Kraków UNESCO City of Literature is a
City of Literature
UNESCO's City of Literature programme is part of the wider Creative Cities Network.
The ''Network'' was launched in 2004, and now has member cities in seven creative fields. The other creative fields are: Crafts and Folk Arts, Design, Film ...
located in
Kraków
, officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...
, Poland, as a member of the
UNESCO Creative Cities Network
The UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) is a flagship city programme of UNESCO launched in 2004 to promote cooperation among cities which have recognized culture and creativity as strategic drivers of sustainable urban development
Urban means ...
. Kraków joined the UCCN on 21 October 2013 as the first Slavic and second non-English speaking city.
Kraków's main objective as a UNESCO City of Literature is to develop and implement a program promoting literary heritage, popularize reading among its residents, and support the local book market.
Kraków UNESCO City of Literature also functions as a coordinator for the Cities of Literature and a member of the UCCN Steering Committee.
The Kraków UNESCO City of Literature program is operated by the Kraków Festival Office.
Program
The program followed by Kraków City of Literature involves activities and initiatives in the following 10 areas of development:
# Integrating literary life in all its richness and variety
# Establishing links between literature, new media and creative industries
# Creating reading attitudes
# Organising literary events and festivals
# Supporting book industries
# Initiating and supporting the presence of literature in public space
# Developing scholarship programs
# Developing the interrelationships between literature and human rights
# Reinforcing international literary cooperation
# Literary education
Projects
Festivals
Kraków UNESCO City of Literature hosts two large literary festivals, i.e. the
Conrad Festival (the greatest Polish event of its type), and the Milosz Festival. Both festivals were in 2017 granted the EFFE Label which is awarded by the
European Festivals Association
The European Festivals Association (EFA) is an umbrella group for various festivals in Europe and other countries. It supports artistic cooperation among festivals and offers programs for new festival and artistic managers. It represents more than ...
to events of international rank and distinctive artistic quality that are characterized by high involvement of the local community.
Debut support
Kraków UNESCO City of Literature is involved in supporting young talents and literary debutants. Each year, during the Conrad Festival, the Conrad Award is awarded for the best literary debut. The “Promoters of Debuts” program has been developed in order to ensure funds for publishing houses to cover the cost of publication of debutant works. In addition, there is a UNESCO City of Literature Creative Writing Course which unites and educates young talents supervised by renowned and experienced writers.
Read PL!
Read PL! is a project created in cooperation with the Woblink.com e-book platform to promote reading through permitting free access to electronic versions of new book arrivals and bestsellers. In public places (mostly at bus/tram stops and in schools) the organisers post posters with QR codes which can be scanned with the Woblink application to offer free access to selected books.
City Codes
Within the City Codes project, the benches in the Kraków
Planty Park Planty may refer to:
* Planty Park, a city park in Kraków, Poland
* Planty, Podlaskie Voivodeship (north-east Poland)
* Planty, Aube, France
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