Book launch: Dzwinka Matijasz, \u201cMam na imi\u0119 Warwara\u201d (translated from Ukrainian by Andrij Savene\u0107). The event will feature: Dzwinka Matijasz \u2013 author, Andrij Savene\u0107 \u2013 translator, \u0141ukasz Kaczy\u0144ski \u2013 moderator.<\/p>\n
Warwara is twelve years old, lives in Kyiv, loves Sherlock Holmes, and\u2026 is just discovering that her own name hides a secret. One school presentation is enough for an ordinary day to become the beginning of a personal investigation: who was Saint Barbara, why does \u201cbarbarian\u201d not necessarily mean a savage, and what did her parents really want to say by giving their daughter this name?<\/p>\n
This is a humorous and insightful story about growing up, friendship, family secrets, and discovering one\u2019s own identity. A book that draws you in like a mystery and shows that sometimes the most important questions begin with a single, seemingly innocent word.<\/p>\n
This book was published as part of the Literary Eastern Express project, implemented with the support of the European Union under the Creative Europe programme.<\/p>\n
Dzwinka Matijasz<\/strong> (born in 1978 in Kyiv) \u2013 Ukrainian writer and translator. She was born in Kyiv. She graduated with a master\u2019s degree from the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and completed doctoral studies at the European College of Polish and Ukrainian Universities in Lublin. Author of 13 books for children and adults, as well as one poetry book, \u201cBerehynia i pilot Roger\u201d. Her book \u201cDroga \u015bwi\u0119tego Jakuba\u201d, about a pilgrimage on foot across Spain to Santiago de Compostela, has changed the lives of many people. Her young adult book \u201cMam na imi\u0119 Warwara\u201d was included in the international catalogue of children\u2019s and young adult literature White Ravens 2022. A Lithuanian translation was published in 2025. Her book \u201cPowie\u015b\u0107 o ojczy\u017anie\u201d, translated by Bohdan Zadura, was published in Poland by Biuro Literackie (2014). Some of her works have been translated into Polish, French, German, Italian, Serbian, and Belarusian. She has translated from Polish, among others, poetry by Rev. Jan Twardowski, reportage by Ryszard Kapu\u015bci\u0144ski, and books for young readers by Dorota Terakowska and Agnieszka Mielech.<\/p>\n Andrij Savene\u0107<\/strong> (born in 1977 in Kornyn, Ukraine) \u2013 translator and translation scholar. Graduate of the Ivan Franko Zhytomyr State University and the European College of Polish and Ukrainian Universities. He received his PhD at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, where he also taught. Author of the monograph \u201cPoezja w przek\u0142adzie: \u201eukrai\u0144ska\u201d Szymborska\u201d (2006) and numerous articles on translation studies. His Ukrainian translations include, among others, novels by Ernest Hemingway and Salman Rushdie, as well as three selections of poems by Wis\u0142awa Szymborska. He is the author of the selection and translator of the Polish-Ukrainian poetry anthology \u201cLublin z dala, Lublin z bliska\u201d (2017). His Polish translations include, among others, Jurko Gudz\u2019s poem \u201cBarykady na Krzy\u017cu\u201d (2014), a selection of Mykola Riabchuk\u2019s essays \u201cPoprzednie \u017cycie\u201d (2018), and the long-form conversation \u201cWorochtarium\u201d by Yurii Andrukhovych, Oleksandr Boichenko, and Orest Drul (2019). Co-editor of the Literary Eastern Express publishing series.<\/p>\n \u0141ukasz Kaczy\u0144ski<\/strong> \u2013 works at the Tuvim Library, a branch of the Municipal Library in \u0141\u00f3d\u017a, where since March 2022 he has been responsible, among other things, for cooperation with the Ukrainian community in the city and for organizing and co-organizing events related to Ukraine. He publishes in \u201cDziennik Literacki\u201d, \u201cKultura Enter\u201d, and the portal \u201cMiej Miejsce\u201d. In May this year, he received recognition in the \u201cSi\u0142a Solidarno\u015bci: 50 Przyjaci\u00f3\u0142 Ukrainy\u201d poll organized by the Stand With Ukraine Foundation.<\/p>\n When: July 3, Friday, 16:00-17:00 About the event Book launch: Dzwinka Matijasz, \u201cMam na imi\u0119 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"tags":[],"kraj":[],"typ":[130],"typ-pozamuzyczne":[414,153],"mec_category":[272,274,415,125],"class_list":["post-14132","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","hentry","typ-non-musical-event","typ-pozamuzyczne-2026-en","typ-pozamuzyczne-literature","mec_category-03-07-2","mec_category-03-07-en","mec_category-2026-en","mec_category-non-musical-event"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nDetails<\/h2>\n
\nWhere: Workshops of Culture, Grodzka 7 \u2013 patio
\nFree admission<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"