Lost & Found Exhibition - Author reading with Bohdan Piasecki

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Join us for a captivating journey through forgotten tales and hidden treasures with Bohdan Piasecki at the Lost & Found Exhibition.

In the Herzkammer, Düsseldorf Central Library,

Konrad-Adenauer-Platz 1 40210 Düsseldorf

The performance and conversation will take place in English.

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Join us for a performance and conversation with Birmingham-based award-winning Polish poet Bohdan Piasecki!

Bohdan Piasecki is a poet who thrives on the energy of the live encounter. Originally from Poland, where he founded the country’s first poetry slam, he now lives and writes in Birmingham. His poems have a habit of turning up in unexpected places, including an airfield in Berlin, a bookshop in Beijing, an underground club in Tokyo, an upstairs room in an Eastbourne pub... This commitment to the stage led to him winning the first ever Forward Prize for Best Single Poem: Performed in 2023.

Bohdan’s practice is rooted in the belief that poetry is a shared act. He has spent years producing the poetry programme for Apples and Snakes and mentoring voices through the Roundhouse and Bellows collectives. He lectures in Creative Writing at the University of Birmingham, but he is most at home in the creative chaos of a festival or the quiet focus of a bookshop reading. He writes and translates between Polish, French, and English, treating translation and multilingualism as a creative tool. He enjoys the tension between the composed concentration of the written word and the messy, beautiful life of the spoken poem.

The author will share excerpts from their latest work, followed by a lively discussion about the themes, inspirations and creative process behind the work.

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An event in collaboration with the Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf Stadtbüchereien, the British Council, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, the UCL European Institute, and the British Embassy in Berlin.

Price information:

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