ŁÓDŹ POETIC SCENE-PIOTR GROBLINSKI

In the next installment of poetic faces, it's time for Piotr Grobliński.

Conducting the meeting — Daniela Ewa Zzajczkowska — Hynas

Piotr Grobliński (born 1966 in Łódź), poet, prose writer, editor of the poetry series Kwadratura, publicist. He has published six volumes of poems (most recently According to the Weaves Rule, Other Matters for a Reporter and Dog Food), collections of columns Depilation of the Heart Area and Bath on Issue, as well as a collection of short stories Professions. He publishes columns on the website of the Culture and Sport Foundation.

In the years 1989-2001 he worked as a teacher of Polish at the 1st Social Secondary School in Łódź, since 2001 he has been responsible for the literary program of ŁDK. He conceived and carried out several projects in the field of cultural education and popularization of literature, including Poetyckie Gry Street — the first city game in Łódź, “Lessons with a Poet” — a series of literary meetings in schools, and the poetic-ecological action “Poetry in the Forest”. Initiator of the “Artistic Pilgrimage” to Tum (joint journeys of artists and audiences), originator of the cultural award Armatka Kultura, for many years a member of the chapter “Golden Masks” — the award of the Łódź theater criticism. Author of several theatrical scripts.

In 2016-2017 he led a series of poetic meetings “Season in Beauty” at the Powszechny Theater, directing poetry presentations performed by the actors of the theater. He also conducted several hundred vernissages, author's evenings, meetings with people of culture, among others at the Nowa Gdynia Station.