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Piotr Macierzyński – Concentration Camp Poetry

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  • Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
  • When: September 10, 2015, 19:00 – 21:00

Presentation of a Czech translation and author’s reading from the collection Antologie esesáckých básní (Anthology of SS Poems). The Polish poet Piotr Macierzyński trod very thin ice but did not drown. In doing so, he answered the question of whether there are subjects that do not belong in poetry.

Modern language, old theme, modern poetry, old pain. Even after 60 years the Holocaust must not be forgotten and Macierzyński’s poetry serves as a pertinent reminder.

Petr Čulík will present the poems in Czech.

The poems, translated by Ondřej Zajac, have been issued by the publishing house Nakladatelství Petr Štengl.

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