The Silesius Poetry Award (Polish: ''Wrocławska Nagroda Poetycka Silesius'') is an annual Polish

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presented by the city of

Wrocław Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...

Lower Silesia Lower Silesia ( pl, Dolny Śląsk; cz, Dolní Slezsko; german: Niederschlesien; szl, Dolny Ślōnsk; hsb, Delnja Šleska; dsb, Dolna Šlazyńska; Silesian German: ''Niederschläsing''; la, Silesia Inferior) is the northwestern part of the ...

History

The award was established in 2008 and is presented during the Port Literacki Wrocław

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. It takes its name from a prominent

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poet

Angelus Silesius Angelus Silesius (9 July 1677), born Johann Scheffler and also known as Johann Angelus Silesius, was a German Catholic priest and physician, known as a mystic and religious poet. Born and raised a Lutheran, he adopted the name ''Angelus'' (Lati ...

(1624–1677). The award was created on the initiative of Jarosław Broda, head of the Wroclaw Department of Culture, and is funded by the city of Wrocław. It is awarded in three major categories: lifetime achievement, best debut and book of the year and the laureates receive cash prizes of PLN 100,000 (c.$25,000), PLN 50,000 and PLN 20,000 respectively. They are also presented with a

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Laureates

2020 *Book of the Year: Konrad Góra (for ''Kalendarz Majów'') ("The Maya Calendar") *Best Debut: Jakub Pszoniak (for ''Chyba na pewno'') *Lifetime achievement Award:

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 ...

2019 *Book of the Year: Adam Kaczanowski (for ''Cele'') *Best Debut: Maciej Bobula (for ''Wsie, animalia, miscellanea'') *Lifetime Achievement Award:

Ewa Lipska Ewa Lipska (born 8 October 1945 in Kraków), is a Polish poet from the generation of the Polish "New Wave." Collections of her verse have been translated into English, Italian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, German and Hungarian. She lives in Vienna and ...

2018 * Book of the Year:

Jerzy Jarniewicz Jerzy Jarniewicz (Polish pronunciation: ; born 4 May 1958) is a Poles, Polish poet, literary critic, translator and essayist. He was awarded the 2022 Nike Award, the most important distinction in Polish literature as well as the Medal for Merit ...

(for ''Puste noce'') ("Empty Nights") * Best Debut: Agata Jabłońska (for ''Raport wojenny'') ("The War Report") * Lifetime Achievement Award:

Bohdan Zadura Bohdan Zadura (born 18 February 1945 in Puławy) is a Polish poet, translator and literary critic. Biography Zadura debuted in 1962 in "Kamena". He was editor of the Lublin literary magazine ":pl:Akcent (czasopismo), Akcent", from 2004 editor o ...

2017 * Book of the Year:

Jacek Podsiadło Jacek Podsiadło (born 1964 in Szewna) is a Polish poet, writer, translator and essayist. Sometimes he uses a pen name Jac Po. He is one of the poets of the famous Polish ''bruLion'' generation. He had many professions, he now works in the Opole rad ...

(for ''Włos Bregueta'') ("Breguet's Hair") * Best Debut: Radosław Jurczak (for ''Pamięć zewnętrzna'') * Lifetime Achievement Award: Andrzej Sosnowski 2016 * Book of the Year: Barbara Klicka (for ''Nice'') * Best Debut: Aldona Kopkiewicz (for ''Sierpień'') ("August") * Lifetime Achievement Award:

Julian Kornhauser Julian Kornhauser (born 20 September 1946 in Gliwice, Poland) is a Polish poet and literary critic. He was born to a Jews, Jewish father and a Catholic Church, Catholic mother, as a son of Jakub and Małgorzata Kornhauser. He is an author of poe ...

2015 * Book of the Year: Marcin Sendecki (for ''Przedmiar robót'') * Best Debut: Michał Książek (for ''Nauka o ptakach'') * Lifetime Achievement Award:

2014 * Book of the Year: Mariusz Grzebalski (for ''W innych okolicznościach'') ("In Other Circumstances") * Best Debut: Martyna Buliżańska (for ''Moja jest ta ziemia'') ("This Land is Mine") * Lifetime Achievement Award: Darek Foks 2013 * Book of the Year:

Marcin Baran Marcin Baran (born 1963 in Kraków) is a Polish poet and journalist. He has a degree in Polonistics from the Jagiellonian University. He is one of the Polish poets who published their verses in the magazine '' bruLion'' (sometimes spelled ''brulion ...

(for ''Niemal całkowita utrata płynności'') ("A Near Total Loss of Fluency") * Best Debut: Ilona Witkowska (for ''Splendida realta'') * Lifetime Achievement Award: Krystyna Miłobędzka 2012 * Book of the Year:

(for ''Imię i znamię'') ("The Name and the Mark") * Best Debut: Tomasz Bąk (for ''Kanada'') ("Canada") * Lifetime Achievement Award:

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 The J ...

2011 * Book of the Year:

(for ''Nocne życie'') ("Night Life") * Best Debut: Kira Pietrek (for ''Język korzyści'') * Lifetime Achievement Award:

Urszula Kozioł Urszula Kozioł (born 20 June 1931) is a Polish poet. In 2011, she was a recipient of the Silesius Poetry Award. Biography Kozioł was born in Rakówka, Lublin Voivodeship, Rakówka, a village in Poland. She attended high school in Zamość and ...

2010 * Book of the Year: Piotr Matywiecki (for ''Powietrze i czerń'') ("Air and Blackness") * Best Debut: Jakobe Mansztajn (for ''Wiedeński high life'') ("The Vienna High Life") * Lifetime Achievement Award: Piotr Sommer 2009 * Book of the Year: Krystyna Miłobędzka (for ''Gubione'') * Best Debut: Dariusz Basiński (for ''Motor kupił Duszan'') * Lifetime Achievement Award:

Stanisław Barańczak Stanisław Barańczak (, November 13, 1946December 26, 2014) was a Polish poet, literary critic, scholar, editor, translator and lecturer. He is perhaps most well known for his English-to-Polish translations of the dramas of William Shakespeare an ...

2008 * Book of the Year: Andrzej Sosnowski (for ''Po tęczy'') ("After the Rainbow") * Best Debut: Julia Szychowiak (for ''Po sobie'') * Lifetime Achievement Award:

Tadeusz Różewicz Tadeusz Różewicz (9 October 1921 – 24 April 2014) was a Polish poet, playwright, writer, and translator. Różewicz was in the first generation of Polish writers born after Poland regained its independence in 1918, following the century of f ...

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References

First book awards Polish literary awards Awards established in 2008 2008 establishments in Poland Literary awards honoring lifetime achievement

History

Laureates

See also

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