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Literature events
VII International Poetry Festival in Mishkenot
Sha'ananim
Additional information: Mishkenot Sha'ananim, Jerusalem at 02 – 6292210
"Sha'ar"
International Poetry Festival Piotr Sommer - poet and translator of contemporary American and British poetry – shall be a guest of the festival. He published a score of books: poetry, literary critique and antologies. He is the editor-in-chief of the monthly "Literatura na Swiecie" ("World Literature"). Additional information: Yafo, Tel Aviv, at 03-5600122 www.helicon.org.il
September 19, at 20.00
hours “Stored Words”, The Polish Institute Yet another evening in a series
dedicated to documenting Polish literary life in Israel. Moderator:
Maria Lewinska. On this occasion, we shall discuss books written in
Polish and published in Israel and we shall talk about libraries and
people who form the Polish literary set.
"From where
blows the wind" – forum of young Polish and Israeli writers Monday, June 26 at 19.00 at the Beit Ariel Culture Center Participants: Poland:  Dorota Maslowska – the most popular writer of the young
generation. Her first novel "Polish-Russian War under the
white-red banner" is considered to be a literary sensation of
the last decade. Her next book "The Queen's Peacock" was written
in the rhythm and rhyme of a hip-hop song and thrills by the
style and élan of its linguistic creativity.
Israel: June 19, at 19.30 – meeting with historian, professor Dariusz Stola, the author of the book "Anti-Zionist Campaign In Poland in the years 1967-68". The meeting will be held in Polish on the premises of the Institute at 42, Rofe Ha'machtarot St. Dariusz Stola – historian with the Institute of Political Sciences at the Polish Academy of Sciences. His research focuses on Poland's political and social history in the 20th century with particular emphasis on emigration, Polish-Jewish relations, power in the People's Republic of Poland and finances of the Polish United Workers' Party. He also examines the issues of contemporary international migrations in Poland and Central Europe and he is a member of a migration research team of the Institute of Social Studies at the Warsaw University. He wrote several articles on the above-mentioned topics and in 1996, his book "Hope and the Holocaust" won the prize of the Polish daily "Polityka". Furthermore, he won the President Raczyński and Jan Gorski prizes and the prize of the "Dzieje Najnowsze". Yet another book by the professor was published in 2000 – "Anti-Zionist Campaign In Poland in the years 1967-1968".
May, 22, 2006, at 8pm
Next meeting in the series “Stored words”. Maria Lewinska speaks with Polish language authors in Israel.Her guest this time will be Aleksander Klugman, a writer and a journalist.
“Literary Emigration 1956-58 – the outcome of Gomulka’s policy”
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The festival shall be attended by Ryszard Krynicki – poet,
translator of among others Brecht, publisher, one of the most
important figures of contemporary Polish poetry. Considered as
belonging to the so-called 68 Generation (or the New Wave) which
means artists who had their debut in the second half of the 60s and
whose generation was profoundly marked by the political events of
March 1968 and December 1970. 
Wojciech Kuczok – poet, movie critic, prose and script writer.
His novel "Dung" earned him the Nike 2004 literature award. He
belongs to the limited group of young writers who have succeeded
in overcoming the restraints of generation-related style. 
Mikolaj Lozinski – recently wrote his first and remarkable novel
"Reisefieber". In the view of critics, the novel is imbued with
the climate of Bergman's movies. His writing style is subdued
and rigorous.