The Polish Culture NL Foundation co-organised European Literature Night for the first time this year. The event, which took place on 28 June at de Balie in Amsterdam, was part of the rich programme of the Forum on European Culture,…
At the invitation of the Polish Culture NL Foundation, Alicja Geścinska will be the key speaker at the European Literature Night, on 28th June 2025 in De Balie. The event, which is held annually under the auspices of the EUNIC …
On November 2, 2024, Olga Tokarczuk, alongside her translator Karol Lesman, was awarded the European Literature Prize for her novel Empusion (published by De Geus). The award ceremony took place at the Crossing Border festival, held in the striking setting of the…
On the first of June, Olga Tokarczuk’s latest novel Empuzjon appeared in Polish bookstores. This is her first book after receiving the Nobel Prize in 2019 and expectations and emotions were high. From the first reviews, it is clear that…
At the end of May 2022, a collection of several hundred Polish books was opened in the Public Library in Amsterdam. Honorary Consul of the Republic of Poland, Igno van Waesberghe, traditionally cut the ribbon. It was also the official…
On 19 May 16.00 we will be launching a new collection of Polish books at the OBA Oosterdok – Amsterdam Public Library Culture Creates Connections The main goal of the Polish Culture NL Foundation is to increase the awareness about…
40 million books sold, translated into 49 languages! Their author would have celebrated his 100th birthday this year. Stanisław Lem was a visionary, a brilliant writer of science-fiction literature who, a few decades ago, foresaw the emergence of social media,…
[cmsmasters_row][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsmasters_text] Polish literature is extremely rich and Poland has five Nobel Prize winners in this field. We want every Polish, Dutch or English bibliophile to have access to the treasures of our literature. Polish branch in OBA – We…
Professor Piotr Oczko of Jagiellonian University in Krakow is an author of an intriguing book “A Broom and a Cross’’. The Culture of Cleanliness in Holland, or the ‘’History of an Obsession”, recently translated by Paul Hulsenboom and published in…