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Polish-Estonian Cultural Ties[muuda lähteteksti]

During the Interwar period, mutual friendship societies operated in both Poland and Estonia. Members of the Polish-Estonian Friendship Association visited Estonia in September 1933 and May 1934. Estonian Culture Film made their first weekly newsreel about the second visit.

One of the most important promoters of Polish-Estonian cultural ties during the interwar period was Jerzy Kapliński, father of the Estonian writer Jaan Kaplinski. He was lecturer of Polish language and literature at Tartu University. He organized the Polish-Estonian Society and promoted translating Polish literature into Estonian. Kapliński gave several presentations on Polish writers and wrote prefaces for translated books. Several of his articles introducing Polish literature were published in the Estonian media (e.g. in the magazine Looming).

In March 1930, during the Estonian Literature Week, “the greatest writer in today’s Poland” (Päevaleht, March 2, 1930) Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski visited Tallinn and Tartu. Kaden-Bandrowski introduced the situation of Polish literature at that time to the Estonian public. He believed that literature was “the most popular art form” in Poland and that theatre was the most advanced form of literature there at the time.

An invitation to the gathering arranged for the visit of Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski (Tartu City Museum)

During the Soviet occupation of Estonia, cultural ties between Poland and Estonia did not perish. In 1958, the Estonian Society of Furthering Friendship and Cultural Ties with Foreign Countries (VSKAEÜ) was founded with the goal of establishing and developing ties with similar associations both in other countries of the Eastern Bloc and elsewhere. In 1975, the Estonian branch of Polish–Soviet Friendship Society was created as a part of the VSKAEÜ.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, cultural ties of Poland and Estonia have been very tight. In July 1992, the Estonian and Polish governments signed a cooperation agreement with the aim of strengthening ties in the fields of culture and science. The Polish-Estonian Friendship Association has again been operating in Poland since 1993, bringing together people with an interest in Estonia and organizing cultural and economic events.

Polish and Estonian cultural cooperation has been especially tight in the musical sphere. The International Chopin Competition for young pianists has been organized in Estonian-Polish cooperation since 1997. The International Chopin Competition is an internationally recognized high-level competition: in 2018, 53 young pianists from 15 countries took part. Among Estonian composers, Jüri Reinvere has studied in Poland (in Chopin University of Music). In November 2018, Arvo Pärt received two higher recognitions in Poland: the gold medal of the highest cultural prize of the Republic of Poland, Gloria Artis, and the title of honorary doctor of the Chopin School of Music.

Poles and Estonians have also been active in translating each other’s literature to their languages. The works of Estonian writers such as A. H. Tammsaare, Jaan Kross and Mati Unt have been translated to Polish. The main translator from Polish in Estonia is Hendrik Lindepuu. In 2019 in Kraków, he earned the most important and prestigious translation award in Poland, the Transatlantyk Award. He has translated works by Marcin Świetlicki, Olga Tokarczuk, Sławomir Mrożek and multiple other Polish writers into Estonian. Anna Michalczuk has translated Estonian children’s literature into Polish, including “Oskar and Things” by Andrus Kivirähk.

The Pro Estonia Association was officially registered by the court on March 15, 2001. However, efforts to create an organization bringing together lovers of Estonia were made several months earlier. As a result of cooperation of a group of students and graduates of the Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology of the University of Warsaw with the Embassy of the Republic of Estonia in Warsaw, in October 2000 the shape and basic goals of the future association were developed. The main goal of the association is to promote Estonia and Polish-Estonian cooperation by organizing cultural events, publishing publications, organization of photo exhibitions, film festivals etc.

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