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#PolishCultureKatchUp – Barbara Bogoczek & Tony Howard

Translation power couple Barbara Bogoczek and Tony Howard share their music, film and poetry recommendations for you to #KatchUp with.

Tony Howard is Professor of English at the University of Warwick. Barbara Bogoczek is a translator and interpreter based in London. Their joint translations include works by Tadeusz Różewicz, Ewa Lipska, Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska and Stanisław Wyspiański. For #PolishCultureKatchUp they recorded a short podcast about the poetry of Janusz Różewicz, Krzysztof Kieslowski’s films, and music of Zbigniew Preisner or band Dagadana.

Listen to the whole podcast here and watch the stunning music video from Dagadana below.

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