Polska-Pologne-Polen
The inauguration of the International Poetry Competition of Polish Academy of Sciences Scientific Center in Paris. 17th November 2026.
Poland in the poetic view. Three languages, many perspectives, shared heritage.
Polish Academy of Sciences Scientific Center in Paris opens the International Poetry Competition POLSKA-POLOGNE-POLEN and invites poets writing in Polish, French or German to pursue creative dialogue around Poland – its history, culture, landscapes, tradition and modernity.
The subject of the competition is Poland seen by poets – the ones who describe it from near and the ones discovering the country from another language’s perspective. What kind of Poland do we find in the poetry? How changes its image when it is written in Polish, French or German? How the personal memories, shared history and individual sensibility shape literary image of Poland?
The competition makes place for diversified voices and interpretations, underlining that Poland can be at one time motherland, memory, inspiration and the subject of poetical discovery. It is also an invitation to look closer at the Polish identity from many perspectives and to look for this what unites people above the language and cultural barrier. Initiative of the Scientific Center of Polish Academy of Sciences unites literature, art and science strengthening the academic and cultural cooperation between Poland, France and Germany. It underlines poetry’s role as a universal language of peace and humanities as a place for reunion for many traditions, sensibilities and ways of understanding the world.
POLSKA – POLOGNE – POLEN is more than a reunion of three languages. These are three ways to describe Poland, countless shades of sensibility and one space of creativity in common. Because Poland is not limited by its borders neither by definitions – it lives also in the words of those wanting to understand, memorize and retell anew.
Polish Academy of Sciences Scientific Center in Paris invites you to participate in this exceptional space of dialogue, in which the poetry not only describes the world but is constructing the bridges between cultures.
This event will be held in French and English.
Due to the limited number of places, those interested in attending the lecture are invited to register by sending an email to secretariat@paris.pan.pl
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