Adam Zagajewski
- from: 15.12.2008
- to: 19.12.2008
agenda
From 15th to 19th December 2008
Practical
Several venues in France (see below)Adam Zagajewski was born in Lwów in 1945. After studying philosophy and psychology, he published his first book in 1972. An essay written with Julian Kornhauser followed: a manifesto of the young generation calling for a simpler, clearer and more realistic literature.
In 1976 his name was added to the "black list" of writers known for their subversive activities.
He then faced censorship and firmly positioned his writing in his act of resistance. He spends his time between Krakow and the USA.
A collection of literary essays In Defence of Passion (published in French as Eloge de la ferveur, trans. Laurence Dyèvre) in which Zagajewski evokes both Nietzsche and Milosz while outlining the contours of a poetical landscape situated in the far reaches of memory was published this spring.
Monday, December 15th:
- 14:00, Charles de Gaulle European High School, Dijon
Coordinator: Philippe Michaud, French literature and foreign language teacher
Organized as part of the regional and local exchanges with Krakow and its vicinity
25 av du général Touzet du Vigier - 21000 Dijon
- 8pm, Hôtel de Vogüé
Interview organized in partnership with La Voix des Mots for TemPoésie, Salut Poètes ! and the "Temps de Paroles" Festival in Dijon and Burgundy
Artistic director: Yves-Jacques Bouin
Rue de la Chouette - 21000 Dijon
Tuesday, December16th:
- 14:30, Saint-Germain-en-Laye International High School, Polish department
Moderator: Lidia Tarkowska, Head of Polish courses and literature teacher
Lycée international - 36, rue du Fer-à-Cheval - 78100 St Germain en Laye
- 18:30, Sorbonne University
In partnership with the Polish Cultural Institute and INALCO
Moderator: Beata Podgorska, Head of the Polish Cultural Institute
Centre Universitaire Malesherbes - 108 boulevard Malesherbes - Paris 17
Wednesday, December 17th:
- 12:30, Petit Palais -Paris Fine Arts Museum
Moderators: Alberto Manguel and Jean-Yves Masson
Part of the "Wednesday Noon at the Petit Palais" programme
Avenue Winston Churchill - 75008 Paris
Thursday, December 18th:
:
- (Time to be fixed), the Mirail campus of Toulouse University
Moderators: Pierre-Yves Boissau, Professor of Comparative Literature and Kinga Joucaviel, Head of the Department of Polish Studies
5 Allées Antonio Machado - 31000 Toulouse
- 20:00, Terra Nova book and coffee shop
In partnership with the " DIXIT " poetry group
Moderator: Olivier Carrérot, independent literary journalist
18 rue Gambetta - 31000 Toulouse
Friday, December 19th:
- 09:00, Berthelot High School, Toulouse
Coordination, Mireille Valls, French teacher
59 rue Achille Viadieu - 31000 Toulouse
- Updated: 30.12.2008
