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Friday, February 21, 2025 | 8:00 PM\u201310:00 PM<\/strong>
An Evening of International and Translated Poetry<\/a><\/strong>
Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center<\/a><\/strong>
681 Venice Blvd Venice Beach Los Angeles, CA 90291
In person and Live on YouTube<\/a><\/strong><\/em>.
After the readings, be sure to join us for a reception and book signings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Monday, February 24, 2025 | 6:00 PM\u20137:30 PM<\/strong>
University of Washington
The Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures <\/a><\/strong>
CMU 2023 King Ln NE, Seattle, WA 98105
Reading and conversation with Krzysztof Siwczyk
and translator Prof. Piotr Florczyk, moderated by Prof. Agnieszka Je\u017cyk.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Wednesday, February 26, 2025 | 4:30 PM\u20136:00 PM<\/strong>
Polish Poetry in Translation<\/em>
University of Illinois<\/a><\/strong>
The Department of Polish, Russian, and Lithuanian Studies<\/a><\/strong>
1501 University Hall, 601 S. Morgan Street Chicago, Illinois 60607
Reading and conversation with Krzysztof Siwczyk
and translator, Piotr Florczyk, moderated by Prof. Micha\u0142 Pawe\u0142 Markowski.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Thursday, February 27, 2025 | 4:00 PM\u2013<\/strong>5:30 PM<\/strong>
Harriman Institute<\/a><\/strong> at Columbia University<\/a><\/strong>
Marshall D. Shulman Seminar Room, 1219 International Affairs
420 W 118th Street, 12th floor New York, NY 10027
Reading and conversation with Krzysztof Siwczyk, and translator Piotr Fiorczyk<\/em>
Registration REQUIRED<\/a><\/strong> by 4pm on February 26 in order to attend this event.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Friday, February 28, 2025 | 6:30 PM\u20138:30 PM<\/strong>
Polish Slavic Center<\/strong>
176 Java Street, Brooklyn, NY 11222
Reading and conversation with Krzysztof Siwczyk, and translator Piotr Fiorczyk<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Join us for the next part of Contemporary Polish Poetry on Tour in the U.S.<\/em>, featuring readings and conversations with award-winning Polish poet Krzysztof Siwczyk<\/a><\/strong> and translator Piotr Florczyk<\/a><\/strong>, occasioned by the publication of Siwczyk\u2019s debut in English, A Calligraphy of Days: Selected Poems<\/em>, which gathers sixty-four poems spanning his career. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Verses that oscillate between the turmoil of post-communist Eastern Europe to understated reflections on grief and mortality.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The sixty-four poems in A Calligraphy of Day<\/em>s, translated by Piotr Florczyk and Alice-Catherine Carls,reflect Krzysztof Siwczyk\u2019s wide-ranging and variegated style. Born in 1977, Siwczyk has lived most of his life in the Silesian city of Gliwice. In 1995, he became a wunderkind of the Polish poetry scene with his debut volume Wild Kids, an edgy and unsentimental narrative of youthful tribulations and urban malaise during Poland\u2019s transition from communism to capitalism. Siwczyk\u2019s poems careen down the page at great speed, relying on clever turns of phrase or an idea that illuminates a larger meaning. As in calligraphy, a meandering subterranean process connects meaning and memory, thought and verse. Teased to the surface, words and images emerge in rapid, terse, and precise bursts. Throughout his career, Siwczyk has never ceased to challenge our sense of who we are\u2014changing course multiple times in the process. Following several volumes full of expansive lines, his most recent works offer spare meditations on illness and grief. Clipped and understated, these post-Holocaust poems address our inability to speak of death and tragedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Krzysztof Siwczyk<\/strong> is an award-winning poet, critic, and essayist from Poland. Krzysztof Siwczyk, born in 1977, became a wunderkind of the Polish poetry scene with his 1995 debut volume Wild Kids<\/em>. Over the course of his career, he has received some of Poland\u2019s most prestigious literary honors, including the Ko\u015bcielski Award and the Gdynia Literary Prize, and has published more than 20 volumes of poetry and prose, and his work has been translated into numerous languages, including Italian, French, and German. His most recent poetry collection, A Calligraphy of Days<\/em>, was published by the University of Chicago. He lives with his family in Gliwice, Silesia and works at the Rafa\u0142 Wojaczek Institute in Miko\u0142\u00f3w.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Piotr Florczyk<\/strong> is an award-winning poet, critic, and translator. His recent books include Swimming Pool<\/em>, and Object Lessons title, and the poetry collection From the Annals of Krak\u00f3w<\/em>, which is based on the testimonies of Holocaust survivors, as well as numerous volumes of translations. He teaches global literary studies at the University of Washington, and lives with his family in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Alice-Catherine Carls<\/strong> is Tom Elam Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Tennessee at Martin. She is a translator from Polish and English into French and from French into English.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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CONTEMPORARY POLISH POETRY on Tour in the U.S.: Krzysztof Siwczyk<\/em> is presented with the support of the Polish Book Institute, the Polish Cultural Institute in New York, and American partners, this event coincides with the publication of „A Calligraphy of Days: Selected Poems,” the English-language debut of KS. Translated by Piotr Florczyk and Alice-Catherine Carls, the collection was released by Seagull Books in December 2024.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After the readings, be sure to join us for a reception and book signings.\nMonday, February 24, 2025 | 6:00 PM\u20137:30 PMUniversity of WashingtonThe Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures CMU 2023 King Ln NE, Seattle, WA 98105Reading and conversation with Krzysztof Siwczykand translator Prof. Piotr Florczyk, moderated by Prof. Agnieszka Je\u017cyk.\nWednesday, February 26, 2025 | 4:30 PM\u20136:00 PMPolish Poetry in TranslationUniversity of IllinoisThe Department of Polish, Russian, and Lithuanian Studies1501 University Hall, 601 S. Morgan Street Chicago, Illinois 60607Reading and conversation with Krzysztof Siwczykand translator, Piotr Florczyk, moderated by Prof. Micha\u0142 Pawe\u0142 Markowski.\nThursday, February 27, 2025 | 4:00 PM\u20135:30 PMHarriman Institute at Columbia UniversityMarshall D. Shulman Seminar Room, 1219 International Affairs420 W 118th Street, 12th floor New York, NY 10027Reading and conversation with Krzysztof Siwczyk, and translator Piotr FiorczykRegistration REQUIRED by 4pm on February 26 in order to attend this event.\nFriday, February 28, 2025 | 6:30 PM\u20138:30 PMPolish Slavic Center176 Java Street, Brooklyn, NY 11222Reading and conversation with Krzysztof Siwczyk, and translator Piotr Fiorczyk\nJoin us for the next part of Contemporary Polish Poetry on Tour in the U.S., featuring readings and conversations with award-winning Polish poet Krzysztof Siwczyk and translator Piotr Florczyk, occasioned by the publication of Siwczyk\u2019s debut in English, A Calligraphy of Days: Selected Poems, which gathers sixty-four poems spanning his career. \nA Calligraphy of Days\nSelected Poems\nVerses that oscillate between the turmoil of post-communist Eastern Europe to understated reflections on grief and mortality.\nThe sixty-four poems in A Calligraphy of Days, translated by Piotr Florczyk and Alice-Catherine Carls,reflect Krzysztof Siwczyk\u2019s wide-ranging and variegated style. Born in 1977, Siwczyk has lived most of his life in the Silesian city of Gliwice. In 1995, he became a wunderkind of the Polish poetry scene with his debut volume Wild Kids, an edgy and unsentimental narrative of youthful tribulations and urban malaise during Poland\u2019s transition from communism to capitalism. Siwczyk\u2019s poems careen down the page at great speed, relying on clever turns of phrase or an idea that illuminates a larger meaning. As in calligraphy, a meandering subterranean process connects meaning and memory, thought and verse. Teased to the surface, words and images emerge in rapid, terse, and precise bursts. Throughout his career, Siwczyk has never ceased to challenge our sense of who we are\u2014changing course multiple times in the process. Following several volumes full of expansive lines, his most recent works offer spare meditations on illness and grief. Clipped and understated, these post-Holocaust poems address our inability to speak of death and tragedy.\nKrzysztof Siwczyk is an award-winning poet, critic, and essayist from Poland. Krzysztof Siwczyk, born in 1977, became a wunderkind of the Polish poetry scene with his 1995 debut volume Wild Kids. Over the course of his career, he has received some of Poland\u2019s most prestigious literary honors, including the Ko\u015bcielski Award and the Gdynia Literary Prize, and has published more than 20 volumes of poetry and prose, and his work has been translated into numerous languages, including Italian, French, and German. His most recent poetry collection, A Calligraphy of Days, was published by the University of Chicago. He lives with his family in Gliwice, Silesia and works at the Rafa\u0142 Wojaczek Institute in Miko\u0142\u00f3w.\nPiotr Florczyk is an award-winning poet, critic, and translator. His recent books include Swimming Pool, and Object Lessons title, and the poetry collection From the Annals of Krak\u00f3w, which is based on the testimonies of Holocaust survivors, as well as numerous volumes of translations. He teaches global literary studies at the University of Washington, and lives with his family in Los Angeles.\nAlice-Catherine Carls is Tom Elam Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Tennessee at Martin. She is a translator from Polish and English into French and from French into English.\nCONTEMPORARY POLISH POETRY on Tour in the U.S.: Krzysztof Siwczyk is presented with the support of the Polish Book Institute, the Polish Cultural Institute in New York, and American partners, this event coincides with the publication of \"A Calligraphy of Days: Selected Poems,\" the English-language debut of KS. 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