Raf Uzar – Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities

A linguist and professional translator by day, Raf Uzar undergoes an incredible transformation in the twilight hours becoming a prolific journalist, avid blogger and wannabe DJ by night. He currently works at Poland’s premier private university, the Warsaw-based School of Social Sciences and Humanities where he trains translators focusing particularly on the indelible connection between language and culture. Recently, aside from his work as a translator trainer and linguist, Raf has been a regular... [More]

A Slice, a Poke and a Stab of Humour

“Illusion is the first of all pleasures” Oscar Wilde. The Saragossa Manuscript, a majestic roller-coaster of a movie, is perhaps best described as a tale within a tale. Or in fact several tales within tales within tales. The structure of the film, as well as the book: Count Jan Potocki’s marvellously multilayered masterpiece Manuscrit trouvé à Saragosse (Rekopis znaleziony w Saragossie in Polish translation), is mind-bogglingly complex. The atypical, even surreal, frame-tale structuring of... [More]