PrintTadeusz Dąbrowski on tour
Rebellious and innovative poet in London, Oxford, St Andrews (StAnza), and Edinburgh
At 32, Tadeusz Dąbrowski has already achieved remarkable recognition in his country and abroad. TV Poland hailed him as "the hope of Polish poetry" in 2002, Radio Poland called him a "great poetic talent," and his poems have earned enthusiastic praise in both mainstream and literary publications. He has been called the inheritor of the metaphysical tradition in Polish letters, and praised for his playful treatment of language even as he writes on weighty subjects. The author of six books of poetry, his first collection in English has now been published, Black Square. He also edits a literary bimonthly, Topos, and is a regular contributor to the Kultura Channel on Polish State Television. His poems have appeared in many literary journals in Poland and abroad, including Poetry Review, and have been translated into 20 languages. He has been shortlisted for the 2010 Nike Award, Poland's most prestigious literary award. He is the recipient of the 2009 Kościelski award, the 2008 Hubert Burda Prize and the 2006 Foundation for Polish Culture prize, which was selected by Tadeusz Różewicz. He lives in Gdańsk.
Monday, 12 March
LONDON
7:45pm
St. Paul’s Pavilion
Southbank Centre
Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX
Tickets £8 / £4 (concessions)
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New European Poetry
Three of Europe’s most exciting poets: Tadeusz Dąbrowski, Nikola Madzirov and Daniele Pantano offer a night of poetry that is not to be missed. Hot on the heels of his South American tour, acclaimed Macedonian poet, Nikola Madzirov does a one-off reading in London with his translator, Peggy Reid. Daniele Pantano, a Swiss poet born of Sicilian and German parentage is a literary translator, critic and editor, and his poetry has been published all over the world. Multi-awarding winning poet, Tadeusz Dąbrowski from Poland will be reading from his new collection: Black Square, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones.
The event is organised in association with StAnza and Maintenant.
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Thursday, 15 March
OXFORD
5:30pm
Albion Beatnik Bookstore
34 Walton Street
Oxford OX2 6AA
FREE
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Saturday, 17 March
ST ANDREWS / StAnza Scotland's International Poetry Festival
11.30am-12.30pm
The Undercroft, St John's House, South Street
£3.00/£2.00
Border Crossings
Reading: Rachael Boast, Tadeusz Dąbrowski with translator Antonia Lloyd-Jones
Rachael Boast was brought up in Suffolk and divides her time between Bristol and Scotland. An alumna of St Andrews, she recently won the Forward Prize for her first collection, 'Sidereal'. She reads her poetry with a writer who is making literary waves in his native Poland and beyond, the poet, essayist and critic Tadeusz Dąbrowski, who has published six volumes of poetry, and whose work has been translated into 20 languages. He reads with his translator, Antonia Lloyd-Jones.
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Sunday, 18 March
ST ANDREWS / StAnza, Scotland's International Poetry Festival
10.00-11.00am
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Studio Theatre
£4.00/£3.00
Poetry Breakfast: Translating the Image
Tadeusz Dąbrowski, Antonia Lloyd-Jones, Nikola Madzirov and Bernard O’Donoghue discuss the joys and problems of translating poetry
Continuing the fascinating discussion in our Sunday Poetry Breakfast at StAnza 2011, this is an opportunity to join with a fresh panel of poets and translators as they explore the pitfalls and barriers to moving poetry between languages. Can poetic images always translate? What is added and what proves intransigent? We ask what are the key decisions that must be made along the way to ensure a perfect a marriage between the two voices involved in the translation of a poem.
Lively and informal discussion over coffee and pastries.
Presented also with the support of Kingarroch at the Byre and Fisher & Donaldson, and in partnership with the Southbank Centre and Maintenant.
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Sunday, 18 March
EDINBURGH
6-8pm
The Bar, The Ukrainian Club
14 Royal Terrace
in Polish
FREE
Presented with the additional support of the Polish Consulate in Edinburgh.
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All events are supported by the Polish Cultural Institute in London. Warmest thanks to Antonia Lloyd-Jones, Kasia Kokowska, Anna Ready, Steven Fowler, Anna Selby, and Eleanor Livingstone for their help and support.