authors of the best books published in the previous year in the

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poetry Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings i ...

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and (since 2014)

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categories. It was established in 2006 by Wojciech Szczurek, mayor of

Gdynia Gdynia ( ; ; german: Gdingen (currently), (1939–1945); csb, Gdiniô, , , ) is a city in northern Poland and a seaport on the Baltic Sea coast. With a population of 243,918, it is the List of cities in Poland, 12th-largest city in Poland and ...

, who stated that "The idea of Gdynia Literary Prize is to honour unique achievements of

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Polish authors which shall determine a strong and also permanent impulse to further intensify activities in literature and art in its broad meaning". The list of nominees is announced in May during the International Book Fair (Międzynarowe Targi Książki) in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

. The prizes which consist of the "Literature Cube" statuette and 50.000 PLN are presented at the Grand Gala in June in

. Since 2008 the Grand Gala is accompanied by ''Literaturomanie'' Days of Gdynia Literary Prize (''Literaturomanie Dni Nagrody Literackiej Gdynia''). Moreover, at the turn of October and November, The Autumn Meetings with Winners of the Gdynia Literary Prize take place. Public City Library (Miejska Biblioteka Publiczna) in Gdynia publishes ''Literary Supplement. Gdynia Literary Prize Newspaper'' magazine.

Chapter

Choices of both the nominees and winners is done by the members of GLP Chapter consisting of prominent experts. The members are: Agata Bielik-Robson, Marek Bieńczyk, Jerzy Jarniewicz, Zbigniew Kruszyński, Małgorzata Łukasiewicz, Aleksander Nawarecki, Violetta Trella (Chapter’s secretary) and chairman Piotr Śliwiński. In previous years the members were: Alina Brodzka-Wald, Piotr Sommer, Paweł Śpiewak and Elżbieta Gwiazdowska (Chapter's secretary).

Prize winners

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Eugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-Dycki Eugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-Dycki (born 1962) is a Polish poet. Born in Wólka Krowicka near Lubaczów, he is an author of nine volumes of poems and some texts for the magazine ''Kresy''. He has a sister, Wanda Tkaczyszyn, and a nephew named Matthew R ...

, GLP's A.D. 2009 prize winner (poetry) File:Poprzęcka.jpg, Maria Poprzęcka, GLP's A.D. 2009 prize winner (essay) File:Świetlicki.jpg,

Marcin Świetlicki Marcin Świetlicki (born 24 December 1961) is a Polish poet, writer, and musician. He lives and works in Kraków, Poland. Świetlicki was born in Piaski, near Lublin, Poland. He studied Polish Literature at the Jagiellonian University in Krak� ...

, GLP's A.D. 2009 prize winner (prose)

„Literaturomanie” Days of Gdynia Literary Prize

„Literaturomanie” Days of Gdynia Literary Prize ( :pl:Dni Nagrody Literackiej Gdynia „Literaturomanie”) - is the full name of two-day festival which debuted in 2008. „Literaturomanie” is the first big, annual literary event in Tricity. The event is meant for the enthusiasts of high culture in varied literary genres (poetry, prose, essay and commentary). Its goal is to enable the audience to meet with recognized authors with similar profiles of ambitious, contemporary literature (by trend, views, age, sex etc.). The guests who are invited conduct discussions, with each other and with the audience, on the most actual themes. The prominent critics and journalists from patronizing media take care of meritocracy of the debates.

Previous edition of festival

Programs

2008

Program of “Literaturomanie” 2008 was full of numerous events, such as: * Author. Author! – meetings with leading Polish authors (the guests were:

Wiesław Myśliwski Wiesław Myśliwski (born 25 March 1932 in Dwikozy, near Sandomierz) is a Polish novelist. Biography He was born to a middle class family and raised in Ćmielów, where his father had participated in the Polish-Soviet War and became a local off ...

, Eustachy Rylski, Leszek Szaruga, Jacek Żakowski). * Literary Debates of „Gdynia” – meetings with nominees and readings of fragments of their books. * Gdynia Drama Prize – presentation of fragments of winning drama and conversation with author. * Music event – free of charge ( Świetliki). * Open Tournament of One Poem – a combination of poetry and performance during which competitors present their works while the jury (Wojciech Boros, Wojciech Bonowicz oraz

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 Fr ...

) judge their performance and present the winners (in previous editions: Patryk Dziczek, Joanna Herman, Maciej Kotłowski, Natalia Malek, Anna Wieser, Mariusz Więcek). * Special movie screenings – and meetings with their creators („Jegomość Tischner i jego filozofia po góralsku”, creators: Witold Bereś, Artur Więcek). * Second-book Fair – where the best collections can be found. * Gdynia Literary Prize Vademecum – book stand where books of the nominees can be bought and signatures with dedications can be obtained. * Poetry Workshops – free of charge classes for 10-15 people which are held by one of prize winners of the previous edition (in 2008 workshops were held by Wojciech Bonowicz). Moreover, during the festival there are many open debates held with prominent guests such as:

Stefan Chwin Stefan Chwin (born 11 April 1949 in Gdańsk) is a Polish novelist, literary critic, and historian of literature whose life and literary work is closely linked to his hometown. He holds a post of Literature Professor at the University of Gdansk ...

, Piotr Kłoczowski, Stanisław Rosiek, Krzysztof Środa, Jacek Żakowski. File:103. Literaturomanie 2008.JPG, Vademecum GLP - in the background:

signing his books File:70. Debata Kapituł najważnejszych polskich nagród literackic.JPG, Chapter's members debate File:134. Turniej Jednego Wiersza.JPG, Open Tournament of One Poem File:154. Koncert Świetlików.JPG, Świetliki performance during "Literarymania"

2009

In "Literaturomanie" 2009's program which took place on 12–13 June 2009 one could find: * Author. Author! – meetings with leading Polish authors:

Hanna Krall Hanna Krall (born 1935), is a Polish writer with a degree in journalism from the University of Warsaw, specializing among other subjects in the history of the Holocaust in occupied Poland. Personal life Krall is of Jewish origin, the daughter of ...

- meeting chaired by

Paweł Huelle Paweł Marek Huelle (10 September 1957 – 27 November 2023) was a Polish prose writer. Life and career Huelle studied Polish philology at Gdańsk University and, in 1980, participated in the efforts to establish an independent student organiz ...

and

Janusz Głowacki Janusz Andrzej Głowacki (13 September 1938 – 19 August 2017), better known as Janusz Głowacki or colloquially simply as Głowa, was a Poles, Polish playwright, essayist and screenwriter. Głowacki was the recipient of multiple awards and hono ...

, chaired by - Remigiusz Grzela. * Gdynia zaczytana - photos' exhibition. * Gdynia Literary Prize Vademecum – book stand where books of the nominees can be bought and signatures with dedications can be obtained. * Literary Debates of „Gdynia” - meetings with nominees chaired by literary critics and journalists: poetry - Michał Chaciński (

TVP Kultura TVP Kultura is the first TV theme channel to be run by the Polish public broadcaster TVP. It was launched on 24 April 2005 and is dedicated to arts and culture. Every day of the week, the channel concentrates on other disciplines; e.g., cinema, ...

), prose - Andrzej Franaszek (

Tygodnik Powszechny ''Tygodnik Powszechny'' (, ''The Common Weekly'') is a Polish Roman Catholic weekly magazine, published in Kraków, which focuses on social, cultural and political issues. It was established in 1945 under the auspices of Cardinal Adam Stefan Sap ...

), essay - Łukasz Rudziński (trojmiasto.pl). * :pl:Mumio - performance and meeting with :pl:Mumio. * Open Tournament of One Poem – third edition; combination of poetry and performance; jury: Leszek Szaruga, Anna Sobecka and Wojciech Boros. * Prose workshops – free of charge, two-day classes for 10 people, held by Leszek Szaruga * Second-book fair. * Two decades of Polish literature - debate on Polish literature after year 1989; participants: Przemysław Czapliński, Ewa Graczyk, Leszek Szaruga, Adam Wiedemann and Marek Zaleski. the meeting was chaired by Dariusz Bugalski. File:Literaturomanie2009.jpg, Literaturomanie 2009 in :pl:Teatr Miejski im. Witolda Gombrowicza w Gdyni File:Eseistyka.jpg, Literary Debate of "Gdynia" with nominees to NLG A.D. 2009 for essay File:Krall.jpg,

and Dorota Nowak File:OTJW.jpg, Open Tournament of One Poem File:Literaturomanie2009 2.jpg, Literaturomanie 2009 File:Wymiana.jpg, Second-book fair File:Głowacki2.jpg,

signing his books File:Dwie dekady.jpg, Debate "Two decades of Polish literature"

The Autumn Meetings with Winners of the Gdynia Literary Prize

The Autumn Meetings with Winners of the Gdynia Literary Prize (''Jesienne Spotkania z Laureatami Nagrody Literackiej Gdynia'') – is an event that is held at the turn of October and November which enables further meeting of the enthusiast of culture and art with the Gdynia Literary Prize winners. Autumn Meetings with „Literaturomanie” Days of Gdynia Literary Prize are platforms where the audience can participate in casual conversations abort literature and listen to interpretations of winners’ books

Previous editions

File:Adam Wiedemann.JPG, Adam Wiedemann - poetry prizewinner File:Matywiecki.JPG, Piotr Matywiecki - essay prizewinner File:Pankowski.JPG,

Marian Pankowski Marian Pankowski (9 November 1919 – 3 April 2011) was a Polish writer, poet, literary critic and translator. Pankowski was born in Sanok. He was a member of the Polish resistance during World War II, and a prisoner in the Nazi concentratio ...

- prose prizewinner File:Majchrzak.JPG, Interpretations by Krzysztof Majchrzak

Notes

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