Roman Kramsztyk, Sketch for a Portrait of Jan Lechon, date unknown, ink and crayon on paper, 19 x 14 in. From the Collection of Tom Podl
50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF JAN LECHON WARSAW, JUNE 13, 1899 - NEW YORK CITY, JUNE 8, 1956
Sunday, June 4, 2006 - Saturday, June 10, 2006
Hunter College, NYC & Doylestown, PA
The Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America organizes three-part commemoration of the 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF JAN LECHON: - Publication of the first comprehensive anthology of Jan Lechon's work in English: Evening on the Hudson, (ed. Beata Dorosz) - New York City, Sunday, June 4, 2006, two academic sessions (in Polish) as part of the 64th PIASA Annual Meeting, Hunter College CUNY, 695 Park Avenue at 68th St., NYC, West Building, 6th Fl., Rm HW 615: 2:00 - 3:55 pm - (Part I) JAN LECHON: On the 50th Anniversary of His Death (1956-2006) 4:00 - 5:55 pm - (Part II) JAN LECHON: Reminiscences: Audio Visual Presentations - Doylestown, PA, Saturday, June 10, 2006 10 am - unveiling of a commemorative bronze plaque inside the Basilica at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa in Doylestown, PA. Coordinators of the Lechon Jubilee events are Dr. Beata Dorosz, of the Institute for Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, and Maciej Patkowski, member of the Polish Writer's Association in New York. More on the book
