She said she believed in tenderness as the most universal language on earth.
She said she didn’t believe in God, but she believed in humanity.
Any of these statements could be the headline on the biggest portals and newspapers in Europe. None of them will.
Anyway, the denomination doesn’t have to be highly exposed, centrally located. That usually turns out to be a bad idea. In her statement after the jury’s verdict was announced, the new European Poet of Freedom Laureate, Monika Herceg from Croatia, casually said a few important things.
It is enough that there are competitions like Gdańsk Literary Prize „European Poet of Freedom,” such committees, and somehow, miraculously, they manage to make such precise choices.
Remember, strong faith can circle around for years, muttering bon mots in such unremarkable, inconspicuous places as the departments of the Lenin shipyard.
It can operate in places completely dominated linguistically by the order of self-assured absurdity, boldly naming everything around it.























































































































































































































