POLISH LITERATURE IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION

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A Bibliography / Guide







CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE
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Jerzy Harasymowicz (1933-1999)
list bullet  3 Poems. Trans. Victor Contoski. Contemporary East European Poetry: An Anthology. Ed. Emery George. Ann Arbor, MI: Ardis. 1983.


list bullet  3 Poems. Trans. Victor Contoski. Malpais Review 1.3 (Winter 2010-2011).
list bullet  4 Poems. Postwar Polish Poetry: An Anthology. 3rd. ed. Ed. Czesław Miłosz. Berkeley, Ca: U California P. 1983.
generic item icon  9 Poems. Trans. Seymour Mayne and Jarosław Sokol. I Live on a Raft. Ottawa: Concertina Press. n.d. Website of the illustrator, Sharon Katz. (Also available at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/200/300/concertina/raft/rafttoc.htm.) Children's book.
list bullet  "Autumn Kitchen." Trans. Sylvester Domański. The New Polish Poetry: A Bilingual Collection. Ed. Milne Holton and Paul Vangelisti. Pittsburgh: U Pittsburgh P. 1978. 70-71.
list bullet  Genealogy of Instruments. Trans. Catherine Leach and Seymour Mayne. Ottawa: Valley Editions. 1974.
list bullet  Planting Beeches. Trans. Victor Contoski. New York: New Rivers Press. 1975.



Julia Hartwig (1921 - )
generic item icon  3 Poems. Trans. John and Bogdana Carpenter. Agni Online. 2006.


list bullet  4 Poems. Chicago Review 46.3-4 Special Issue on New Polish Writing. (Fall 2000).
list bullet  6 Poems. Trans. Regina Grol. Ambers Aglow: An Anthology of Contemporary Polish Women's Poetry. Ed. Regina Grol. Austin, TX: Host Publications. 1996. Polish and English.
  14 Poems. Jan Rybicki's Modern Polish Poetry.
list bullet  "Above Us." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh. A Book of Luminous Things: An International Anthology of Poetry. Ed. Czesław Miłosz. New York: Harvest Books. 1998. 298.
  "Choice." Trans. John and Bogdana Carpenter. The Manhattan Review 13.2 (Fall/Winter 2008-09).
list bullet  "A Few Words on Poetry." Trans. Alissa Valles. Polish Writers on Writing. Ed. Adam Zagajewski. San Antonio, TX: Trinity U P. 2007. 166-168.
  "Ghosts." Trans. John and Bogdana Carpenter. The Manhattan Review 12.2 (Fall/Winter 2006-07).
  "The Gift of Mediation." Trans. John Carpenter and Bogdana Carpenter. The New Yorker 29 Jan. 2007.
list bullet  In Praise of the Unfinished: Selected Poems. Trans. John Carpenter and Bogdana Carpenter. New York: Knopf. 2008.
list bullet  It Will Return: Poems. Trans. John Carpenter and Bogdana Carpenter. Evanston, IL: Northwestern U P. 2009.
list bullet  "On Translating Poems by American Authors." Przekładaniec Special Issue: Contemporary Polish Writing (2001).
list bullet  "Who Says." The Gospels in Our Image: An Anthology of Twentieth Century Poetry Based on Biblical Texts. Ed. David Curzon. New York: Harcourt. 1995.



Józef Hen (1923 - )
list bullet  Nowolipie Street. Trans. Krystyna Boron. Bethesda, MD: DL Books. 2012.



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Zbigniew Herbert (1924-1998)
  2 Pieces. Cross-Currents: A Yearbook of Central European Culture.


generic item icon  2 Poems. The Legacy Project.
  2 Poems. Trans. Roman Turovsky and Sean Monagle. "In Memoriam, Zbigniew Herbert." Polyhymnion.
list bullet  2 Poems. Chicago Review 46.3-4 Special Issue on New Polish Writing. (Fall 2000).
list bullet  3 Poems. The New Polish Poetry: A Bilingual Collection. Ed. Milne Holton and Paul Vangelisti. Pittsburgh: U Pittsburgh P. 1978.
list bullet  3 Poems. Trans. John Carpenter and Bogdana Carpenter.Shifting Borders: East European Poetries of the Eighties. Ed. Walter Cummins. Rutherford, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson U P. 1993.
  3 Poems. Huck Gutman. Zbigniew Herbert. University of Vermont.
list bullet  4 Poems. World Poetry: An Anthology of Verse from Antiquity to Our Time. Ed. Katharine Washburn and John S. Major. New York: Norton. 1998.
generic item icon  5 Pieces. Trans. Alissa Valles. Words Without Borders: The Online Magazine for International Literature.
list bullet  5 Poems. Against Forgetting: Twentieth Century Poetry of Witness. Ed. Carolyn Forché. New York: Norton. 1993.
list bullet  5 Poems. The Gospels in Our Image: An Anthology of Twentieth Century Poetry Based on Biblical Texts. Ed. David Curzon. New York: Harcourt. 1995. Various pages.
list bullet  6 Poems. Contemporary East European Poetry: An Anthology. Ed. Emery George. Ann Arbor, MI: Ardis. 1983.
  6 Poems. Trans. Ryszard J. Reisner. Ars Interpres: An International Journal of Poetry, Translation and Art 4 (2005).
list bullet  7 Poems. Trans. Adam Czerniawski Moved by the Spirit: An Anthology of Polish Religious Poetry. Ed. Adam Czerniawski. Belfast: Lapwing. 2010. Polish and English.
list bullet  7 Prose Pieces. Trans. Alissa Valles. Polish Writers on Writing. Ed. Adam Zagajewski. San Antonio, TX: Trinity U P. 2007.
generic item icon  7 Pieces ("Apocrypha"). Trans. John Carpenter and Bogdana Carpenter. Artful Dodge. Introduction by John Carpenter.
list bullet  8 Poems. The Poetry of Our World: An International Anthology of Contemporary Poetry. Ed. Jeffrey Paine and others. New York: Perennial. 2001. 253-270.
list bullet  8 Poems. Vintage Book of Contemporary World Poetry. Ed. J. D. McClatchy. New York: Vintage Books. 1996.
list bullet  19 Poems. Postwar Polish Poetry: An Anthology. 3rd. ed. Ed. Czesław Miłosz. Berkeley: U California P. 1983.
generic item icon    33 Poems. Jan Rybicki's Modern Polish Poetry.
  "Arion." Trans. Marek Ługowski. XConnect 6.3 (Nov. 2002).
  "A Ballad About Us Not Ceasing to Exist." Trans. Marek Ługowski. XConnect 4.2 (Nov. 1998).
list bullet  Barbarian in the Garden. Trans. Michael March and Jarosław Anders. Manchester: Carcanet. 1985 and New York: Harvest Books. 1986.
list bullet  Barbarian in the Garden: excerpt. Trans. Michael March and Jarosław Anders. In Orientations: An Anthology of East European Travel Writing, ca. 1550-2000. Ed. Wendy Bracewell. New York: Central European University Press. 2009. 341-343.
list bullet  "Conch." Trans. John Carpenter and Bogdana Carpenter. Staying Alive: Real Poems for Unreal Times. Ed. Neil Astley. New York: Hyperion. 2003. 291.
  "Conversation with Zbigniew Herbert": excerpt. John Carpenter and Bogdana Carpenter. The Manhattan Review 3.2 (Winter 1984/85).
  "Daedalus and Icarus." Trans. Marek Ługowski. XConnect 4.2 (Nov. 1998).
list bullet  "Defense of the Templars." Trans. Jarosław Anders and Michael March. Four Decades of Polish Essays. Ed. Jan Kott. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern U P. 1990. 130-147.
list bullet  "A Devil." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. The Rattle Bag. Ed. Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes. London: Faber and Faber. 1982, 1997. 127.
list bullet  "Elegy for the Departure" and Other Poems. New York: Ecco. 1999.
list bullet  "Elegy of Fortinbras." Trans. Czesław Miłosz and Peter Dale Scott. A Book of Luminous Things: An International Anthology of Poetry. Ed. Czesław Miłosz. New York: Harvest Books. 1998. 301-302.
list bullet  Epilogue of the Storm. Trans. Maria Dorota Pienkowska. Monarch Beach, CA: Libros. 2001. Polish and English.
list bullet  The Kings of the Ants: Mythological Essays. New York: Ecco. 1999.
list bullet  The Labyrinth on the Sea: Essays. Trans. John Carpenter and Bogdana Carpenter. New York: Ecco. 2010.
list bullet  Mr. Cogito. Trans. John Carpenter and Bogdana Carpenter. New York: Oxford U P. 1993.
list bullet  "Old Masters." Trans. Alissa Valles. Art and Artists: Poems. Ed. Emily Fragos. New York: Everyman's Library. 2012. 21-22.
list bullet  "On Translating Poetry." Trans. John Carpenter and Bogdana Carpenter. Literature: The Evolving Canon. 2nd ed. Ed. Sven P. Birkerts. New York: Pearson Allyn & Bacon. 1995. 896-897.
list bullet  "The Philosophers' Den." Trans. Paweł Mayewski. The Broken Mirror: A Collection of Writings from Contemporary Poland. New York: Random House. 1958. 76-109.
  "Preliminary Investigation of an Angel." Trans. Peter Dale Scott. RALPH: The Review of Arts, Literature, Philosophy and the Humanities.
list bullet  "Report from a Besieged City." Trans. Alissa Valles. In The Wall in my Head: Words and Images from the Fall of the Iron Curtain. Ed. Words without Borders. Rochester, NY: Open Letter. 2009. 44-46.
list bullet  Report from the Besieged city and Other Poems. Trans. John Carpenter and Bogdana Carpenter. New York: Ecco. 1985.
list bullet  "Revelation." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. Poetry for the Spirit: An Original and Insightful Anthology of Mystical Poems. Ed. Alan Jacobs. London: Watkins Publishing Ltd. 2002. 516-517.
list bullet  Selected Poems. New York: Ecco. 1999.
list bullet  Still Life with a Bridle: Essays and Apocryphas. Trans. John Carpenter and Bogdana Carpenter. New York: Ecco. 1993. Reprint.
  "Story About King Midas." Trans. Marek Ługowski. XConnect 6.3 (Nov. 2002).
  "To Jehuda Amichaj." Trans. Ryszard Reisner. Ars Interpres: An International Journal of Poetry, Translation & Art 6-7 (Sept. 2006).



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Kajetan Herdyński (1980 - )
  3 Poems. Trans. Marek Kazmierski. OFF_Press. [Listed in the order in which they appear on the page]


  "Bargain." Action Poetry.
  "Millie the Mullet." Trans. Claire Stevens. Once upon a Deadline Writing Marathon. 2011.



Gustaw Herling-Grudziński (1919-2000)
list bullet  A World Apart: Imprisonment in a Soviet Labor Camp During World War II. Trans. Andrzej Ciolkosz. New York: Penguin. 1996 (Reprint).
  Journal [Diary] Written at Night: excerpt. Trans. Ronald Strom. PolishWriting: Prose and Poetry from Poland.
list bullet  Diary Written at Night 1993-1996: excerpts. Trans. Ela Kotkowska-Atkinson. Chicago Review 46.3-4 Special Issue on New Polish Writing. (Fall 2000): 14-20.
list bullet  The Island: Three Tales. Trans. Ronald Strom. New York: Penguin. 1994.
list bullet  "The Noonday Cemetery" and Other Stories. Trans. Bill Johnston. New York: New Directions. 2003.
list bullet  "The Shadow Hour." Trans. Ronald Strom. Four Decades of Polish Essays. Ed. Jan Kott. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern U P. 1990. 236-244.
list bullet  Volcano and Miracle : diary excerpts. Trans. Ronald Strom. Polish Writers on Writing. Ed. Adam Zagajewski. San Antonio, TX: Trinity U P. 2007. 137-145.
list bullet  Volcano and Miracle: A Selection of Fiction and NonFiction from "The Journal Written at Night". Trans. and ed. Ronald Strom. New York: Viking. 1996.
list bullet  A World Apart. Trans. Joseph Marek. Westport, CR: Greenwood. 1974.



Agnieszka Herman (1967 - )
list bullet  2 Poems. Trans. Ula de B. Contemporary Writers of Poland: 2000-2014. Ed. Danuta Błaszak. Raleigh, NC: Lulu Press. 2013.



Paweł Hertz (1918-2001)
list bullet  "Recollections from the House of the Dead." Trans. Zygmunt Haupt. The Broken Mirror: A Collection of Writings from Contemporary Poland. New York: Random House. 1958. 132-156.



Małgorzata Hillar (1926- 1995)
list bullet  6 Poems. Trans. Regina Grol. Ambers Aglow: An Anthology of Contemporary Polish Women's Poetry. Ed. Regina Grol. Austin, TX: Host Publications. 1996. Polish and English.


list bullet  "The Memory of Your Hands." Trans. Iwona Gleb. The New Polish Poetry: A Bilingual Collection. Ed. Milne Holton and Paul Vangelisti. Pittsburgh: U Pittsburgh P. 1978. 50-51.
list bullet  "Shoes." Trans. Adam A. Zych and Andrzej Diniejko. The Auschwitz Poems. Ed. Adam A. Zych. Oświecim, Poland: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. 1999. 154.



Ryszard Holzer (1955- )
list bullet  "What Is It like in paradise?" Trans. Daniel Bourne. Shifting Borders: East European Poetries of the Eighties. Ed. Walter Cummins. Rutherford, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson U P. 1993. 292.



Roman Honet (1974 - )
  5 Poems. Trans. Marek Kazmierski. OFF_Press. Polish and English. [Listed in the order in which they appear on the page]



Marek Huberath (1954 - )
list bullet  "A Cat's Presence." Trans. Magdalena Jarczyk. In Anthology: Chosen by Fate. Ed. Elżbieta Gepfert, Grzegorz Kozubski, and Piotr W. Cholewa. Warsaw: SuperNova Publ. 2000. 45-80.
  "Balm of a Long Farewell." Trans. Michael Kandel. Words Without Borders (Nov. 2013).
  "Yoo Retoont, Sneogg. Ay Noo." Trans. Michael Kandel. Words Without Borders (March 2004).
list bullet  "Yoo Retoont, Sneogg. Ay Noo." Trans. Michael Kandel. In The SFWA European Hall of Fame: Sixteen Contemporary Masterpieces of Science Fiction from the Continent. Ed. James Morrow and Kathryn Morrow. New York: Tor. 2008. 124-154.



Paweł Huelle (1957 - )
list bullet  2 Selections. Chicago Review 46.3-4 Special Issue on New Polish Writing. (Fall 2000).


generic item icon  4 Selections. Words Without Borders: The Online Magazine for International Literature.
list bullet  "The Bicycle Express." Trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones. Edinburgh Review. Special Issue: "Made in Poland: New Writing from Poland." 121 (2007): 94-104.
list bullet  Castorp. Trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones. London: Serpent's Tail. 2008.
list bullet  The Last Supper. Trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones. London: Serpent's Tail. 2008.
list bullet  "The Map." Trans. Alissa Valles. Polish Writers on Writing. Ed. Adam Zagajewski. San Antonio, TX: Trinity U P. 2007. 249-251.
list bullet  Mercedes-Benz. Trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones. London: Serpent's Tail. 2006.
  Mercedes Benz: excerpt. Trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones. PolishWriting: Prose and Poetry from Poland.
list bullet  "Mina." Trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones. In Description of a Struggle: The Vintage Book of Contemporary Eastern European Writing. Ed. Michael March. New York: Vintage. 1994. 65-79.
list bullet  Moving House: Stories. Trans. Michael Kandel. New York: Harvest Books. 1996.
list bullet  Moving House: excerpt [excerpt from "The Table"]. Trans. Michael Kandel. In The Wall in my Head: Words and Images from the Fall of the Iron Curtain. Ed. Words without Borders. Rochester, NY: Open Letter. 2009. 21-25.
list bullet  "Moving House." Trans. Michael Kandel. Art of the Story: An International Anthology of Contemporary Short Stories. Ed. Daniel Halpern. New York: Penguin. 1999. 331-337.
list bullet  "The Table." Trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones. The Eagle and the Crow: Modern Polish Short Stories. Ed. Teresa Halikowska and George Hyde. London: Serpent's Tail. 1996. 128-145.
list bullet  Who Was David Weiser? Trans. Michael Kandel. New York: Harcourt. 1992 and 1994.
list bullet  Who Was David Weiser? Trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones. London: Bloomsbury. 1991, 1995.



Jacek Hugo-Bader (1957 - )
list bullet  Kolyma Diaries: A Journey into Russia's Haunted Hinterland. Trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones. London: Portobello. 2014.
list bullet  White Fever: A Journey to the Frozen Heart of Siberia. Trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones. London: Portobello. 2012.



Jan Huszcza (1917-1986)
list bullet  "Peace." Trans. Antoni Gronowicz. The Polish Review 17.2 (Spring 1972): 81-82.




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