GUESTS

ANDRZEJ NIEWIADOMSKI | PhD

Poet, essayist, literary historian, editor. Co-founder and editor of the “Kresy” literary magazine (1989-2010). Has also done literary criticism for over 10 years. Had his debut in 1988. Author of nine poetic books: “Panopticum” (Lublin 1992), “Niebylec” (Warsaw 1994), “Prewentorium” (Lublin 1997), “Kruszywo” (Legnica 2001), “Locja” (Cracow 2005), “Tremo” (Lublin, 2010), “Dzikie lilie” (Poznań, 2012), “Kapsle i etykietki” (Mikołów, 2013), “Pan Optico” (Wrocław 2014), the essay book “Mapa. Prolegomena” (Lublin, 2012), and three academic books: ”Niebliskie wyprawy. Jerzy Zagórski i poetycka przygoda nowoczesności” (Lublin 2001), “Światy z jawnych słów i kwiatów ukrytych. O refleksji metapoetyckiej w nowoczesnej poezji polskiej” (Lublin 2010), “Jeden jest zawsze ostrzem. Inna nowoczesność Zygmunta Haupta” (Lublin 2015). Has also finished “K. Esej podróżny” and “Błękitne ciało. Esej nagrobny.” Author of numerous dispersed poetic, critical, and academic publications (articles in magazines, joint publications, dictionaries, post-conference publications). He deals with the issues of poetic avant-garde, the newest poetry, metapoetry, catastrophism in the interwar period, the heritage of the interwar period in post-war literature, the dynamics of internal connections within Polish modernistic prose. Has written for “Kresy,” “Twórczość,” “Odra,” “Znak,” “Topos,” FA-art,” “Pamiętnik Literacki,” “Teksty Drugie,” among other magazines. His poems have been translated to English, German, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Bulgarian, and Spanish, and put into anthologies of new Polish poetry throughout the last 20 years. Has participated in many literary and cultural events. He is director of the Modern Literature Department at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University Lublin. He lives in Lublin.