Dawid Jung (born 1980) is a Polish opera singer, poet, writer, literary and theater critic, publisher, cultural researcher, historian, museum curator, director of the Museum of Polish Electronic Organs,[1] and editor-in-chief of "Zeszyty Poetyckie".[2]

Dawid Jung
Born
Kłecko, Poland
NationalityPolish
Occupation(s)Writer, translator, editor

Between 2003 and 2005, he conducted classes on contemporary poetics for students at Collegium Europaeum Gnesnense (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań), where he was a legal guardian for the Literary-Philosophical Section named after Władysław Nehring. From 2000 to 2006, he studied solo singing at the Feliks Nowowiejski Music Academy in Bydgoszcz under the guidance of Prof. Bożena Porzyńska, continuing his studies at the Academy of Music in Gdańsk from 2006 to 2008. He further pursued vocal arts in Vienna, performing roles including in Anton Ariensky's "Rafael," and in Rome, where he received a music scholarship.[3]

In 2004, he initiated and re-established one of Gniezno's significant cultural events, the independent culture festival "Festa Fatuorum” (Feast of Fools).[4]

In 2009, he was awarded the Juliusz Słowacki Medal for a fragment of "Poem of Speaking the Truth" by Marian Pankowski at the Ossolineum. He is coordinator of the academic symposium "Rzeczpospolita – mity a rzeczywistość. O poezji polskiej po 1989 roku" (Republic – myths and reality. On Polish poetry after 1989) at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. He is also the chief editor of publishing series: Library of Contemporary Polish Poetry, Library of Old Polish Literature, and Historical Studies within "Zeszyty Poetyckie." He is a member of the Bydgoszcz Scientific Society, the Association of Polish Journalists, the International Federation of Journalists, and the Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich.[5]

He is the originator and founder of the Museum of Polish Electronic Organs, possessing the world's largest collection of Polish electronic keyboard instruments.[6]

Since January 2023, he has served as the Vice President of the Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich in Poznań.[7]

Selected bibliography

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Poetry collections

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Medal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland

Prose collections

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  • 2017: Glosy; Gniezno: Konfraternia Teatralna[12]
  • 2017: Polska, ulubiona masochistka Europy (Poland, Europe's favorite masochist); Gniezno: Konfraternia Teatralna[13]

History of Literature

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  • 2012: Wierszopisowie Kłecka w latach 1590–1623. Przyczynki do historii kultury staropolskiej (The Poets of Kłecko in the Years 1590–1623: Contributions to the History of Old Polish Culture); Old Polish Library, epilogue: Karol Samsel, Assistant professor at the Faculty of Polish Studies, University of Warsaw[14]
  • 2014: Gdańskie hymny Jakuba Gembickiego (Anthems of Gdansk by Jakub Gembicki); Gdańsk (as part of the cultural scholarship of the City of Gdansk)
  • 2018: Legendy królewskiego miasta. Z przekazów ustnych zebrał i opracował Dawid Jung (Legends of the Royal City. Compiled and Edited by Dawid Jung from Oral Accounts); Studia Kleccensia[15]
  • 2020: Ostatni rybałci polszczyzny. Poeci ludowi XIX wieku związani z Ełkiem (The Last Ribalds of the Polish Language: Folk Poets of the 19th Century Associated with Ełk); Ełk Cultural Center (as part of the cultural scholarship of the City of Ełk)[16]
  • 2020: To je wiôldżé. Antologia poetów kaszubskich okresu międzywojennego (To je wiôldżé. Anthology of Kashubian Poets from the Interwar Period); Gdańsk (as part of the cultural scholarship from the Marshal's Office of the Pomeranian Voivodeship)[17]
  • 2021: Legendy zamku ełckiego (Legends of the Ełk Castle); Ełk: The city office & Zeszyty Poetyckie[18]
  • 2023: Szczecińskie legendy. Szlak kulturowy szczecińskich legend (Legends of Szczecin. Szczecin Legends Cultural Trail); Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich (as part of the cultural scholarship of the City of Szczecin)[19]

Translations of Jung's poetry into other languages

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  • English: Free Over Blood - Contemporary Polish Writing in Translation, translated by Marek Kazmierski, Karen Kovacik, Benjamin Paloff and Katarzyna Szuster, published by OFF_Press London 2011 ISBN 9780956394620[20] [21]
  • German: Ich Oder Ja. Anthologie, translated by Uljana Wolf, Berlin 2002[22]
  • Czech: Třetí večer. Polská poezie, Ústí nad Labem 2000, translated by prof. Alena Debická[24] [25]
  • Ukrainian: Хто вам дозволив так чудово жити, translated by Bogdana Buczkowska, Library of Translations from European Literature, Poznań: Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich 2023[26] [27]

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "Polish Radio".
  2. ^ "Editor-in-chief of "Zeszyty Poetyckie"".
  3. ^ "Interview in the newspaper "Polska The Times - Glos Wielkopolski""".
  4. ^ Miazak, Monika (2003). Ponad granicami. Collegium Europaeum Gnesnense 2000-2003 (Above the Divisions. Collegium Europaeum Gnesnense 2000-2003), Gniezno: Collegium Europaeum Gnesnense, p. 71. ISBN 8391877892
  5. ^ "Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich".
  6. ^ "Kolekcja, która nieźle brzmi".
  7. ^ "Vice President of the Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich in Poznań".
  8. ^ "Catalog Library of Congress".
  9. ^ "The catalog of the Library of the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences".
  10. ^ "The catalog of the Library of the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences".
  11. ^ "The catalog of the Library of the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences".
  12. ^ "The catalog of the Library of the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences".
  13. ^ "Guide to the Bibliography of the National Library in Warsaw, p. 157-158" (PDF).
  14. ^ "Harvard Library".
  15. ^ "The catalog of the Library of the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences".
  16. ^ "The catalog of the National Library in Warsaw".
  17. ^ "The catalog of the National Library in Warsaw".
  18. ^ "Legends of the Ełk Castle". 17 December 2021.
  19. ^ "Legends of Szczecin. Szczecin Legends Cultural Trail".
  20. ^ "Free Over Blood - Contemporary Polish Writing in Translation".
  21. ^ ""Anthologies of poems edited by a poet".
  22. ^ "Polnische Literatur indeutschen Ubersetzungen2001/2002 Zusammengestellt von Manfred Mack" (PDF).
  23. ^ Erste Schlehenblute. Gedichte aus Lyrikmail, Berlin 2006, p. 108, 142.
  24. ^ "The catalog of the National Library in Warsaw".
  25. ^ I. Mroczek, Bibliografia przekładów literatury polskiej w Czechach w latach 1990—2006, University of Silesia in Katowice, t. I, nr 4, p. 147, ISSN 1899-9417, e-ISSN 2353-9763
  26. ^ "Official website Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich in Poznań - anthology: "Хто вам дозволив так чудово жити"". Facebook.
  27. ^ "Information about the poems of a poet from the anthology 'Who Allowed You to Live So Beautifully' in translations by Bohdana Buchkowska and Svitlana Breslavska, on the official website of the Papermaking Museum".
  28. ^ "Juliusz Słowacki Medal".
  29. ^ "Polish Radio Poznań".
  30. ^ "The official website of the Mayor of the City of Gniezno, who awards the medals".
  31. ^ "A diploma for the poet for first place in the nationwide competition for the Wiłkomirski Family Award".
  32. ^ "Polish Radio Poznań".
  33. ^ "Bolesław Leśmian Award".
  34. ^ "Decoration of Honor Meritorious for Polish Culture".
  35. ^ "Polish Radio".
  36. ^ "co-authorship of the guidebook "13 Ideas for Gniezno and Its Surroundings"" (PDF).
  37. ^ "Telewizja Polska 3".
  38. ^ "Dawid Jung nomination". 27 September 2019.
  39. ^ "Anatol J. Omelaniuk Award". 30 September 2019.
  40. ^ "Young Positivist Medal". 25 November 2019.
  41. ^ "Medal appointed by the Minister of Culture". Archived from the original on 2020-07-17.
  42. ^ "Order of St. John Paul II".
  43. ^ "Officer's Cross (1st class) of the Polish Black Cross".
  44. ^ "Centenary of Regained Independence Medal".
  45. ^ "Silver Badge SPP".
  46. ^ Medal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland

Further reading

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  • Dobosz, Józef (2016). Dzieje Gniezna pierwszej stolicy Polski. Poznań: Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. ISBN 9788363047993
  • Gałuszka, Jacek, Maroszczuk, Grażyna, Nęcka, Agnieszka (2010). Leksykon. Pisma kulturalne w Polsce po 1989 roku. Katowice: University of Silesia in Katowice. ISBN 978-83-7164-634-8
  • Klary, Beata (2014). Rozmowy z piórami 2 [rozmówcy Wojciech Kass, Karol Maliszewski, Lech M. Jakób, Eugeniusz Kurzawa, Marek Wawrzkiewicz, Z. Marek Piechocki, Krzysztof Kuczkowski, Maciej Melecki, Arkadiusz Kremza, Rafał T. Czachorowski, Dawid Jung, Cezary Sikorski]. Toruń: Scientific Publishing House Adam Marszałek. ISBN 9788380190023
  • Miazak, Monika (2003). Ponad granicami. Collegium Europaeum Gnesnense 2000-2003 (Above the Divisions. Collegium Europaeum Gnesnense 2000-2003), Gniezno: Collegium Europaeum Gnesnense. ISBN 8391877892
  • Woźniak, Bartosz (2021). W tym samym języku. Szkice o twórczości autorów Biblioteki Stowarzyszenia Pisarzy Polskich. Kraków: Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich. ISBN 978-83-961567-7-8