In 2021, Malgorzata Lebda ran the entire length of the longest river in Poland, the Vistula, from its source in the Beskid Mountains to its mouth at the Baltic Sea - a distance of 1,113 kilometres. She set out to run as a poet, not as an athlete, to use the rhythms of her own body as a means of understanding and connecting to the rhythms of the river's body of water, under threat of environmental ruin. Mer de Glace, which won the Szymborska Award, is the introduction to her remarkable journey. A profound meditation on the porosity, reactivity and receptivity of both the body and the natural world, the collection reveals their deep interdependence.
| ISBN: | 9781804272138 |
| Publication date: | 21st May 2026 |
| Author: | Malgorzata Lebda |
| Publisher: | Fitzcarraldo Editions |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 52 pages |
| Genres: |
Poetry Poetry by individual poets |
In 2021, Malgorzata Lebda ran the entire length of the longest river in Poland, the Vistula, from its source in the Beskid Mountains to its mouth at the Baltic Sea - a distance of 1,113 kilometres. She set out to run as a poet, not as an athlete, to use the rhythms of her own body as a means of understanding and connecting to the rhythms of the river's body of water, under threat of environmental ruin. Mer de Glace, which won the Szymborska Award, is the introduction to her remarkable journey. A profound meditation on the porosity, reactivity and receptivity of both the body and the natural world, the collection reveals their deep interdependence.
Mer De Glace features in the following genres: Poetry, Poetry by individual poets
Mer De Glace is available in Paperback
Mer De Glace was written by Malgorzata Lebda and published by Fitzcarraldo Editions
Mer De Glace has 52 pages
£11.69