Ladislas Mickiewicz (1838-1926) - Parisian Intellectual

Name: Ladislas Mickiewicz (1838-1926) - Parisian Intellectual
Start: 2017-05-20T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2017-05-20T21:00:00+02:00
Location: Bibliothèque polonaise de Paris

On the occasion of the 90th birthday(anniversary) of the death of Ladislas Mickiewicz and to take(bring out) him out the shade(shadow) of his father, the great poet Adam Mickiewicz, SHLP dedicates him

Saturday 20 May 2017, 14:00Passed

From archives sheltered in SHLP / BPP, we will present life, activity of this Parisian personality – founder and administrator of the museum Adam Mickiewicz, director of the BPP from 1899 till 1926, bookseller, publisher(editor), journalist, columnist(commentator), translator – as well as its influence on French-Polish relations in a historic, political and literary context of the end of the XIXth century and of the beginning of the XXth centuries. Born and died in Paris, Ladislas Mickiewicz was considered by the French people as the dean of Polish emigration and by the Poles as their spiritual ambassador.

About the location

Bibliothèque polonaise de Paris

6 quai d'Orléans, 75004 Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France

Paris
Île-de-France

The Polish Library(Bookcase) of Paris, centre of Polish Emigration since the environment(middle) of the XIXth century, is the biggest(greatest) cultural institution representing Poland except borders of this State. She(It) became established on the island Saint-Louis, right in the centre of Paris, in a splendid building of the XVIIth century which shelters works and considerable archives, as well as important collection of works of art. Entirely renovated and updated at the beginning of the XXIth century, the Polish Library(Bookcase) of Paris welcomes the readers and the researchers eager to deepen their knowledge of French-Polish relations and of history(story) of Poland. The refreshed Polish Library(Bookcase) of numerous memories(souvenirs) of most Polish romantic great poet of the XIXth century, Adam Mickiewicz (Museum) and of the famous compositor Frederick Chopin (Lounge(Show)). She(It) organises regularly colloquiums and conferences, exhibitions(exposures) and concerts. Enter the site of the Polish Library(Bookcase) of Paris and come discover to it its treasures kept(preserved) for decades, in an island of "Polonité", at the heart of the City-light.