Gdynia Literary Prize
Gdynia Literary Prize is a Polish literary prize, which is awarded annually to authors of the best books published in the previous year in the prose, poetry, essay and translation categories.
It was established in 2006 by Wojciech Szczurek, mayor of Gdynia, who stated that "The idea of Gdynia Literary Prize is to honour unique achievements of contemporary Polish authors which shall determine a strong and also permanent impulse to further intensify activities in literature and art in its broad meaning".
The list of nominees is announced in May during the International Book Fair in Warsaw. The prizes which consist of the "Literature Cube" statuette and 50.000 PLN are presented at the Grand Gala in June in Gdynia.
Since 2008 the Grand Gala is accompanied by Literaturomanie Days of Gdynia Literary Prize. Moreover, at the turn of October and November, The Autumn Meetings with Winners of the Gdynia Literary Prize take place.
Public City Library in Gdynia publishes Literary Supplement. Gdynia Literary Prize Newspaper magazine.
Chapter
Choices of both the nominees and winners is done by the members of GLP Chapter consisting of prominent experts. The members are: Agata Bielik-Robson, Marek Bieńczyk, Jerzy Jarniewicz, Zbigniew Kruszyński, Małgorzata Łukasiewicz, Aleksander Nawarecki, Violetta Trella and chairman Piotr Śliwiński.In previous years the members were: Alina Brodzka-Wald, Piotr Sommer, Paweł Śpiewak and Elżbieta Gwiazdowska.
Prize winners
| edition | date | prose | poetry | essay |
| 1 | 7 December 2006 | Lubiewo Michał Witkowski | Dzieje rodzin polskich Eugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-Dycki | Zamiast Marek Zaleski |
| 2 | 29 November 2007 | Traktat o łuskaniu fasoli Wiesław Myśliwski | Pełne morze Wojciech Bonowicz | Projekt handlu kabardyńskimi końmi Krzysztof Środa |
| 3 | 14 June 2008 | Ostatni zlot aniołów Marian Pankowski | Pensum Adam Wiedemann | Twarz Tuwima Piotr Matywiecki |
| 4 | 13 June 2009 | Jedenaście Marcin Świetlicki | Piosenka o zależnościach i uzależnieniach Eugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-Dycki | Inne obrazy Maria Poprzęcka |
| 5 | 19 June 2010 | Taksim Andrzej Stasiuk | Dwa fiaty Justyna Bargielska | Ciała Sienkiewicza Ryszard Koziołek |
| 6 | 18 June 2011 | Obsoletki Justyna Bargielska | Pogłos Ewa Lipska | Samobójstwo jako doświadczenie wyobraźni Stefan Chwin |
| 7 | 30 June 2012 | Włoskie szpilki Magdalena Tulli | Rezydencja surykatek Marta Podgórnik | Opis krainy Gog Marian Sworzeń |
| 8 | 22 June 2013 | Ocalenie Atlantydy Zyta Oryszyn | Sylwetki i cienie Andrzej Sosnowski | Sprawiedliwość na końcu języka. Czytanie Waltera Benjamina Adam Lipszyc |
| 9 | 24 June 2014 | Wiele demonów Jerzy Pilch | Jeden Marcin Świetlicki | Salki Wojciech Nowicki |
| 10 | 5 September 2015 | Zawsze jest dzisiaj Michał Cichy | Wyrazy uznania Piotr Janicki | Boski Bach Piotr Wierzbicki |
| 11 | 10 September 2016 | Skoruń Maciej Płaza | Nice Barbara Klicka | Droga 816 Michał Książek |
| 12 | 2 September 2017 | Pieczeń dla Amfy Salcia Hałas | Schrony Michał Sobol | Koło miejsca/Elementarz Krzysztof Siwczyk |
| 13 | 31 August 2018 | Mikrotyki Paweł Sołtys | Pawilony Dominik Bielecki | Rękopis znaleziony na ścianie Krzysztof Mrowcewicz |
„Literaturomanie” Days of Gdynia Literary Prize
„Literaturomanie” Days of Gdynia Literary Prize - is the full name of two-day festival which debuted in 2008. „Literaturomanie” is the first big, annual literary event in Tricity.The event is meant for the enthusiasts of high culture in varied literary genres. Its goal is to enable the audience to meet with recognized authors with similar profiles of ambitious, contemporary literature. The guests who are invited conduct discussions, with each other and with the audience, on the most actual themes. The prominent critics and journalists from patronizing media take care of meritocracy of the debates.
Previous edition of festival
| year | date | place |
| 2008 | 13–14 June | :pl:Pomorski Park Naukowo-Technologiczny |
| 2009 | 12–13 June | :pl:Teatr Miejski im. Witolda Gombrowicza w Gdyni |
Programs
2008
Program of “Literaturomanie” 2008 was full of numerous events, such as:- Author. Author! – meetings with leading Polish authors.
- Literary Debates of „Gdynia” – meetings with nominees and readings of fragments of their books.
- Gdynia Drama Prize – presentation of fragments of winning drama and conversation with author.
- Music event – free of charge.
- Open Tournament of One Poem – a combination of poetry and performance during which competitors present their works while the jury judge their performance and present the winners.
- Special movie screenings – and meetings with their creators.
- Second-book Fair – where the best collections can be found.
- Gdynia Literary Prize Vademecum – book stand where books of the nominees can be bought and signatures with dedications can be obtained.
- Poetry Workshops – free of charge classes for 10-15 people which are held by one of prize winners of the previous edition.
2009
In "Literaturomanie" 2009's program which took place on 12–13 June 2009 one could find:- Author. Author! – meetings with leading Polish authors: Hanna Krall - meeting chaired by Paweł Huelle and Janusz Głowacki, chaired by - Remigiusz Grzela.
- Gdynia zaczytana - photos' exhibition.
- Gdynia Literary Prize Vademecum – book stand where books of the nominees can be bought and signatures with dedications can be obtained.
- Literary Debates of „Gdynia” - meetings with nominees chaired by literary critics and journalists: poetry - Michał Chaciński, prose - Andrzej Franaszek, essay - Łukasz Rudziński.
- :pl:Mumio - performance and meeting with :pl:Mumio.
- Open Tournament of One Poem – third edition; combination of poetry and performance; jury: Leszek Szaruga, Anna Sobecka and Wojciech Boros.
- Prose workshops – free of charge, two-day classes for 10 people, held by Leszek Szaruga
- Second-book fair.
- Two decades of Polish literature - debate on Polish literature after year 1989; participants: Przemysław Czapliński, Ewa Graczyk, Leszek Szaruga, Adam Wiedemann and Marek Zaleski.
The Autumn Meetings with Winners of the Gdynia Literary Prize
The Autumn Meetings with Winners of the Gdynia Literary Prize – is an event that is held at the turn of October and November which enables further meeting of the enthusiast of culture and art with the Gdynia Literary Prize winners.Autumn Meetings with „Literaturomanie” Days of Gdynia Literary Prize are platforms where the audience can participate in casual conversations abort literature and listen to interpretations of winners’ books
Previous editions
| year | date | guests |
| 2008 | 12th Nov | Adam Wiedemann |
| 13th Nov | Piotr Matywiecki | |
| 14th Nov | Marian Pankowski | |
| 2009 | TBA after presenting the winners of Gdynia Literary Prize 2009 |