Celebration of the 40th anniversary of W. Barbara Jendrzejewska’s literary career and promotion of her latest poetry collection, *Postscriptum*.

Actress Wanda Rzyska will present selected poems.

W. Barbara Jendrzejewska—poet, short-story writer, cultural organizer, and journalist; born in Tuchola. She has lived and worked in Bydgoszcz for over 40 years and is a member of the Polish Authors’ Association in Warsaw and RSTK. She holds degrees in Polish philology and library science, as well as postgraduate studies in journalism, psychology, and philosophy. She has published over 400 articles in specialized journals. She made her debut as a poet in 1986 on Polish Radio, with Jerzy Sulima-Kamiński, with a series of poems titled *Studium dłoni*; her print debut was in *Fakty* in 1987. She has published nine poetry collections: *Na strunach ciszy* (1999), *Dotyk* (2006), *Noc rudych traw* (2008, 2nd ed. 2012), *Salto* (2011), *W kolędowy czas…* (2011, 2nd ed., revised and expanded, 2020), Tyle (2012), *Studium dłoni* (2014), Dispersion (2018 and 2019), “Postscript (2026),” as well as short story collections: With a Woman on the Mezzanine (2008), the e-book With a Man on the Upper Floor (2012), Faces of Masculinity (2022). She is a winner of national literary competitions in the fields of poetry and prose, including: the Grand Prize in the national short story competition titled “Life Begins After Forty” (Warsaw 2000), an honorable mention in the National Literary Contest titled “Become the Polish Wharton” (Warsaw 2003), first place in the 9th Zdzisław Morawski National Literary Contest in Gorzów Wielkopolski (2003), first place in the “Zwierciadła” Prose Contest (Warsaw 2014), First place in the Single Poem Contest as part of the 11th Inowrocław Poetry Meetings (2007), Second place in the Black Unicorn Publishing House Poetry Contest (Jastrzębie-Zdrój, 2008). In addition, she has received, among other honors: the “Woman of Passion” statuette and title awarded by the Creative Communities Club in Bydgoszcz (2011) and the title of “NeoWoman” as the winner of the prose contest organized by the monthly magazine “Zwierciadło” titled “Life Begins After Forty” (2014); scholarships from the Mayor of Bydgoszcz (2012, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2026), the “Distinguished Service to Polish Culture” award (2013), and the Jakub Wojciechowski Medal for contributions to culture (2022). The poet also received the Mayor of Bydgoszcz Award (2017) and, in 2023, the Mayor of Bydgoszcz Medal for her contributions to the city of Bydgoszcz. She has published in literary and socio-cultural periodicals and is a co-author of numerous almanacs and anthologies, including those published by the Polish Authors’ Association in Warsaw; her most recent works are *Klinika strachu* (2020), *Matka* (2021), *Ojciec* (2022), *Szeptem* (2026), as well as in the American *20th Jubilee Anthology: Anniversary of the Contemporary Writers of Poland* (Dreammee Little City, 2020) and in the Polish-Portuguese anthology *Azulejo chabrem ubrane* (2020), as well as in the collection titled *In the Polish-Ukrainian Poetic Circle*. Bydgoszcz – Cherkasy (2025). Selected poems by the poet have been set to music and recorded as poetic songs on CDs (Radio “PiK” Bydgoszcz 1999–2002): On the Strings of Silence (1999), It Happened to Us... (2000), Beyond the Bend of the World and Further... (2002); a reissue of the recordings, Warsaw 2017. Since May 2007, she has been running the Literary Café at the “Modraczek” Cultural Center in Bydgoszcz. Works by guests of this café (approximately 200 poets from across the country and abroad) have been included in five anthologies she edited: Poets in the Highlands (2009), This Journey Continues… (2013), Poetic Gardens (2015), Captured Moments (2020), We Are… (2024). Her extensive biographies can be found in: *Dictionary of Writers of the Bydgoszcz Region* (2008), *Bydgoszcz Literary Lexicon* (2015), the Encyclopedia of Notable Figures of the Republic of Poland, Britishpedia (2018, 4th edition), and A Brief History of Literature in Bydgoszcz (2020).

Musical accompaniment for the event: ADELA KONOP—a jazz vocalist from Bydgoszcz—and MATEUSZ SZAŁKIEWICZ—pianist, arranger, and composer.

The event will be hosted by: EWA DĄBSKA-WIECZORKOWSKA, editor at Radio PIK

The event will be accompanied by an exhibition of nature photography by DAWID GRYMUZA.

Dawid Grymuza is 18 years old and lives in Bydgoszcz.

For as long as he can remember, he has been fascinated by the beauty of the natural world around him.

Even as a young child, he spent his free time in the garden observing animals and plants.

Six years ago, he received his first camera. Since then, nature photography has become his great passion.

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