Polish Literature in English Translation: Contemporary Authors Beginning with K

CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE
Authors: K

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Eugeniusz Kabatc (1930 - )
No English translations of his work appear to be available at this time.

Wiesław Aleksander Kałabun (1955 - )
Untitled ("a view of thousands of people . . ."). Trans. Adam A. Zych and Andrzej Diniejko. The Auschwitz Poems. Ed. Adam A. Zych. Oświecim, Poland: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. 1999. 167.

Anna Kamieńska (1920 - 1986)
3 Pieces. Trans. Clare Cavanagh. Poetry Foundation.

"Industrious Amazement: A Notebook."
"In that Great River: A Notebook."
"A Nest of Quiet: A Notebook."

3 Poems. Trans. Tomasz P. Przeszowski and Desmond Graham. Brindin Press. Texts in Polish and English.

"Job's Return."
"Thanking."
"Those who carry pianos . . ."

4 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.

7 Poems. Trans. and Ed. Susan Bassnett and Piotr Kuhiwczak. Ariadne's Thread: Polish Women Poets. Wayland, MA and London, UK: Forest Books. 1988.

"Cosmic Wrappings." 34.
"Given Away." 37.
"Heaven." 31.
"History." 33.
"The Key." 35.
"Little Dorrit." 32.
"Loving my Enemies." 36.

15 Poems. Jan Rybicki's Modern Polish Poetry.

"Closed Eyes." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"Cosmic Wrappings." Trans. Susan Bassnett and Piotr Kuhiwczak.
"A Cross." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"Funny." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"Given Away." Trans. Susan Bassnett and Piotr Kuhiwczak.
"Heaven." Trans. Susan Bassnett and Piotr Kuhiwczak.
"History." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"The Key." Trans. Susan Bassnett and Piotr Kuhiwczak.
"Little Dorrit." Trans. Susan Bassnett and Piotr Kuhiwczak.
"Loving My Enemies." Trans. Susan Bassnett and Piotr Kuhiwczak.
"The Other World." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"A Prayer That Will Be Answered." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"Service." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"Two Faiths." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"Youth." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.

Astonishments: excerpts. Trans. Grażyna Drabik and David Curzon. Paraclete Press.

Astonishments.Trans. Grażyna Drabik and David Curzon. Brewster, MA: Paraclete Press. 2008.

Diary entries. Trans. Alissa Valles. Polish Writers on Writing. Ed. Adam Zagajewski. San Antonio, TX: Trinity U P. 2007. 158-164.

"Funny." Discovering the Many Worlds of Literature: Literature for Composition. Ed. Stuart Hirschberg and Terry Hirschberg. New York: Longman. 2004.

"Loving My Enemies." Trans. Susan Bassnett and Piotr Kuhiwczak. Love Poems for Women: An Anthology of Poetry from Around the World and Through the Ages. Ed. Wendy Mulford and others. New York: Fawcett Columbine. 1990. 104-105.

"A Prayer That Will Be Answered." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh. Richard Geib's poetry page, Foothill Technology High School, Ventura, CA.

"A Prayer That Will Be Answered." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh. A Book of Luminous Things: An International Anthology of Poetry. Ed. Czesław Miłosz. New York: Harvest Books. 1998. 290.

"Rembrandt." Trans. Grażyna Drabik and David Curzon. Art and Artists: Poems. Ed. Emily Fragos. New York: Everyman's Library. 2012. 31.

Two Darknesses. Trans. Tomasz P. Krzeszowski and Desmond Graham. Hexham, UK: Flambard. 1994.

Tadeusz Kantor (1915-1990)
A Journey Through Other Spaces: Essays and Manifestos, 1944-1990. Trans. Michał Kobialka. Oakland, CA: U California P. 1993.
Wielopole/Wielopole: An Exercise in Theatre. Trans. M. Tchorek and G. Hyde. London: Marion Boyars. 1990.

Salomea Kapuścińska (1940 - )
7 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.

"Amber." 154-155.
"A Gypsy Child." 158-159.
"it was we who carried . . ." 164-165.
"The Memory of a Word." 156-157.
"Mother Theresa." 162-163.
"Requests." 166-167.
"A Widower." 160-161.

Ryszard Kapuściński (1932-2007)
  Another Day of Life. Trans. William R. Brand and Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand. New York: Vintage. 2001.
  The Emperor. Trans. William R. Brand and Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand. New York: Vintage. 1989. Reissue.
  Imperium. Trans. Klara Glowczewska. New York: Vintage. 1995.
  Imperium: excerpt. Trans. Klara Glowczewska. 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. 53-58.
  I Wrote Stone: The Selected Poetry of Ryszard Kapuściński. Trans. Diana Kuprel and Marek Kusiba. Evanston, IL: Northwestern U P. 2007.
  "Lapidarium." Trans. Edward Rothert. Polish Perspectives 30.4 (1987): 36-42.
  Lapidarium IV. Trans. Agata Orzeszek. Barcelona: Anagrama. 2003.
  The Shadow of the Sun. Trans. Klara Glowczewska. New York: Knopf. 2001 and New York: Vintage. 2002.
  Shah of Shahs. Trans. William R. Brand and Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand. New York: Vintage. 1992. Reprint.
  The Soccer War. Trans. William R. Brand. New York: Vintage. 1992. Reprint.

Krzysztof Karasek (1937 - )
3 Poems. Trans. Daniel Bourne. Shifting Borders: East European Poetries of the Eighties. Ed. Walter Cummins. Rutherford: Fairleigh Dickinson U P. 1993.

"From a Letter of Bertolt Brecht to his Son." 289-290.
"Little Fears, Big Fears." 292.
"Orpheus in the Diner." 290-291.

"Little Fears, Big Fears." Literary Review 31.2 (Winter 1988): 145.

Wojciech Karpiński (1943 - )
"The Blazon of Exile." Trans. Bolesław Taborski. Four Decades of Polish Essays. Ed. Jan Kott. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern U P. 1990. 349-362.

Tymoteusz Karpowicz (1921-2005)
2 Poems. Chicago Review 46.3-4 Special Issue on New Polish Writing. (Fall 2000).

"Love's Ring Dance." Trans. Frank Kujawinski. 66.
"Tri-lateral Lullaby (Cosmogony)." Trans. Frank Kujawinski. 67.

2 Poems. Trans. Małgorzata Sady and Bożena Bialik. The New Polish Poetry: A Bilingual Collection. Ed. Milne Holton and Paul Vangelisti. Pittsburgh: U Pittsburgh P. 1978.

"Agitator." 20-21.
"Dream." 22-23.

4 Poems. Postwar Polish Poetry: An Anthology. 3rd. ed. Ed. Czesław Miłosz. Berkeley, CA: U California P. 1983.

"A Lesson of Silence." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 100-101.
"Love." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 101-102.
"The Pencil's Dream." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 100.
"Turns." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 102.

6 Poems. Trans. Ewa Zak. Contemporary East European Poets: An Anthology. Ed. Emery George. Ann Arbor, MI: Ardis. 1983.

"artistic copy / Introduction to a Desert." 120-121.
"artistic copy / A Moment in a Side Aisle." 119-120.
"artistic copy / Reversed Light." 122-123.
"From Bosch's Hill." 118-119.
"From the Skein of the Straight Line." 117-118.
"On Opening an old House." 117.

12 Poems. "A Selection of the Poetry of Tymoteusz Karpowicz." Lituanus 39.4 (Winter 1993).

"Circle of the Dance of Love." Trans. Frank Kujawinski.
"Fish." Trans. Ewa Zak.
"Incomprehensible Cry."
"In This Instant." Trans. Frank Kujawinski.
"A Lesson with the Magic Rabbit." Trans. Frank Kujawinski.
"Lupine Cantata." Trans. Frank Kujawinski.
"A Moment in the Side Aisle." Trans. Ewa Zak.
"Morning Dialogue." Trans. Ewa Zak.
"Musical Evening Stroll." Trans. Frank Kujawinski.
"Reversed Light." Trans. Ewa Zak.
"A Tombstone Showing Two Angels." Trans. Ewa Zak.
"Voyage of a Branch." Trans. Frank Kujawinski.

"Ecclesiastes." Trans. Adam Czerniawski. Moved by the Spirit: An Anthology of Polish Religious Poetry. Ed. Adam Czerniawski. Belfast: Lapwing. 2010. 88-89. Polish and English.

"Naked Poetry: A Discourse about the Newest Polish Poetry." Trans. Jacek Laskowski. The Polish Review 21.1-2 (Winter-Spring 1976): 59-71. [A Lecture at the University of Iowa International Writing Program.]

Julian Kawalec (1916 - )
2 Stories. The Modern Polish Mind. Ed. Maria Kuncewicz. Boston: Little, Brown. 1962. London: Secker & Warburg. 1962.

"I Kill Myself." Trans. Harry Stevens. 416-422.
"Strength." Trans. Harry Stevens. 205-207.

Wiesław Kazanecki (1939-1989)
"No Smoking." Trans. Danuta Łoposzko and Peter Harris. Shifting Borders: East European Poetries of the Eighties. Ed. Walter Cummins. Rutherford: Fairleigh Dickinson U P. 1993. 296-297.

Bożena Keff (1948 - )
2 Poems. Chicago Review 46.3-4 Special Issue on New Polish Writing. (Fall 2000) .

"Helga's Car." Trans. W. Martin. 214.
"What's in My Pocket." Trans. W. Martin. 213.

2 Poems. Trans. Alissa Valles. New European Poets. Ed. Wayne Miller and Kevin Prufer. St. Paul, MN: Graywolf Press. 2008.

"Dream of the Meaning of Dreams." 175.
"What's in my Pocket." 174.

Ludwik Jerzy Kern (1920-2010)
No English translations of his work appear to be available at this time.

Marzanna Bogumiła Kielar (1963 - )
3 Poems. Trans. W. Martin. New European Poets. Ed. Wayne Miller and Kevin Prufer. St. Paul, MN: Graywolf Press. 2008.

"Early Spring." 180.
"Frost ropes in the ditch . . ." 180.
"Winter Elegy." 180.

4 Poems. Chicago Review 46.3-4 Special Issue on New Polish Writing. (Fall 2000).

"Apple." Trans. Elżbieta Wójcik-Leese. 330.
"The Dogs." Trans. W. Martin. 329.
"Early Spring." Trans. W. Martin. 331.
Untitled ["just an hour ago the morning mist. . ."]. Trans. Elżbieta Wójcik-Leese. 330.

4 Selections. Przekładaniec Special Issue: Contemporary Polish Writing. 2001.

6 Poems. Trans. Elżbieta Wójcik-Leese. PolishWriting: Prose and Poetry from Poland.

"The Hawk."
"low shore of the night before us . . ."
"Telephone."
"Thaw."
"sun setting in August . . ."
"we ran into harsh shadow of an oak . . ."

Salt Monody. Trans. Elżbieta Wojcik-Leese. Tucson, AZ: Zephyr Press. April 2006.

"When time, like a debris flow . . ." Trans. Elżbieta Wojcik-Leese. Magma Poetry Online 33 (Winter 2005).

Samantha Kitsch (PRIVATE)
"The Fire." Trans. Samantha Kitsch and Rachel Klein. Chicago Review 46.3-4 Special Issue on New Polish Writing. (Fall 2000): 237-238.

Jarosław Klejnocki (1963 - )
2 untitled Poems. Chicago Review 46.3-4 Special Issue on New Polish Writing. (Fall 2000).

["Then I saw as if in an old . . ."]. Trans. Elżbieta Wójcik-Leese and W. Martin. 236.
["Itwill be an ode dramatically searching . . .]. Trans. Elżbieta Wójcik-Leese and W. Martin. 236.

"Stairway to Heaven -- Up and Down." Trans. Kinga Maciejewska, with Karen Underhill. Chicago Review 46.3-4 Special Issue on New Polish Writing. (Fall 2000): 103-106.

Radosław Kobierski (1971 - )
"Mu answer: just so many elements. While the fact is, . . ." Trans. Jamie Harmon Ferguson. Chicago Review 46.3-4 Special Issue on New Polish Writing. (Fall 2000): 228.

Bolesław Kobrzyński (1914-1986)
No English translations of his work appear to be available at this time.

Marek Kochan (1969 - )
No English translations of his work appear to be available at this time.

Krzysztof Koehler (1963 - )
2 Poems. Chicago Review 46.3-4 Special Issue on New Polish Writing. (Fall 2000).

"Memory." Trans. W. Martin. 297.
"An Unsuccessful Pilgrimage, Oh, to a Particular Place." Trans. W. Martin. 294-296.

2 Poems. Trans. Bill Johnston. New European Poets. Ed. Wayne Miller and Kevin Prufer. St. Paul, MN: Graywolf Press. 2008.

"A new language . . ." 181.
"Two columns of smoke . . ." 182.

3 Poems.Przekładaniec Special Issue: Contemporary Polish Writing. 2001.

7 Poems. Trans. W. Martin. The Sarmatian Review 18.2 (Sept. 1998).

"Eclogue. August."
"Shrine."
Untitled ("And suddenly the train. . .")
Untitled ("Bound every more tightly . . .")
Untitled ("Hands covering face . . .")
Untitled ("Two trails of smoke . . .")
Untitled ("What more? What further impetus . . .")

7 Poems. Trans. Donald Pirie. Young Poets of a New Poland: An Anthology. Lincoln Centre, MA: Forest Books. 1993.

"An August Pastoral." 185-186.
"Crucifixion." 187.
"Dante and the Poets." 188.
"Kraków." 190.
"Ovid. The Last Years." 184.
"Ulysses and Penelope." 189.
"Wilanów." 191-192.

8 Poems. Jan Rybicki's Modern Polish Poetry.

"An August Pastoral." Trans. Donald Pirie. [Scroll down the page for the poem.]
"Dante and the Poets." Trans. Donald Pirie. [Scroll down the page for the poem.]
"Kraków." Trans. not identified. Annotation with audio of the "Hejnał."
"Memory." Trans. W. Martin. [Scroll down the page for the poem.]
"Ovid. The Last Years." Trans. Donald Pirie.
"Ulysses and Penelope." Trans. Donald Pirie. [Scroll down the page for the poem.]
"An Unsuccessful Pilgrimage, Oh, to a Particular Place." Trans. W. Martin. [Scroll down the page for the poem.]
"Wilanów." Trans. Donald Pirie. [Scroll down the page for the poem.]

"Carrying the Burden of Freedom: Some Thoughts on Polish Literature After Ten Years of Political Freedom." Toronto Slavic Quarterly 3 (Winter 2003).

"O'Harism" [an essay]. Trans. W. Martin. Jan Rybicki's Modern Polish Poetry.

Krystyna Kofta (1942 - )
The Umbilical Cord. Trans. Joanna Mludzinska. Eastern Promise: 7 Plays from Central and Eastern Europe Ed. Sian Evans and Cheryl Robson. New York: Theatre Communications Group. 1999. 57-99.

Leszek Kołakowski (1927-2009) [Literary Works]
  "Cain, or an Interpretation of the Rule: To Each According to His Deserts." Trans. Nicholas Bethell. The Eagle and the Crow: Modern Polish Short Stories. Ed. Teresa Halikowska and George Hyde. London: Serpent's Tail. 1996. 114-115.
  "God, or Relative Mercy." Trans. Nicholas Bethell. The Eagle and the Crow: Modern Polish Short Stories. Ed. Teresa Halikowska and George Hyde. London: Serpent's Tail. 1996. 119.
  "Modernity on Endless Trial." Four Decades of Polish Essays. Ed. Jan Kott. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern U P. 1990. 291-303.
  "Permanent and Transitory Aspects of Marxism." Trans. George Krzywicki. The Broken Mirror: A Collection of Writings from Contemporary Poland. New York: Random House. 1958. 157-174.
  "The Priest and the Jester: Reflections on the Theological Heritage in Contemporary Thought." Trans. Paweł Mayewski. The Modern Polish Mind. Ed. Maria Kuncewicz. Boston: Little, Brown. 1962. London: Secker & Warburg. 1962. 301-326.
  "Sarah, or the Conflict between the General and the Individual in Morality." Trans. Nicholas Bethell. The Eagle and the Crow: Modern Polish Short Stories. Ed. Teresa Halikowska and George Hyde. London: Serpent's Tail. 1996. 116-118.
  Tales from the Kingdom of Lailonia and the Key to Heaven. Trans. Agnieszka Kołakowska. Chicago: U Chicago P. 1989.

Tomasz Kołodziejczak (1967 - )
The Colours of the Banners: excerpt. Trans. Małgorzata Wilk. Anthology: Chosen by Fate. Ed. Elżbieta Gepfert, Grzegorz Kozubski, and Piotr W. Cholewa. Warsaw: SuperNova. 2000. 83-94.

Tadeusz Konwicki (1926 - )
  The Anthropos-Specter-Beast. Trans. Julek Heller. Chatham, NY: S.G. Phillips. 1978.
  Bohin Manor. Trans. Richard Lourie. New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux. 1990.
  A Dreambook for our Time. Trans. David Welsh. New York: Penguin. 1976.
  A Minor Apocalypse: A Novel. Trans. Richard Lourie. Champaign, IL: Dalkey Archive Press. 1999.
  Moonrise, Moonset. Trans. Richard Lourie. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 1987.
  New World Avenue and Vicinity. Trans. Walter Arndt. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 1991.
  The Polish Complex. Trans. Richard Lourie. Champaign, IL: Dalkey Archive Press. 1998 Reprint.

Julian Kornhauser (1946 - )
2 Poems. Chicago Review 46.3-4 Special Issue on New Polish Writing. (Fall 2000).

"Beauty." Trans. Ela Kotkowska-Atkinson. 98.
"Loyalty?" Trans. Ela Kotkowska-Atkinson. 99.

3 Poems. Trans. Ela Perepeczko. The New Polish Poetry: A Bilingual Collection. Ed. Milne Holton and Paul Vangelisti. Pittsburgh: U Pittsburgh P. 1978.

"Illness." 112-113.
"My Wife Sleeps, Illyich." 110-113.
"Top Hat." 110-111.

Been and Gone. Trans. Piotr Florczyk. Grosse Pointe Farms, MI: Marick Press. 2009.

4 Poems. Trans. Piotr Florczyk. World Literature Today 80.3 (May-June 2006). In Polish and English.

"Bookstores." May also be available online at http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5270/is_3_80/ai_n29268029?tag=content;col1.
"My Son's Back." May also be available online at http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5270/is_3_80/ai_n29268031?tag=content;col1.
"Nothing More." May also be available online at http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5270/is_3_80/ai_n29268032?tag=content;col1.
"A Pebble." May also be available online at http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5270/is_3_80/ai_n29268033?tag=content;col1.

Maria Korusiewicz (1956 - )
8 Poems. Trans. Donald Pirie. Young Poets of a New Poland: An Anthology. Lincoln Centre, MA: Forest Books. 1993.

"And so we came to stand . . ." 122.
"I have this poor sick head again . . ." 120.
"I'm thinking of hurting you . . ." 124.
"Meditating on the power of Rome." 128-129.
"My face is a mug of black coffee . . ." 123.
"Sin's Divine Fruit." 126-127.
"The Statue in the Park." 125.
"What can a woman be afraid of . . ." 121.

Jerzy Kosiński (1933-1991)
  Being There. New York: Grove Press. 1999.
  Being There. Dir. Hal Ashby. 1979. DVD, Blu-ray.
  Blind Date. New York: Grove Press. 1998.
  Cockpit. New York: Grove Press. 1998.
  Conversations with Jerzy Kosiński [conducted by Tom Teicholz]. Jackson, MS: U P of Mississippi. 1993.
  The Devil Tree. New York: Grove Press. 2003.
  "Foreword." No Religion Is an Island: Abraham Joshua Heschel and Interreligious Dialogue. By Abraham Joshua Heschel, Harold Kasimow, and Byron L. Sherwin. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis. 1991.
  The Future is Ours, Comrade: Conversations with the Russians. Garden City, NY: Doubleday. 1960. Also: New York: Dutton. 1964.[Written under the name of Joseph Novak.]
  The Hermit of 69th Street: the Working Papers of Norbert Kosky. New York: Seaver Books. 1988.
  No Third Path. Garden City, NY: Doubleday. 1962.
  The Painted Bird. New York: Grove Press. 1996.
  Passing By: Selected Essays, 1962-1991. New York: Grove Press. 1995.
  Passion Play. New York: Grove Press. 1998.
  Pinball. New York: Grove Press. 1995.
  "The Presence Divided." The Polish Review 49.12 (Winter 2004): 597-608.
  Steps. New York: Grove Press. 1997.

Janina Kościałkowska (1915-2004)
Beech Boat. Trans. Anna Mariańska. Columbia, LA: Readers International. 1993.

Jan Kott (1914-2001)
  Chestnut Roulette: The Amazing Story of a Lvov Jewish Youth Who Triumphs over Adversity, Outwitting the Nazis and Luftwaffe. Jerusalem: Mazo Publishers. 2008.
  Eating of the Gods. Trans. Bolesław Taborski and Edward J. Czerwinski. Evanston, IL: Northwestern U P. 1987.
  "Journey to the East." Trans. Lillian Vallee. Four Decades of Polish Essays. Ed. Jan Kott. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern U P. 1990. 255-269.
  The Memory of the Body: Essays on Theater and Death. Trans. Jadwiga Kosicka, Lillian Vallee, and others. Evanston, IL: Northwestern U P. 1992.
  Shakespeare, Our Contemporary. Trans. Bolesław Taborski. Garden City, NY: Doubleday. 1964.
  Still Alive: An Autobiographical Essay. Trans. Jadwiga Kosicka. New Haven, CT: Yale U P. 1994.
  The Theater of Essence and Other Essays. Evanston, IL: Northwestern U P. 1984.
  Theatre Notebook, 1947-1967. Trans. Bolesław Taborski. Garden City, NY: Doubleday. 1968.

Hanna Kowalewska (1960 - )
"Worldphobia." Trans. Wiesiek Powaga. PolishWriting: Prose and Poetry from Poland.

Urszula Kozioł (1931 - )
2 Poems. Trans. Jolanta Raczko and Danuta Gabryś. The New Polish Poetry: A Bilingual Collection. Ed. Milne Holton and Paul Vangelisti. Pittsburgh: U Pittsburgh P. 1978.

"Relief in Spring." 66-67.
"Summer." 66-67.

4 Poems. Chicago Review 46.3-4 Special Issue on New Polish Writing. (Fall 2000).

"In Liquid State." Trans. Ela Kotkowska-Atkinson. 31-32.
"Non Finito I." Trans. W. Martin. 30-31.
"A Single Moment." Trans. W. Martin. 30.
Untitled ["such heat . . ."]. Trans. W. Martin. 29.

5 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.

"A Great Pause." 182-183.
"It's so hot . . ." 170-171.
"Odysseus to Circe." 176-181.
"This rose . . ." 172-175.
"Your fatherland . . ." 168-169.

7 Poems. Trans. and Ed. Susan Bassnett and Piotr Kuhiwczak. Ariadne's Thread: Polish Women Poets. Wayland, MA and London, UK: Forest Books. 1988.

"Hyper-nakedness." 53.
"A Journey." 55-56.
"Meat Recipe." 51.
"A Return to Not Knowing." 52.
"Spring Relief." 57.
"Summer." 58.
"A Thousand and One Nights." 54.

14 Poems. Jan Rybicki's Modern Polish Poetry.

"From a Journey." Trans. Susan Bassnett and Piotr Kuhiwczak.
"Hypernakedness." Trans. Susan Bassnett and Piotr Kuhiwczak.
"In Liquid State." Trans. Ela Kotkowska-Atkinson.
"A Meat Recipe." Trans. Susan Bassnett and Piotr Kuhiwczak.
"Non Finito I." Trans. W. Martin.
"A Polish Lesson." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"A Return to Not Knowing." Trans. Susan Bassnett and Piotr Kuhiwczak.
"A Single Moment." Trans. W. Martin.
"Spring Relief." Trans. Susan Bassnett and Piotr Kuhiwczak.
" such heat . . . " Trans. W. Martin.
"Summer." Trans. Susan Bassnett and Piotr Kuhiwczak.
"A Thousand and One Nights." Trans. Susan Bassnett and Piotr Kuhiwczak.
"We Won't Look Truth in the Eye." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"You live by the very edges . . ." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.

"Alarum." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. Postwar Polish Poetry: An Anthology. 3rd. ed. Ed. Czesław Miłosz. Berkeley, CA: U California P. 1984. 180-183.

"The Dark," from Poems. Trans. Regina Grol-Prokopczyk. Host Publications. 1989. Text in English and Polish. [Select "Read an Excerpt" at the bottom of the page to access the poem.]

Poems. Trans. Regina Grol-Prokopczyk. Austin, TX: Host Publications. 1989.

"Psalm." Trans. Barbara Plebanek and Tony Howard. Poetry International. Text in English and Polish.

Marek Krajewski (1966 - )
  Death in Breslau: An Inspector Mock Investigation. Trans. Danusia Stok. London: Quercus. 2008 and Brooklyn, NY: Melville House. 2012.
  End of the World in Breslau: excerpt. Trans. Jean-Jacques Granas. Words Without Borders: The Online Magazine for International Literature.
  The End of the World in Breslau: An Inspector Mock Investigation. Trans. Danusia Stok. Brooklyn, NY: Melville House. 2013.
  The Minotaur's Head: An Inspector Mock Investigation. Trans. Danusia Stok. Brooklyn, NY: Melville House. 2014.
  Phantoms of Breslau: An Inspector Mock Investigation. Trans. Danusia Stok. London: MacLehose Press. 2010 and Brooklyn, NY: Melville House. 2014.

Hanna Krall (1937 - )
3 Stories. Trans. Christopher Garbowski. Contemporary Jewish Writing in Poland. Ed. Antony Polonsky and Monika Adamczyk-Garbowska. Lincoln, NE: U Nebraska P. 2001.

"The Armchair." 317-320.
"Briefly Now." 303-311.
The Dybbuk : excerpts. 312-316.

"The Armchair." Przekładaniec Special Issue: Contemporary Polish Writing. 2001.

Chasing the King of Hearts. Trans. Philip Boehm. London: Peirene Press. 2013.

"The Dybbuk": excerpts. Trans. Christopher Garbowski. PolishWriting: Prose and Poetry from Poland.

"The One from Hamburg." Trans. Wiesiek Powaga. Chicago Review 46.3-4 Special Issue on New Polish Writing. (Fall 2000) : 131-138.

"Retina." Trans. Jarosław Anders. Description of a Struggle: The Vintage Book of Contemporary Eastern European Writing. Ed. Michael March. New York: Vintage. 1994. 39-59.

Shielding the Flame: an Intimate Conversation with Dr. Marek Edelman, the Last Surviving Leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Trans. Joanna Stasińska and Lawrence Weschler. New York: Henry Holt. 1986.

The Subtenant and To Outwit God. Trans. Jaroslaw Anders, Joanna Stasinska, and Lawrence Weschler. Evanston, IL: Northwestern U P. 1992.

"A Tale for Hollywood." Trans. Basia Plebanek. The Eagle and the Crow: Modern Polish Short Stories. Ed. Teresa Halikowska and George Hyde. London: Serpent's Tail. 1996. 150-182.

To Steal a March on God. Trans. Jadwiga Kosicka. London: Routledge. 1996.

"The Woman from Hamburg" and Other True Stories. Trans. Madeline G. Levine. New York: Other Press. 2005.

Feliks W. Kres (Witold Chmielecki) (1966 - )
"The Crown of Shergards." Trans. Agata Koc. Anthology: Chosen by Fate. Ed. Elżbieta Gepfert, Grzegorz Kozubski, and Piotr W. Cholewa. Warsaw: SuperNova. 2000. 97-126.

Elżbieta Kroszczyńska ( ? - )
No English translations of her work appear to be available at this time.

Ryszard Krynicki (1943 - )
2 Poems. Metamorphoses: A Journal of Literary Translation 7.2 (Summer 1999). Trans. Clare Cavanagh.

"As Always Different." 96.
"I Just Have to Imagine Doors." 96.

3 Poems. Chicago Review 46.3-4 Special Issue on New Polish Writing. (Fall 2000).

"Among them, in Their Midst." Trans. Clare Cavanagh. 77.
"Frost." Trans. Clare Cavanagh. 76.
"A Quarter to Midnight." Trans. Clare Cavanagh. 76.

3 Poems. Shifting Borders: East European Poetries of the Eighties. Ed. Walter Cummins. Rutherford: Fairleigh Dickinson U P. 1993.

"Much Simpler." Trans. Frank Kujawinski. 287.
"There Are Words." Trans. Bogusław Rostworowski. 286.
"Tongue: This Wild Meat." Trans. Grażyna Drabik. 287.

5 Poems. Trans. Ewa Chrusciel. OmniVerse.[Listed in the order in which they appear on the page]

"Even if you annihilated . . ."
"How to Write?"
"Other Ones."
"This year . . ."
"The Door."

6 Poems. Trans. Michael March and Jarosław Anders. Child of Europe: A New Anthology of East European Poetry. Ed. Michael March. New York: Penguin. 1990.

"The beginning crossed out . . ." 31.
"How does it rise . . ." 29.
"How lucky it is . . ." 34.
"It, Sleepless." 30.
"Journey through Death I." 32.
"Journey through Death III. 33.

14 Poems. Trans. Alissa Valles. Words Without Borders: The Online Magazine for International Literature.

"After Rain."
"Buddha, Christ."
"Fragments from the Year 1989."
"(from Meister Eckhardt or Zohar?)"
"He Who Always Knows."
"Job's Guilt."
"The Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest."
"Return from Assisi."
"Rue de Poitiers."
"Save Me, Guide Me."
"A Stone from New World."
"Sweet, innocent words . . ."
"This Year."
"Who Doesn't Exist."

27 Poems. Jan Rybicki's Modern Polish Poetry.

"Almost All." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"Among Them, in Their Midst." Trans. Clare Cavanagh.
"The Answer." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"Do not want to die for us . . ." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"Facing the Wall." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"From a Window." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"Frost." Trans. Clare Cavanagh.
"The Heart." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"I Am Not Worthy." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"I Can't Help You." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"I Don't Know." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"If it comes to pass . . ." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"I'll Remember That." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"Maybe It's You." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"A New Day." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"On the Eve." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"A Quarter to Midnight." Trans. Clare Cavanagh.
"Rose." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"Sleep Well." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"Socialist Realism." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"So what if . . ." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"A Stop." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"Suddenly." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"The Wall." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"Yes, She Says." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"You Don't Have to." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"You're Free." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.

"By entering . . ." Trans. Magnus Kryński and Robert A. Maguire. Contemporary East European Poets: An Anthology. Ed. Emery George. Ann Arbor, MI: Ardis. 1983. 147.

Citizen R. K. Does not Live: Poems of Ryszard Krynicki. Ed. Robert A. Davies and John M. Gogol. Forest Grove, OR: Mr. Cogito Press. 1985.

"I Can't Help You." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh. A Book of Luminous Things: An International Anthology of Poetry. Ed. Czesław Miłosz. New York: Harvest Books. 1998. 300.

"An Interview with Ryszark Krynicki: 'Some I, Looking for its Thou'." 1998 interview by Krzysztof Myszkowski. Trans. Alissa Valles. Polish Writers on Writing. Ed. Adam Zagajewski. San Antonio, TX: Trinity U P. 2007. 158-164. 226-231.

"The Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest." Trans. Alissa Valles. Art and Artists: Poems. Ed. Emily Fragos. New York: Everyman's Library. 2012. 243.

Zygmunt Kubiak (1929-2004)
2 Essays. Four Decades of Polish Essays. Ed. Jan Kott. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern U P. 1990.

"From Saint Augustine." Trans. Jadwiga Kosicka. 192-194.
"Pascal." Trans. Jadwiga Kosicka. 182-191.

Agnieszka Kuciak (1970 - )
4 Poems. Trans. Ryszard Reisner. Ars Interpres: An International Journal of Poetry, Translation & Art 6 (Sept. 2006).

"And to Drop Absent-Minded Oranges."
"Meter."
"Montgomery."
"Zen Before Clock."

"Depression." Trans. Karen Kovacik and Ewa Chruściel. Brindin Press. In Polish and English.

Distant Lands: An Anthology of Poets Who Don't Exist. Trans. Karen Kovacik. Buffalo, NY: White Pine Press. 2013.

Wojciech Kuczok (1972 - )
Muck: excerpt. Trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones. PolishWriting: Prose and Poetry from Poland.

Anna Kühn-Cichocka (1940 - )
6 Poems. Trans. Sarah Lawson and Małgorzata Koraszewska. Brindin Press. In Polish and English.

"the barmaid Halinka . . ."
"beyond the river . . ."
"the doctor knew everybody . . ."
"here the houses . . ."
"the inn was at the market place . . ."
"on rainy days . . ."

Norbert Kulesza (1961 - )
14 Poems from Bogowie śpią na rusztowaniach [Gods Sleep on the Scaffolding]. Poems of Norbert Kulesza.

"Awakenings, Nothing of Importance." Trans. Norbert Kulesza.
"By the River." Trans. Norbert Kulesza.
"Cosmos." Trans. Norbert Kulesza.
"Drop Your Wantings." Trans. Norbert Kulesza.
"Eagles." Trans. Norbert Kulesza.
"Eternity." Trans. Norbert Kulesza.
"a foot feels the moan of a stone . . ." Trans. Norbert Kulesza.
"Guru." Trans. Norbert Kulesza.
"Judas." Trans. Iwona Witczak.
"My life had one colour . . ." Trans. Norbert Kulesza.
"None." Trans. Norbert Kulesza.
"One Two." Trans. Norbert Kulesza.
"On the Scaffolding." Trans. Norbert Kulesza.
"The Will to Live." Trans. Norbert Kulesza.

21 Poems from Budda jest kobietą [Buddha Is a Woman]. Trans. Iwona Witczak. Poems of Norbert Kulesza.

"Books in the Snow."
"Buddha is a woman . .."
"A Friend."
"Healthy Cooking."
"Hop!"
"I have seen thousands running . . ."
"Jesus."
"The Last Judgement."
"The Little Match-Girl."
"Look."
"Martha and Maria."
"My Land."
"The Opening of an Exhibition."
"Satori."
"Still Hungry."
"Stuck on Myself."
"Taming the Lack of You."
"Tattoo."
"there is music . . ."
"Virtue."
"yes . . ."

Jan Kulka (1937-2000)
2 Poems. Trans. Reuel K. Wilson. New York Review of Books 24.7 (28 Apr. 1977): 37.

"I John the Almoner."
"Patients Take a Walk on a Sunday Afternoon."

6 Poems. Trans. Reuel K. Wilson. "Selected Poems by Jan Kulka." Reuel K. Wilson. The Polish Review 25.3-4 (Summer-Autumn 1980): 78-84.

"Arrival in Katowice." 81.
"Dusk cut into night . . ." 83.
"I'll find that landscape in the rain . . ." 84.
"Incident." 81.
"On the Poet." 83-84.
"The Young Surrealist's Trip into Metaphysics." 82.

Czesław Kuriata (1938 - )
"A Man Speaks." Trans. Jolanta Raczko. The New Polish Poetry: A Bilingual Collection. Ed. Milne Holton and Paul Vangelisti. Pittsburgh: U Pittsburgh P. 1978. 90-91.

Ewa Kuryluk (1946 - )
Century 21. Champaign, IL: Dalkey Archive Press. 1992.
"To the Memory of Mandelstam." Trans. George Gömöri. Homage to Mandelstam: An Anthology of Poems. Ed. Richard Burns and George Gömöri. Cambridge, UK: Los Poetry Press. 1981. 69.

Mirosława Kuś (1948 - )
2 Poems. Trans. Karen Kovacik. Shifting Borders: East European Poetries of the Eighties. Ed. Walter Cummins. Rutherford: Fairleigh Dickinson U P. 1993.

"In the kitchen's it's quiet . . ." 311.
"This bald little chickie . . ." 311.

8 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.

"Absolutely." 194-195.
"Alice in Wonderland." 190-191.
"and so I slowly descend . . ." 204-205.
"Homelessness." 196-197.
"Love." 198-199.
"My Mother." 202-203.
"Nature gives me secret signs . . ." 192-193.
"The stone which crushes me . . ." 200-201.

Andrzej Kuśniewicz (1904-1993)
The King of the Two Sicilies. Trans. Celina Wieniewska. New York: Harcourt. 1980.
Wheelabout : excerpt. Trans. Edward Rothert. Polish Perspectives 31.2 (1988): 40-46.

Grzegorz Kwiatkowski (1984 - )
2 Poems. Trans. Ola Bilińska. Biweekly.pl: Link with Culture. 24(2011). headphones icon Audio also provided. [Poems listed in the order in which they appear on the page]

"People."
"Hares."

Should Not Have Been Born (Trilogy). Trans. Marek Kazmierski. London: OFF_Press. 2011. Polish and English.

"Watching." Trans. Marek Kazmierski. Biweekly.pl: Link with Culture. 26(2011).

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