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Gdynia Literary Prize

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Gdynia Literary Prize (Polish: Nagroda Literacka Gdynia) is a Polish literary prize, which is awarded annually to authors of the best books published in the previous year in the prose, poetry, essay and (since 2014) translation categories.

Gdynia Literary Prize
Awarded forbest books written in Polish published in the previous year
CountryPoland
Presented byMayor of Gdynia
Reward(s)PLN 50,000 ($13,000)
First awarded2006
Websitehttps://nagrodaliterackagdynia.pl/ Edit this on Wikidata
Grand Gala GLP, 2007
Prize winners of GLP during the 2008 Grand Gala (from left: Adam Wiedemann, Piotr Marecki (who collected prize on behalf of Marian Pankowski) oraz Piotr Matywiecki)
Marian Pankowski during The Autumn Meetings with Winners of the GLP, 2008

It was established in 2006 by Wojciech Szczurek, mayor of Gdynia,[1][2] who stated that "The idea of Gdynia Literary Prize is to honour unique achievements of contemporary Polish authors which shall determine a strong and also permanent impulse to further intensify activities in literature and art in its broad meaning".[3]

The list of nominees is announced in May during the International Book Fair (Międzynarowe Targi Książki)[4][5] in Warsaw. The prizes which consist of the "Literature Cube" statuette and 50.000 PLN are presented at the Grand Gala in June in Gdynia. Since 2008 the Grand Gala is accompanied by Literaturomanie Days of Gdynia Literary Prize (Literaturomanie Dni Nagrody Literackiej Gdynia). Moreover, at the turn of October and November, The Autumn Meetings with Winners of the Gdynia Literary Prize take place.

Public City Library (Miejska Biblioteka Publiczna) in Gdynia publishes Literary Supplement. Gdynia Literary Prize Newspaper magazine.

Chapter

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Choices of both the nominees and winners is done by the members of GLP Chapter consisting of prominent experts. The members are: Agata Bielik-Robson, Marek Bieńczyk, Jerzy Jarniewicz, Zbigniew Kruszyński, Małgorzata Łukasiewicz, Aleksander Nawarecki, Violetta Trella (Chapter’s secretary) and chairman Piotr Śliwiński.

In previous years the members were: Alina Brodzka-Wald, Piotr Sommer, Paweł Śpiewak and Elżbieta Gwiazdowska (Chapter's secretary).

Prize winners

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edition date prose poetry essay
1 [6] 7 December 2006 Lubiewo

Michał Witkowski

Dzieje rodzin polskich

Eugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-Dycki

Zamiast

Marek Zaleski

2 [7][8] 29 November 2007 Traktat o łuskaniu fasoli

Wiesław Myśliwski

Pełne morze

Wojciech Bonowicz

Projekt handlu kabardyńskimi końmi

Krzysztof Środa

3 [9][10] 14 June 2008 Ostatni zlot aniołów

Marian Pankowski

Pensum

Adam Wiedemann

Twarz Tuwima

Piotr Matywiecki

4 [11][12] 13 June 2009 Jedenaście

Marcin Świetlicki

Piosenka o zależnościach i uzależnieniach

Eugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-Dycki

Inne obrazy

Maria Poprzęcka

5 19 June 2010 Taksim

Andrzej Stasiuk

Dwa fiaty

Justyna Bargielska

Ciała Sienkiewicza

Ryszard Koziołek

6 18 June 2011 Obsoletki

Justyna Bargielska

Pogłos

Ewa Lipska

Samobójstwo jako doświadczenie wyobraźni

Stefan Chwin

7 30 June 2012 Włoskie szpilki

Magdalena Tulli

Rezydencja surykatek

Marta Podgórnik

Opis krainy Gog

Marian Sworzeń

8 22 June 2013 Ocalenie Atlantydy

Zyta Oryszyn

Sylwetki i cienie

Andrzej Sosnowski

Sprawiedliwość na końcu języka. Czytanie Waltera Benjamina

Adam Lipszyc

9 24 June 2014 Wiele demonów

Jerzy Pilch

Jeden

Marcin Świetlicki

Salki

Wojciech Nowicki

10 5 September 2015 Zawsze jest dzisiaj

Michał Cichy

Wyrazy uznania

Piotr Janicki

Boski Bach

Piotr Wierzbicki

11 10 September 2016 Skoruń

Maciej Płaza

Nice

Barbara Klicka

Droga 816

Michał Książek

12 2 September 2017 Pieczeń dla Amfy

Salcia Hałas

Schrony

Michał Sobol

Koło miejsca/Elementarz

Krzysztof Siwczyk

13 31 August 2018 Mikrotyki

Paweł Sołtys

Pawilony

Dominik Bielecki

Rękopis znaleziony na ścianie

Krzysztof Mrowcewicz

„Literaturomanie” Days of Gdynia Literary Prize

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„Literaturomanie” Days of Gdynia Literary Prize (pl:Dni Nagrody Literackiej Gdynia „Literaturomanie”) - is the full name of two-day festival which debuted in 2008.[13][14] „Literaturomanie” is the first big, annual literary event in Tricity.

The event is meant for the enthusiasts of high culture in varied literary genres (poetry, prose, essay and commentary). Its goal is to enable the audience to meet with recognized authors with similar profiles of ambitious, contemporary literature (by trend, views, age, sex etc.). The guests who are invited conduct discussions, with each other and with the audience, on the most actual themes. The prominent critics and journalists from patronizing media take care of meritocracy of the debates.

Previous edition of festival

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year date place
2008 13–14 June pl:Pomorski Park Naukowo-Technologiczny
2009 12–13 June pl:Teatr Miejski im. Witolda Gombrowicza w Gdyni

Programs

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2008

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Program of “Literaturomanie” 2008 was full of numerous events, such as:

  • Author. Author! – meetings with leading Polish authors (the guests were: Wiesław Myśliwski, Eustachy Rylski, Leszek Szaruga, Jacek Żakowski).
  • Literary Debates of „Gdynia” – meetings with nominees and readings of fragments of their books.
  • Gdynia Drama Prize – presentation of fragments of winning drama and conversation with author.
  • Music event – free of charge (Świetliki).
  • Open Tournament of One Poem – a combination of poetry and performance during which competitors present their works while the jury (Wojciech Boros, Wojciech Bonowicz oraz Tadeusz Dąbrowski) judge their performance and present the winners (in previous editions: Patryk Dziczek, Joanna Herman, Maciej Kotłowski, Natalia Malek, Anna Wieser, Mariusz Więcek).
  • Special movie screenings – and meetings with their creators („Jegomość Tischner i jego filozofia po góralsku”, creators: Witold Bereś, Artur Więcek).
  • Second-book Fair – where the best collections can be found.
  • Gdynia Literary Prize Vademecum – book stand where books of the nominees can be bought and signatures with dedications can be obtained.
  • Poetry Workshops – free of charge classes for 10-15 people which are held by one of prize winners of the previous edition (in 2008 workshops were held by Wojciech Bonowicz).

Moreover, during the festival there are many open debates held with prominent guests such as: Stefan Chwin, Piotr Kłoczowski, Stanisław Rosiek, Krzysztof Środa, Jacek Żakowski.

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    Vademecum GLP - in the background: Wiesław Myśliwski signing his books
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    Chapter's members debate
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    Open Tournament of One Poem
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    Świetliki performance during "Literarymania"

2009

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In "Literaturomanie" 2009's program which took place on 12–13 June 2009 one could find:

  • Author. Author! – meetings with leading Polish authors: Hanna Krall - meeting chaired by Paweł Huelle and Janusz Głowacki, chaired by - Remigiusz Grzela.
  • Gdynia zaczytana - photos' exhibition.
  • Gdynia Literary Prize Vademecum – book stand where books of the nominees can be bought and signatures with dedications can be obtained.
  • Literary Debates of „Gdynia” - meetings with nominees chaired by literary critics and journalists: poetry - Michał Chaciński (TVP Kultura), prose - Andrzej Franaszek (Tygodnik Powszechny), essay - Łukasz Rudziński (trojmiasto.pl).
  • pl:Mumio - performance and meeting with pl:Mumio.
  • Open Tournament of One Poem – third edition; combination of poetry and performance; jury: Leszek Szaruga, Anna Sobecka and Wojciech Boros.
  • Prose workshops – free of charge, two-day classes for 10 people, held by Leszek Szaruga
  • Second-book fair.
  • Two decades of Polish literature - debate on Polish literature after year 1989; participants: Przemysław Czapliński, Ewa Graczyk, Leszek Szaruga, Adam Wiedemann and Marek Zaleski.

the meeting was chaired by Dariusz Bugalski.

The Autumn Meetings with Winners of the Gdynia Literary Prize

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The Autumn Meetings with Winners of the Gdynia Literary Prize (Jesienne Spotkania z Laureatami Nagrody Literackiej Gdynia) – is an event that is held at the turn of October and November which enables further meeting of the enthusiast of culture and art with the Gdynia Literary Prize winners.

Autumn Meetings with „Literaturomanie” Days of Gdynia Literary Prize are platforms where the audience can participate in casual conversations abort literature and listen to interpretations of winners’ books

Previous editions

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year date guests
2008 12th Nov Adam Wiedemann[15]

(meeting and II Open Tournament of One Poem)

13th Nov Piotr Matywiecki

(meeting and interpretations by Jerzy Radziwiłowicz)

14th Nov Marian Pankowski[16]

(meeting and interpretations by Krzysztof Majchrzak)

2009 TBA after presenting the winners of Gdynia Literary Prize 2009
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    Adam Wiedemann - poetry prizewinner
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    Piotr Matywiecki - essay prizewinner
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    Marian Pankowski - prose prizewinner
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    Interpretations by Krzysztof Majchrzak

Notes

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  1. ^ UCHWAŁA nr XLI/971/06 RADY MIASTA GDYNI z 12 kwietnia 2006 roku. Retrieved 17 March 2009.
  2. ^ "Nowa nagroda literacka". Wyborcza.pl. 5 May 2006. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  3. ^ "Nagrody literackie na pokuszenie". Wyborcza.pl. 5 September 2007. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  4. ^ "głoszono nominacje do Nagrody Literackiej Gdynia". Onet.pl. 15 May 2008. Retrieved 2009-04-20.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Targi książki po raz 54. już za dwa tygodnie". Wyborcza.pl. 5 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
  6. ^ "Laureaci Nagrody Literackiej Gdynia". Onet.pl. 7 December 2006. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  7. ^ "Laureaci II edycji Nagrody Literackiej "Gdynia"". Onet.pl. 30 November 2007. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  8. ^ "Laureaci II edycji Nagrody Literackiej "Gdynia"". Gazeta.pl. 29 November 2007. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  9. ^ "Laureaci Nagrody Literackiej Gdynia". Onet.pl. 15 June 2008. Retrieved 2009-04-20.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "Laureaci Nagrody Literackiej Gdynia". Gazeta.pl. 14 June 2008. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  11. ^ "Nagroda Literacka Gdynia dla Tkaczyszyn-Dyckiego, Świetlickiego i Poprzęckiej". Wyborcza.pl. 15 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
  12. ^ "Nagroda Literacka Gdynia wręczona". Polska.pl. 14 June 2009. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
  13. ^ "Nagroda literacka Gdynia 2008". Polskie Radio Online. 12 June 2008. Retrieved 2009-03-21.
  14. ^ "Nagroda Gdynia ma wzięcie". Gazeta Wyborcza. 1 May 2008. Retrieved 2009-03-21.
  15. ^ "Rok Wiedemanna? Rozmowa z laureatem Nagrody Literackiej Gdynia". trojmiasto.pl. 12 November 2008. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  16. ^ "O książce, życiu i aniołach - rozmowa z laureatem Nagrody Literackiej Gdynia". trojmiasto.pl. 14 November 2008. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
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