Live streaming. Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award Ceremony 2018

The Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award ceremony will take place on Thursday, 10th May at 8:00 PM [CET]. The prize will be presented to the Irish Gaelic poet Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill.

The Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award is a distinction on the literary world stage. It has been conferred since 2013 in recognition of outstanding artistic and intellectual achievements, inspired by the values and ideals which Zbigniew Herbert’s work exemplifies. Previous laureates of the award: William Stanley Merwin, USA (2013), Charles Simic, USA (2014), Ryszard Krynicki, Poland (2015), Lars Gustafsson, Sweden (2016) and Breyten Breytenbach, South Africa (2017).

This year’s laureate was chosen on 5th March 2018 by an international jury composed of poets, essayists, translators and publishers: Edward Hirsch (USA), Yurii Andrukhovych (Ukraine), Michael Krüger (Germany), Mercedes Montana (Spain) and Tomasz Różycki (Poland).

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I enjoyed watching this video, the whole ceremony. Glad to get to know the poet Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, listen her story and poems, and the lovely singer and the tunes. As an extra bonus I got to know (and become interested in) the poet John Berryman and his Dream Songs as she mentioned them in her speech. And as someone who love poetry and have read some of the poetry of Zbigniew Herbert, as well as the poetry of Szymborska and Miłosz, this event has some special meaning to me. Thanks for posting the video.