Literature & Books

EUROPEAN LITERATURE NIGHT 2026

This year, for the second time, our foundation co-organised European Literature Night. The event took place on 9TH May 2026 at de Balie. The choice of date was no coincidence, as it happens to be a Europe Day. The annual…

European Literature Night 2025

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,…

An Evening with Olga Tokarczuk

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…

Opening book collection Polish Culture NL in OBA

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…

Year of Lem

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,…