Stanisław Wygodzki. Memories of a writer from Będzin
September 14-15, 2024, Saturday-Sunday, Będzin
This year, an absolutely unique event awaits us at SZUL. The Foundation, together with Izabela Tumas-Matuszewska – the creator of the Facebook profile “Stanisław Wygodzki – writer” – invite you to two days devoted to the work of the most outstanding writer, poet, creator of fairy tales for children, translator from Będzin – Stanisław Wygodzki.
Several dozen years ago, his outstanding works were required reading material in schools. Today, almost no one remembers this unique figure. Stanisław Wygodzki is a brilliant prose writer who wrote in one of his stories about his hometown:
The view was vast. Before us lay a city, the most beautiful city in the world, the first and last city of my life.
(“In the valley” 1949)
These words have great power for us, they prove the author’s attitude to his place of birth, his sentiment and fascination. Wygodzki returned to Będzin in his works – the city was both a place of joy and hell, which he describes after the war in hundreds of pages of poems, novels and stories. Wygodzki’s fate is poignant and full of tragedy. His post-war work oscillates between politics, the Holocaust and the drama of a tortured and unhappy individual. This is literature that needs to be known, appreciated and embraced.
We invite you to meetings during which we will recall the writer and try to delve into the meanders of his consciousness and the nuances of Będzin from the now iconic “Basses”. WRITER’S BIOGRAPHY
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
September 14, 2024, Cukierman Family Prayer House, Al. Kołłątaja 24/28
*11.00
From Pajęczno to Będzin. Stanisław Wygodzki’s pedigree
Lecture by Andrzej Ciepał
*12.30 – second breakfast at the Gate (refreshments for event participants)
*2.00 p.m
Będzin – Wygodzki’s first and last city
Izabela Tumas-Matuszewska’s trip, meeting: Plac 3 Maja
September 15, 2024, The Będzin Ghetto Fighters’ Memorial, ul. Rutki Laskier 24
*16.00
“Let these events not be written about without me, about the fact that I was there, maybe someone will remember (…)” – a conversation about the work of Stanisław Wygodzki with the participation of Dr. Karolina Koprowska, Dr. Jakub Kornhauser, prof. Marta Tomczok and Mirosław Skrzypczyk
Moderation: Mirosław Skrzypczyk
*18.00
“Biographer of silence and pogrom” – reading the poetry of Stanisław Wygodzki
Read by Dr. Jakub Kornhauser
!!!Due to the limited number of places, please register: bratacukermana@gmail.com
The event was organized as part of the project “ReActMem: Rescue Memory – Activism, Arts and Public Remembrance”, which the Bram Cukerman Foundation implements together with twelve partners from Europe, thanks to funding from the European Union under the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) program.
