CENL Event

28th June 2021

Polish Literary Heritage

Three key items of Polish literary heritage from the collections of the National Library of Poland inscribed on the UNESCO “Memory of the World” Register. 

Three priceless pieces of Polish literary heritage held by the National Library of Poland have been added to the Polish National List of the UNESCO “Memory of the World” Register. They are the collection of sixteenth-century correspondence known as the Teki Górskiego (Górski’s files), the manuscript of Juliusz Słowacki’s Balladyna and the small illustrated volume of verses W żalu najczystszym (In Purest Sorrow) by Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński.

We encourage you to read more about these works in English on the following pages of the National Library of Poland website:

Teki Górskiego entered onto the Polish National List of the UNESCO Memory of the World Register

‘Balladyna’ inscribed on the Polish National List of the UNESCO Memory of the World Register

Baczyński’s ‘W żalu najczystszym’ inscribed on the Polish National List of the UNESCO Memory of the World Register

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