Celebrating the Year of Marek Hłasko: The Writer and the Legend – Talk by Jarosław Anders

The Kosciuszko Foundation Washington DC invites you to a presentation titled:

“Marek Hłasko – The Writer and the Legend” by a renowned scholar and literary critic Jaroslaw Anders.

Date: October 26, 2024
Time: 5:00pm
Location: The Kosciuszko Foundation Washington DC

Marek Hłasko, a pivotal figure in post-war Polish literature, captured the imagination of his generation through his turbulent life and controversial works. In popular culture, he has been called the Polish James Dean of literature.

Jarosław Anders will provide an insightful overview of Hłasko’s life and literary contributions, enriched with film excerpts based on his prose.

Join us at the KFDC in Hłasko’s favorite club-like setting featuring Polish vodka, kielbasa, and herring appetizers

Don’t miss this opportunity to delve into the world of one of the most compelling voices of Polish literature!

Cover photo of Marek Hłasko: Creative Commons via Bing.com

Jarosław Anders is a freelance writer, translator, and editor. He is the author of Between Fire and Sleep: Essays on Modern Polish Poetry and Prose (Yale: Yale University Press, 2009) and numerous articles in The New York Review of Books, The New Republic, the Los Angeles Times Book Review, and other publications. He has translated several books from English into Polish and from Polish into English. In the past, he served as a writer and broadcaster for the Voice of America and worked in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the U.S. Department of State. He lives in Washington, D.C.

RSVP/Tickets HERE

The event is partially financed by the Department for Cooperation with Polish Diaspora and Poles Abroad of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland.

We look forward to seeing you there!