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Mikołaj Gliński

was an Editor at Przekroj.pl/EN. He is also a translator, co-author of a book about the Polish language “Quarks, Elephants and Pierogi”, and a senior staff writer at Culture.pl, where he writes about Polish culture for non-Polish speakers.
The Tales of a Belarusian Scheherazade
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The Tales of a Belarusian Scheherazade

The 19th-century collection of fantastical tales “Nobleman Zavalnya” helped popularize Belarusian literature and folk culture—150 years after it was published.
Mikołaj Gliński
In the Footsteps of Russian Spirituality
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In the Footsteps of Russian Spirituality

“The Way of a Pilgrim” is a classic work of 19th-century Eastern Orthodox mysticism that charts the travels of an anonymous Russian ascetic. Its influence has also spread to the West.
Mikołaj Gliński
Lem, the Prophet
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Lem, the Prophet

More than half a century ago, the Polish sci-fi writer Stanisław Lem predicted a great number of gadgets and technology that we regularly use today.
Mikołaj Gliński
Becoming Unorthodox
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Becoming Unorthodox

Yiddish cultural consultant and actor Eli Rosen talks about the changing Hasidic community in New York, his role in the making of the Netflix series “Unorthodox”, and fulfilling his childhood dream of playing a rabbi.
Mikołaj Gliński
The Teacher of Joy
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The Teacher of Joy

Nachman of Breslov may have been an 18th-century Hasidic master, but his spiritual teachings—especially those on joy—are nonetheless relevant to all of our lives today.
Mikołaj Gliński
I Am Just the Monkey, Not the Organ Grinder
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I Am Just the Monkey, Not the Organ Grinder

“I am just the monkey, not the organ grinder. And I am one of very many monkeys, and a very small one at that,” says Antonia Lloyd-Jones (who has translated three novels by Olga Tokarczuk) when asked about the Nobel Prize in Literature 2018.
Mikołaj Gliński
Sorrow and Pain, Torment and Martyrdom
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Sorrow and Pain, Torment and Martyrdom

In the early 1920s, Taduesz Peiper was one of Poland’s leading avant-garde poets. 30 years later, he was ostracized by his peers as his mental health spiralled into decline.
Mikołaj Gliński
The Beating of the Horned Heart
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The Beating of the Horned Heart

On the centenary of Poland’s independence, we take a closer look at the odd relationship Poles have with freedom. Here, we observe the artist Stanisław Szukalski as he goes searching for traces of ancient Poles on Easter Island.
Mikołaj Gliński