The Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation invites you to a meeting in the READING ROOM / LESERAUM series
About Maciej Falkowski’s book “Our Germans”
The author will be interviewed by Stasia Budzisz
Where: Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation, ul. Zielna 37 (Europa Hall, 6th floor), Warsaw
When: 17 March, at 19:00
Please confirm your attendance: Registration for the event by 15 March – https://forms.office.com/e/n9xny0ptk3
After the meeting: a glass of wine.
We invite you to the premiere meeting together with Wydawnictwo Czarne
About the book:
In his reportage, the author discovers iron houses in the Pyzdry Forest, searches for the remains of Olęder settlers along the Vistula, visits the descendants of the Głuchoniemcy in the Subcarpathian region and the Bambers in Poznań. He tells the story of Evangelicals, Moravian Brethren and Mennonites. He seeks to save from oblivion the world of those who after 1945 had to leave Poland; he describes the fates of those who decided to stay and became part of Polish society.
Maciej Falkowski – a graduate of International Relations and Eastern Studies at the University of Warsaw. A long-standing analyst at the Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW). He also worked at the Polish Embassy in Yerevan and the International Solidarity Foundation. Currently an employee of the Ministry of Development and Technology. Author of the books “Armenia. Obieg zamknięty” and “Ślachta. Historie z podlasko-mazowieckiego pogranicza,” for which he received the “Książki” Literary Magazine Award, and co-author of a collection of reportages about the North Caucasus “Matrioszka w hidżabie.” He has also written for “Tygodnik Powszechny” and “Nowa Europa Wschodnia,” among others. His homeland is the borderland of Mazovia and Podlasie.
Stasia Budzisz – reporter, journalist and Russian language translator. She has collaborated with Polish media as a freelancer for many years. Her publications can be found on portals including OKO.press, Krytyka Polityczna, Nowa Europa Wschodnia, Przekrój, PostPravda.info, and Tygodnik Powszechny. She has published two reportage books: “Pokazucha. Na gruzińskich zasadach” (2019) and “Welewetka. Jak znikają Kaszuby” (2023). The book about Kashubia received multiple nominations for major reportage awards and won the main prize for best reportage at the Vivelo Book Awards 2024, the first prize for the best book about Kashubia COSTERINA, and the Readers’ Award as part of the Pomeranian Literary Prize. Stasia Budzisz was also a fellow of the Minister of Culture, the City of Gdańsk, and the EPIC programme, under which she carried out a reportage project on oligarchs in the post-Soviet space.
As a reporter and correspondent, she has covered, among others, the wars in Karabakh, the exodus of Armenians from Karabakh, the war in Ukraine, and the elections and protests in Georgia.
About the Reading Room / Leseraum series
Literature is a mirror that also reflects Polish-German relations. The Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation has supported literary exchange for years – translations, fellowships and cooperation between writers, translators and publishers.
Books are the protagonists of meetings at Zielna – open to the public. We invite you to discussions about new publications, debates, reportage presentations and meetings with authors, critics and translators.
We invite you to a shared reading and conversation at the Reading Room / Leseraum on Zielna