| Czesław Miłosz: The Poet’s Exile
The Polish Institute and the Program Department of Mishkenot Sha’ananim invite you to the conference “Czesław Miłosz: The Poet’s Exile”, as part of the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Czesław Miłosz.
The conference will focus on significant issues of Israeli culture, including language and identity, the creator vs. the government, and others. The event will include also a poetic biography of Miłosz and his poems from the World War II period. Among the participants Dr. David Weinfeld, Polish poetry translator and literature scholar, Dr. Irena Grudzińska-Gross, historian of Polish literature, Roni Sommeck, Prof. Nissim Kalderon, Dr. Tzvia Greenfeld, Uda Basharat, Yael Neeman and others. Moderators the various seats: Benny Hendel, Shiri Lev-Ari and Merav Michaeli.
Monday 19.12.11 13:00 | 19:30
Mishkenot Sha'ananim
Yemin Moshe, Jerusalem
Program
13.00 | Reception and Registration
13.30 – 15.30 | Opening Seat | Miłosz’s Century
Greetings:
Joanna Stachyra, Director of The Polish Institue in Tel Aviv
Uri Dromi, Director of Mishkenot Sha‘ananim
Moderator: Benny Hendel, radio editor and narrator
Poetic Biography of Czesław Miłosz - Dr. David Weinfeld, Polish poetry translator and literature scholar
Czesław Miłosz and World War II - Dr. Irena Grudzińska-Gross, historian of Polish literature
Czesław Miłosz. Biography of the Hebrew reader - Dr. Aminadav Dykman, translator, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Screening the Film „A Magic Mountain: American Portrait of Czesław Miłosz”, a documentary by Maria-Zmarz Koczanowicz.
15.30 – 16.00 | Coffee Break
16.00 – 17.30 | Second Seat | My faithful mother tongue
Symposium with the participation of:
Sivan Beskin, poet and tranlator
Uda Basharat, writer and Essayist
Dina Rubina, writer
Roni Sommeck, poet
Moderator: Shiri Lev-Ari, Journalist
17.30 – 18.00 | Coffee Break
18.00 – 19.30 | Third Seat | The Captive Mind – the creator vs. the government
Symposium with the participation of:
Dr. Tzvia Greenfeld, Director of „Mifneh“ Institute for education toward peace, tolerance, and democracy in Orthodox society
Prof. Nissim Kalderon, Hebrew Literature Department, Ben Gurion University
Yael Neeman, writer and literature editor
Prof. Rafi Weichert, poet, translator and publisher
Moderator: Merav Michaeli
Reading Jack Szwili, actor
Free entrance!
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