Ī movie entitled 'ESD' was produced on the basis of the events described in “Ida Sierpniowa” and the “Kwiat Kalafiora”. “Kwiat Kalafiora” was included in the Hans Christian Andersen Award-Honour List. The books were translated into dozens of languages “Noelka” was awarded the title of 'The Book of the Year' by the Polish IBBY department.

Although individual volumes are independent of each other and it is possible to read them individually, there are many allusions and references hardly understandable without reading prior parts. The action of the book usually takes place in the sequence of a few days or weeks. The main core of Jeżycjada constitutes Borejko’s family, who live in the hundred years tenement at Roosevelt street.Įvery volume is devoted to one person, although there are numerous references to other figures. Roosevelt street), and events (workers' protests in June 1956). Description Īlmost every book from the cycle is set in Poznań. The books are very popular among Poles, both children and young people alike. The first part of the cycle (Szósta klepka) was published in 1977, and the newest (Ciotka Zgryzotka) is from 2018. Professor Zbigniew Raszewski, an admirer of the series and a friend of the author, invented this title jokingly referring to the Iliad (Polish: 'Iliada').

Its name derives from the Poznań district Jeżyce. Jeżycjada is a series of books for young people by Polish author Małgorzata Musierowicz. Roosevelta 5 (5 Roosevelt St.) in Poznań, where the (fictional) Borejko family inhabits a ground floor flat facing the street

Szósta klepka by Małgorzata Musierowicz