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Starting on June 9, Milosz Festival will allow discovering unknown territories of poetry, as well as the poetry of foreign visitors of the event. And the pleasure will be not only on its participants’ side. The fruit of collaboration between Festival organizers and publishing houses: Znak, Marginesy, the Mikołowski Institute, Anagram and the College of […]

The praise of travel, life and movement, but also the dilemma of emigration and the drama of escape. These great themes of modernity are close to artists all over the world. From 9 to 12 June, they will stop in their journey and will take part in the 5th Miłosz Festival in Krakow, entitled “Road-side […]

The debates of the Miłosz Festival, inspired by the wealth and universality of the Nobelist’s work, are the core of the celebration of poetry. This year, three such events await participants – “Modern-day nomadism”, “Road-side art” and “The trails of translation”. We invite both poets – Polish and from abroad – as well as intellectualists […]

Soyka & Cracow Singers. Shakespeare a cappella. 400 years of William Shakespeare’s legacy – Polish interpretations   ​Stanisław Soyka Cracow Singers | vocal ensemble Concept Music Art – lighting   music composed to the works of Czesław Miłow, performed by Stanisław Soyka William Shakespeare’s sonnets performed by Stanisław Soyka and the Cracow Singers ensemble   […]

Jazz experiments and innovative interpretation of classics – the meeting of poetry and music is one of the Miłosz Festival hallmarks. In June, on the eve of the event, we will discover the new sound of Shakespeare’s sonnets thanks to Stanisław Soyka and Cracow Singers band. The finale of the Festival on the 12th of […]

The Children Literature Festival is the largest European event, devoted solely to the literature for the youngest readers. 2016 will see the 3rd edition of the event. The Festival will once again take place in four Polish cities, including Krakow. The Children Literature Festival is challenging rapidly falling readership. Despite the low statistics and gloomy […]

Appreciated by the poets of Skamander and Witold Gombrowicz, loved by the Warsaw bohemians for her talent, incredible personality and beauty. The poems by Zuzanna Ginczanka (Zuzanna Polina Gincburg), a Polish-Jewish poet, are full of maturity, considering both her artistic skills, as well as her existential considerations. The figure of the poet herself, for long […]

Wisława Szymborska wrote a couplet about Czesław Miłosz, and when Miłosz learned that Szymborska had been awarded the Nobel Prize, he said with satisfaction: ‘Wasn’t I right?’ During the 5th Miłosz Festival, thanks to partnership with the Wisława Szymborska Foundation, the charm, dignity and irony of two unusual poets will return to Krakow. ‘Much has […]

Soon, Krakow will once again be the place for an exceptional meeting with poetry. The 5th edition of the Miłosz Festival will take place from the 9th to the 12th of June, gathering the most prominent poets – artists from Poland and abroad who speak various languages and hold various worldviews – in the UNESCO […]