The Polish capital has joined in the worldwide tribute to Irish novelist James Joyce, on June 16 - or ‘Bloomday’ - the day in which his masterwork Ulysses is set.

The Irish Embassy and the Warsaw University Library have invited Joyce fans to a meeting with Piotr Paziński, the author of a guidebook Dublin with Ulysses. He will present a selection of slides documenting his walks around the old district of Dublin.

The day’s programme also includes the screening of Sean Walsh’s film Bloom at the Warsaw University Library. An adaptation of James Joyce's Ulysses made in 2004, it is described as  a gateway into the consciousness of its three main characters: Stephen Dedalus, Molly Bloom and the extraordinary Leopold Bloom.  It was on 16 June that Leopold Bloom set out on a journey that was to become one of the greatest tales of the 20th century.

The first Polish translation of James Joyce’s Ulysses, by Maciej Słomczynski, was published in 1969.  (mk)