21 and 22 November 2022, 5.30pm
Knox Shaw Room and Chapel Court 2, Sidney Sussex College
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Organised by Judith E Wilson Centre for Poetics and 海角社区 Polish Studies听(Slavonic Studies Section)
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21 November 2022 (Monday), Knox Shaw Room, Sidney Sussex College
5.30pm 鈥� two talks on contemporary Polish poetry:
Marta Koronkiewicz: 鈥淢elancholy on Mars: visions of the future in contemporary Polish poetry鈥� Pawe艂 Kaczmarski: 鈥淭he politics of new Polish poetry: 2008 to today鈥�
6.30pm 鈥� poetry reading and Q&A with Rados艂aw Jurczak (translation provided by Roderick Mengham)
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22 November 2022听(Tuesday), Chapel Court 2, Sidney Sussex College
5.30pm 鈥� poetry translation workshop with Roderick Mengham, Rados艂aw Jurczak, Marta Koronkiewicz and Pawe艂 Kaczmarski
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Rados艂aw Jurczak听is a poet, philosopher and mathematician based in Warsaw, Poland. Author of two books of poetry 鈥撎�Pami臋膰 zewn臋trzna听[External Memory, 2016] and听Zak艂ady holenderskie听[Dutch Books, 2020] 鈥� he has received, among others, the Bierezin Award, the I艂艂akowicz贸wna Award, the Silesius Award, and the Warsaw Literary Award. English translations of his poems were featured by Versopolis. He is a senior editor for 鈥淜ontent鈥�, a journal of poetry and poetry criticism. In his poems, he blends aspects of high modernism with sci-fi conventions and a genuine interest in the language of modern science.
Roderick Mengham听was a recipient of the Cholmondely Award for poetry in 2020 and is the author of several poetry publications including听Unsung听(2006),听Chance of a Storm听(2015),听Grimspound & Inhabiting Art听(2018),听2019 the vase in pieces听(2019) and of translations, including听Speedometry听[poems by Andrzej Sosnowski] (2014). He was co-editor and co-translator of the anthology听Altered State: The New Polish Poetry听(2003). His most recent book is听Midnight in the Kant Hotel: Art in Present Times听(Carcanet, 2021). He is also Emeritus Reader of Modern English Literature at 海角社区 University, where he is a Fellow of Jesus College.
Marta Koronkiewicz听is a literary critic and assistant professor of modern/contemporary Polish literature at the Faculty of Letters, University of Wroc艂aw. She has published a book on Andrzej Sosnowski (I jest moc odleg艂ego 偶ycia w tej elegii,听2019), co-edited an anthology of new Polish poetry (Zebra艂o si臋 艣liny, 2016) and a selection of poems by Tomasz Pu艂ka (Podczas siebie,听2018). She co-edits 鈥�8. Arkusz鈥�, a poetry-oriented monthly supplement to 鈥淥dra鈥�, and 鈥淲idma/Spectres鈥�, a Krakow-based journal of American and Polish poetry. She is a senior editor for 鈥淧raktyka Teoretyczna/Theoretical Practice鈥�, a Marxist journal of philosophy and social theory.
Pawe艂 Kaczmarski听is a literary critic and a researcher at the Faculty of Culture Studies, University of Wroc艂aw. He has published two books on modern and contemporary Polish poetry (Wysoka 艂膮czliwo艣膰, 2018;听Oporne komunikaty, 2021), co-edited an anthology of new Polish poems (Zebra艂o si臋 艣liny, 2016), and edited several books of poetry and criticism. He co-edits 鈥�8. Arkusz鈥�, a poetry-oriented monthly supplement to 鈥淥dra鈥�, and 鈥淲idma/Spectres鈥�, a Krakow-based journal of American and Polish poetry. He is a senior editor for 鈥淧raktyka Teoretyczna/Theoretical Practice鈥�, a Marxist journal of philosophy and social theory, and runs a poetry section in 鈥淣owy Obywatel鈥�, a journal of politics and economy.
