Kraków UNESCO City of Literature
kraków unesco city literature city literature located kraków poland member unesco creative city network kraków joined uccn october first slavic second nonenglish speaking city krakóws main objective unesco city literature develop implement program promoting literary heritage popularize reading among resident support local book market kraków unesco city literature also function coordinator city literature member uccn steering committee kraków unesco city literature program operated kraków festival office program followed kraków city literature involves activity initiative following area development integrating literary life richness variety establishing link literature new medium creative industry creating reading attitude organising literary event festival supporting book industry initiating supporting presence literature public space developing scholarship program developing interrelationship literature human right reinforcing international literary cooperation literary education kraków unesco city literature host two large literary festival ie conrad festival greatest polish event type milosz festival festival granted effe label awarded european festival association event international rank distinctive artistic quality characterized high involvement local community kraków unesco city literature involved supporting young talent literary debutants year conrad festival conrad award awarded best literary debut “promoters debuts” program developed order ensure fund publishing house cover cost publication debutant work addition unesco city literature creative writing course unites educates young talent supervised renowned experienced writer read pl project created cooperation woblinkcom ebook platform promote reading permitting free access electronic version new book arrival bestseller public place mostly bustram stop school organiser post poster qr code scanned woblink application offer free access selected book within city code project bench kraków planty park marked special tablet name writer important city kraków together qr code refer website fragment text specific author well polish english audio version first week every month poem written author connected city literature – dublin edinburgh iowa city melbourne norwich reykjavik – displayed wall potocki family tenement house main market square kraków unesco city literature organises cyclical literary walk whereby reader led guide opportunity see building place used important outstanding writer living kraków several literary route delineated far within project including dedicated wisława szymborska czesław miłosz stanisław lem stanisław wyspiański joseph conrad project focus cooperation stationary bookstore kraków developed sake reader book lover bookseller task support kraków book market integration coordination implementation rich program cultural event kraków stationary bookstore project equip bookseller additional tool promotion method enrich cultural offer build permanent relationship reader kraków book fair cyclic event promotes idea secondhand book circulation held every several week st mary magdalene square kraków dozen kraków antiquarian secondhand bookseller put stand present offer fair always accompanied discussion literary meeting openair show independent bookstore festival project implemented bookstore copernicus foundation patronage kraków unesco city literature festival yearround series event organised bookseller reader want talk one another book project aim promoting bookstore cultural centre place social tie begin read locally promotes unique bookstore carry unique proprietary bottomup cultural activity project includes series interview staff famous frequent visitor interesting bookstore kraków action facilitates free book exchange held cyclically interesting place connected literature icorn independent network city offer shelter writer artist persecuted creative work act defence freedom expression democratic value also act international solidarity network’s member city offer refuge cannot freely live create homeland due persecution icorn’s main objective ensure asylum many persecuted writer artist possible establish permanent global network defend freedom expression together sister organisation within icorn program kraków hosted seven writer maria amelie born madina salamowa – north ossetia today norway kareem amer egypttoday norway mostafa zamaninij iran lawon barszczewski belarus asli erdogan turkey felix kaputu congo monem mahjoub libya implementing icorn program kraków city literature cooperates villa decius association coordinate residents’ stay offer space creative work drop mic project aim creating international space poet writer author text organiser festival poetry slam support performative literature project popularize idea poetry slam integrate poet author international level joint participation project far event within drop mic meeting workshop poetry slam held reykjavik iceland tartu estonia copenhagen dania heidelberg germany kraków engage young producer international educational project aimed promoting young people’s committed participation literary cultural life interpreted mean develop critical thinking skill better comprehension multicultural reality project addressed mainly secondary school student year age especially little access culture local organisation cultural institution whose activity involves literature engage held simultaneously several european city barcelona norwich växjö kraków always support secondary school library cultural institution develop customized program best apply general objective complete engage project within engage young producer project kraków festival office implement yearly education program secondary school student – word word poetry language residency program addressed writer author unesco city literature stipend stay kraków resident opportunity experience kraków literary life establish contact local literary industry writer far kraków hosted brynjar jóhannesson reykjavík sarah stewart edinburgh sarah herman norwich official website