THE GRAND DUCHY OF POETRY
Krasnogruda / Sejny
Maćkowa Ruda / Bierżałowce / Boksze Stare
30 June – 2 July 2026
30 June (Tuesday)
6:00 PM
DREAMS TO BE FULFILLED
An evening of poetry by Bohdan Zadura
Host: Krzysztof Czyżewski
The Song on Porcelain Café, Miłosz Manor in Krasnogruda
8:00 PM
MYSTERIUM POESIS
Collective reading of Czesław Miłosz
The amphitheatre of the Invisible Bridge in Krasnogruda
1 July (Wednesday)
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
ON THE SIDE OF A FADING LANGUAGE
Agnieszka August-Zarębska’s tale about Ladino poetry
The Song on Porcelain Café, Miłosz Manor in Krasnogruda
12:00 PM – 2:30 PM
POESIS LOCI OF ANDRZEJ STRUMIŁŁO – Strumiłło Gallery, Maćkowa Ruda 17
– “Echo” by Anna Strumiłło – TEXTILE / PHOTOGRAPHY exhibition
– A brief introduction to THE ONE-WINGED by Krzysztof Czyżewski
– THE WORD COMES FROM UKRAINE – a meeting with the poetry of Halyna Kruk
Host: Bohdan Zadura
– SPOKEN, STRENGTHENED – poems read by: Joanna Miłosz-Piekarska, Ieva Toleikytė, Stanisław Kalina Jaglarz, Ales Plotka, Mirosław Słapik
5:00 PM
THE BORDERLAND COALITION: A DIALOGUE BETWEEN LITHUANIAN AND POLISH AVANT-GARDES IN INTERWAR PARIS
A Master’s Lecture by Prof. Mindaugas Kvietkauskas
The Return Hall, Miłosz Manor in Krasnogruda
8:00 PM
CAFÉ EUROPA – The Flying Literary Café
With the participation of: Agnieszka August-Zarębska, Halyna Kruk, Joanna Miłosz-Piekarska, Ieva Toleikytė, Dominika Jagiełka, Stanisław Kalina Jaglarz, Wojciech Marek Darski, Janusz Drzewucki, Mindaugas Kvietkauskas, Ales Plotka, Jakub Pszoniak, Mirosław Słapik
Host: Weronika Czyżewska-Poncyljusz
Music: Mikołaj Pol, Michał Moniuszko, Kacper Szroeder
Sejny Jazz Cooperative, the Old Yeshiva in Sejny
2 July (Thursday)
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
THE SIBYL OF UKRAINE
Halyna Kruk’s tale about Lesya Ukrainka
The Song on Porcelain Café, Miłosz Manor in Krasnogruda
12:00 PM
POESIS LOCI OF KRZYSZTOF GIEDROYĆ – BIERŻAŁOWCE
– A brief introduction to THE TWO-PERSONED by Ewa Kanigowska-Giedroyć
– SPOKEN, STRENGTHENED – poems read by: Agnieszka August-Zarębska, Wojciech Marek Darski, Janusz Drzewucki, Jakub Pszoniak
6:00 PM – 12:00 AM
POESIS LOCI OF JOANNA OSEWSKA – ADAMOWE ŁĄCZKI
– A brief introduction to THE BLUE MOMENT by Józefa Drozdowska
– TREES SPEAK THROUGH SILENCE – a meeting with the poetry of Zofia Piłasiewicz
Host: Mirosław Słapik
– Krzysztof Czyżewski’s tale about the mystical poetry of Ibn Arabi
LITERARY PREMIÈRES
Agnieszka August-Zarębska
Halyna Kruk
Joanna Miłosz-Piekarska
Stanisław Kalina Jaglarz
Wojciech Marek Darski
Jakub Pszoniak
Bohdan Zadura