Bolesław Leśmian, Marvellations

An Evening of Poetry and Art: “Marvellations”.
With Marian Polak-Chlabicz, translator of Bolesław Leśmian poetry,
Janusz Skowron, illustrator of books of poetry and Tadeusz Turkowski, actor.
Musical accompaniment by saxophonist Krzysztof Medyna.

Marian
 Polak ­Chlabicz
 is
 a
 journa list,
 translator,
 writer
 and
 poet
 living
 in
 New
 York.
 He 
regularly 
contributes 
to 
the 
Nowy 
Dziennik,
 Polish 
Daily 
News,
 the
 website
 www.nowyjorker.com 
and
 many 
other 
media. 

He
 recently
 translated 
into 
English
 two
 volumes 
of 
poetry 
by 
the
 famous 
Polish 
poet
 Bolesław
 Leśmian: 
33
 of
 the 
Most
 Beautiful 
Love 
Poems
 (2011) 
and 
Marvellations 
(2014). 

He
 also 
translated
 (2012)
 poems
 of 
Pablo 
Neruda’s
 Veinte 
Poemas 
de 
Amor
 y
 una 
Canción 
Desesperada 
into
 Polish.

 Currently,
 he
 continues
 to
 translate
 Leśmian’s
 poems
 and
works
 on
 a
 few
 other 
literary 
projects.

Janusz
 Skowron
 is
 a
 painter,
 a
 graphic
 artist
 and
 a
 photographer.

 He
 has
 been
 living
 in
 New
 York
 for
 many
 years
 where
 he
 tirelessly
 promotes
 Polish
 art.

 He
 works
 closely
 with
 the
 Art
 Group
 “Emotionalists”.

 His
 broad
 experience
 includes
 participation 
in 
more 
than
 200 
individual 
and
group
 exhibits.

Tadeusz
 Turkowski
 has
 performed
 with
 the
 well‐known
 Theatre
 “Hybrydy’
 in
 Warsaw.
 He
 is 
recognized
 by 
the 
New 
York
 area 
Polish 
community 
for 
his 
excellent
 interpretations 
of 
Polish 
poetry.