POLISH LITERATURE IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION

Henryk Waniek (1942 - )
  Finis Silesiae: excerpt. Trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones. Book Institute. [Note: The URLs of the Book Institute have been subject to frequent change.]
  The Hermes Case: excerpt. Trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones. Book Institute. [Note: The URLs of the Book Institute have been subject to frequent change.]

Marek Wawrzykiewicz (1937 - )
  "The Pain." Trans. Danuta Łoposzko and Peter Harris. Shifting Borders: East European Poetries of the Eighties. Ed. Walter Cummins. Rutherford, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson U P. 1993. 295-296.

Wojciech Wencel (1972 - )
No English translations of his work appear to be available at this time.

Adam Wiedemann (1967 - )
  2 Poems. Trans. Murray Edmond and Joanna Forsberg. In "Adam Wiedemann: 'Anarchist of Pain' or 'Oneiric Surrealist' or "Anarchist Realist'?" Murray Edmond. ka mata ka ora: a New Zealand Journal of Poetry and Poetics 11 (Mar. 2012). Polish and English.

• "I Am Sitting like Buddha and I Have a Belly like Buddha."
• "Loud Essay: Music." [2 versions]

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

• "Calypso." Trans. William Martin. 186.
• "Notable Essay: Music." Trans. Alissa Valles. 185.

  3 Poems. Trans. W. Martin. Words Without Borders: The Online Magazine for International Literature.

•   "Calypso."
•   Konwalia: excerpt.
•   "A Thousand."

  17 Poems. University of Iowa International Writing Program.

• "Aesthetics of the Word." Trans. Tadeusz Pióro. 17-18.
• "and suddenly a single moment takes away a good . . ." Trans. Bill Martin. 11.
• "Apple." Trans. Paweł Merecz. 5.
• "Bandaid (2)." Trans. Jamie Harmon Ferguson. 13.
• "Black Man on a Business Trip." Trans. Ana Jelnikar, Primoz Cucnik and Michael Farrell. 14.
• "Break in Traffic." Trans. Paweł Merecz. 10.
• "Calypso." Trans. Ana Jelnikar. 15.
• "don't laugh at me. where the world ends . . ." Trans. Paweł Merecz. 2.
• "Good Manners." Trans. Paweł Merecz. 8.
• "how come I find myself . . ." Trans. Ciaran Carson. 1.
• "PECCANCY despite strawberries . . ." Trans. Paweł Merecz. 9.
• "Poem of Intervention." Trans. Paweł Merecz. 7.
• "Rafał was right: phones in Podgórze are good for nothing . . ." Trans. Paweł Merecz. 4.
• "Small Dose." Trans. Tadeusz Pióro. 16.
• "Spring's Feces." Trans. Bill Martin. 12.
• "There is a paper on the bench No doubt it's wet . . ." Trans. Paweł Merecz. 3.
• "Tongue." Trans. Adam Wiedemann and Paweł Merecz. 6.

   "Aesthetics of the Word." Trans. Tadeusz Pióro. Jacket 29 (Apr. 2006).
  "Bandaid (2)." Trans. Jamie Harmon Ferguson. Chicago Review 46.3-4 Special Issue on New Polish Writing. (Fall 2000): 231.
  "The Moon and his Critic." Trans. Marek Kazmierski. OFF_Press.

Andrzej Więckowski (1949 - )
  "Apostolic Energy." Trans. Sylvester Domański. The New Polish Poetry: A Bilingual Collection. Ed. Milne Holton and Paul Vangelisti. Pittsburgh: U Pittsburgh P. 1978. 104-107.

Bronisław Wildstein (1952 - )
  The Master : excerpt. Trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones. Book Institute. [Note: The URLs of the Book Institute have been subject to frequent change.]

Mariusz Wilk (1955 - )
  The Journals of a White Sea Wolf. Trans. Danusa Stok. London: Harvill Press. 2003.

Witold Wirpsza (1918 - 1985)
  3 Poems. Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh. Jan Rybicki's Modern Polish Poetry.

• "The Dance of the Asphyxiated."
• "Footnote."
• "Mendacity."

Michał Witkowski (1975 - )
  "Didi." Trans. W. Martin. Best European Fiction 2010. Ed. Aleksandar Hemon. Champaign, IL: Dalkey Archive Press. 222-236.
  "The Great Atlas of Polish Queens." Trans. W. Martin. Words Without Borders: The Online Magazine for International Literature.
  "Lubiewo." Trans. W. Martin. Biweekly.pl: Link with Culture. 6(2010).
  Lovetown. Trans. William Martin. London: Portobello. 2010.

Bogdan Wojdowski (1930-1994)
  2 selections. Contemporary Jewish Writing in Poland. Ed. Antony Polonsky and Monika Adamczyk-Garbowska. Lincoln, NE: U Nebraska P. 2001.

• Bread for the Departed : excerpt. Trans. Madeline G. Levine. 208-238.
• "A Little Person, a Songless Bird, a Cage, and the World." Trans. Christopher Garbowski. 239-244.

  Bread for the Departed. Trans. Madeline G. Levine. Northwestern U P. 1997.

Karol Józef Wojtyła (Pope John Paul II) (1920-2005)
  5 Poems. Trans. Jerzy Peterkiewicz. Jan Rybicki's Modern Polish Poetry.

• "Actor."
• "A Bishop's Thoughts on Giving the Sacrament of Confirmation in a Mountain Village."
• "Girl Disappointed in Love."
• "Her Amazement at Her Only Child."
• "Shores of Silence."

  6 Poems. Frontline. [USA] Public Broadcasting Service.

• "I. Material." Trans. Jerzy Peterkiewicz.
• "Actor." Trans. Jerzy Peterkiewicz.
• "Girl Disappointed in Love." Trans. Jerzy Peterkiewicz.
• "John Beseeches Her." Trans. Jerzy Peterkiewicz.
• "Over This, Your White Grave." Trans. not identified.
• "The Quarry." Trans. not identified.

  The Acting Person. Trans. Andrzej Potocki. Boston: D. Reidel. 1979.
  The Collected Plays and Writings on theater. Trans. Bolesław Taborski. Berkeley: U California P. 1987.
  Collected Poems. New York: Random House. 1982. [Apparently this has recently gone out of print.]
  Easter Vigil and Other Poems. Trans. Jerzy Peterkiewicz. New York: Random House. 1979.
  "Her Amazement at Her Only Child." Trans. Jerzy Peterkiewicz. Catholic Information Network.
  The Jeweler's Shop. Trans. Bolesław Taborski. San Francisco: Ignatius Press. 1992.
  Love and Responsibility. Trans. H.T. Willetts. New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux. 1979 and San Francisco: Ignatius Press. 1993.
  Man in the Field of Responsibility. Trans. Kenneth W. Kemp and Zuzanna Maslanka Kieron. South Bend, IN: St. Augustine's Press. 2011.
  "Over This, Your White Grave." Trans. not identified. Poetry: Witch Hazel's Magic Resource Website.
  Person and Community: Selected Essays. Trans. Theresa Sandok. New York: Peter Lang. 1993, 2008.
  Poezje/Poems. Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie. 1998. English and Polish.
  Toward a Philosophy of Praxis: excerpt. Trans. Alfred Bloch. The Real Poland: An Anthology of National Self-Perception. Ed. Alfred Bloch. New York: Continuum. 1982. 184-192.

Maciej Wojtyszko (1946 - )
No English translations of his work appear to be available at this time.

Agnieszka Wolny-Hamkało (1979 - )
  "Event." Trans. Tadeusz Pióro. Jacket 29 (Apr. 2006-Supplement).

Wiktor Woroszylski (1927 - 1996)
  3 Poems. Trans. Magnus J. Kryński and Robert A. Maguire. Contemporary East European Poetry: An Anthology. Ed. Emery George. Ann Arbor, MI: Ardis. 1983.

• "The Early Chaplin." 139-140.
• "Franz Kafka (I)." 140-141.
• "Franz Kafka (II)." 141.

  5 Poems. Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh. Jan Rybicki's Modern Polish Poetry.

• "The Belly of Barbara N."
• "Fascist Nations."
• "The Padlock Speaks."
• "Roommates."
• What a Poem Is Allowed."

  Diary of a Revolt: Budapest through Polish Eyes. Trans. M. Segal. London: Segal & Jenkins. 1957.
  The Life of Mayakovsky. Trans. Bolesław Taborski. New York: Orion Press. 1971 and London: Gollancz. 1972.
  "Moscow Night": excerpt. Trans. June Friedman. The Auschwitz Poems. Ed. Adam A. Zych. Oświecim, Poland: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. 1999. 297.
  "Notes for a Biography." Trans. Julius Balbin. The Broken Mirror: A Collection of Writings from Contemporary Poland. New York: Random House. 1958. 110-131.
  "The Poet and his Wife." Trans. George Gömöri and Clive Wilmer. Homage to Mandelstam: An Anthology of Poems. Ed. George Gömöri. Cambridge, UK: Los Poetry Press. 1981. 24-25. Polish and English.
   "The Watch." Trans. Barbara Vedder. The Modern Polish Mind. Ed. Maria Kuncewicz. London: Secker & Warburg. 1962. 21-23.
  "The White Worms." Trans. Wiesiek Powaga. The Dedalus Book of Polish Fantasy. Ed. Wiesiek Powaga. Sawtry, UK: Dedalus. 1996. 318-330.

Kazimierz Wójtowicz (1919-2006)
  5 Poems. The Auschwitz Poems. Ed. Adam A. Zych. Oświecim, Poland: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. 1999.

• "At the Sunset." Trans. June Friedman. 299.
• "Cranes Flew Over." Trans. June Friedman. 298-299.
• "A Day of the Week." Trans. June Friedman. 298.
• "Resignation." Trans. June Friedman. 300.
• "Sunset." Trans. June Friedman. 300.

Grzegorz Wróblewski (1962 - )
  2 Poems. Trans. Adam Zdrodowski. Guernica: A Magazine of Art & Politics. 2010. Listed in the order in which they appear on the page.

• "New Girls."
• "Room of Surprises."

  2 Poems. Trans. Adam Zdrodowski. Jacket 31 (Oct. 2006).

• "Black Head."
• "A Summation Scheme (About the Illness of John T.)."

   2 Poems. Trans. Adam Zdrodowski. Jacket 34 (Oct. 2007).

• "Jesse Owens and Luz Long."
• "Migraine."

   2 Poems. Trans. Grzegorz Wróblewski and Joel Leonard Katz. Eclectica 10.3 (Jul-Aug. 2006).

• "Important Message."
• "On Visiting Mother."

  2 Poems. Trans. Agnieszka Pokojska. Eclectica 13.1 (Jan.-Feb. 2009).

• "In the Queen's Honor."
• "one night, looking . . ."

  2 Poems. Trans. Adam Zdrodowski. Word Riot.

• "The first girl . . ."
• "A Long-Haired Stranger."

  3 Poems. Przekładaniec Special Issue: Contemporary Polish Writing (2001).
   3 Poems. Trans. Tadeusz Pióro. Jacket 29 (Apr. 2006).

• "Argument from Enghave Station."
• "I Put Off the Knife from my Hand till Tomorrow."
• "Tangerines."

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

• "Local Communiqué." Trans. W. Martin. 264.
• "Long Street, Valby." Trans. W. Martin. 264.
• "My Oppressor, the Master Yasuo Kuwahara." Trans. W. Martin. 263.
• "Territory." Trans. W. Martin. 263.

  5 Poems. Trans. Piotr Gwiazda. InTranslation. Listed in the order in which they appear on the page:

• "Tests on Monkeys."
• "Makamba."
• "Anarchy and Tuna."
• "Renoir and Van Gogh."
• "(Disappointment.)"

  7 Poems. Trans. Adam Zdrodowski. David McDuff. "The Other Side." A Step at a Time. 14 Jan. 2005. Text in English and Polish.

• "An Arab Fruit Seller and Old Eulogists of Death."
• "A Beggar."
• "The Northern Route."
• "One of the Ladies."
• "The Other Side."
• "When We Suddenly Feel the Beauty of the Earth."
• "Where are you coming from, old traveller attired . . ."

   7 Poems.Trans. Grzegorz Wróblewski and Malcolm Sinclair. Eclectica 11.4 ()ct.-Nov. 2007).

•   "A Couple."
•   "A young beautiful woman at a bus stop . . ."
•   "Climacteric."
•   "Faroe Islands."
•   "Gretha! What's Become of our December Snow?"
•   "Mr. Cullen's Sally."
•   "What did Clausen see the sky? . . ."

   8 Poems. Jacket 29 (Apr. 2006-Supplement).

• "High Tide." Trans. Adam Zdrodowski.
• "Kites on Primrose Hill." Trans. Adam Zdrodowski and Joel Leonard Katz.
• "Mister Vester." Trans. Adam Zdrodowski.
• "On the Milky Way." Trans. Adam Zdrodowski.
• "The Porter and the Lavender." Trans. Adam Zdrodowski and Joel Leonard Katz.
• "Red Polka-dot Dress." Trans. Adam Zdrodowski and Joel Leonard Katz.
• "The Time of Awakened Poets." Trans. Adam Zdrodowski and Joel Leonard Katz.
• "The Wind's Triumph. Jeckels Hotel, Skagen." Trans. Adam Zdrodowski.

  13 Poems. Trans. Adam Zdrodowski. David McDuff. "The Time of Woken Up Poets." A Step at a Time. 6 Mar. 2005. Text in English and Polish.

• "High Tide."
• "The House."
• "Kites on Primrose Hill."
• "Mr. Vester."
• "On the Milky Way."
• "Orientations between Friends."
• "Passenger."
• "The Porter and Lavender."
• "Red Polka-dot Dress."
• "Repetition."
• "Song about Gunnar."
• "The Time of Woken Up Poets.
• "The Wind's Triumph. Jeckels Hotel, Skagen."

  "A Business Trip." Trans. Grzegorz Wróblewski and Malcolm Sinclair. Eclectica. 10.1 (Jan-Feb. 2006).
  Kopenhaga: excerpt. Trans. Piotr Gwiazda. AGNIOnline. 2010.
  Kopenhaga. Trans. Piotr Gwiazda. Brookline, MA: Zephyr Press. 2013.
   Let's Go Back to the Mainland. Trans. Agnieszka Pokojska. Somerville, MA: Cervena Barva Press. 2014.
  A Marzipan Factory. Trans. Adam Zdrodowski. Rockhampton, Australia: Otoliths. 2010.
  Mercury Project. Trans. Adam Zdrodowski. Claremont, CA: Toad Press. 2010.
  Our Flying Objects.. Trans. Grzegorz Wróblewski. Cambridge, UK: Equipage. 2007.
  "Metamorphosis." Trans. Ulvija Tanovic. Diwan.
  These Extraordinary People. Trans. Malcolm Sinclair and Adam Zdrodowski. Liverpool, UK: erbacce-press. 2008.

Marcin Wronski (1972 - )
No translations of his work seem to be available at this time.

Stanisław Wygodzki (1907-1992)
  13 Poems. The Auschwitz Poems. Ed. Adam A. Zych. Oświecim, Poland: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. 1999.

• 32 from the cycle "Farewell." Trans. Adam A.Zych. 309.
• "About My Mother." Trans. June Friedman. 306.
• "About Myself." Trans. June Friedman. 304.
• "And If In Birkenau the Grass Is Growing." Trans. June Friedman. 307.
• "For Posterity." Trans. June Friedman. 305-306.
• "A Letter in the Night." Trans. Stephen D. Wren. 301-302.
• "Over the Photograph of My Daughter." Trans. June Friedman. 308.
• "A Poem to Poland." Trans. June Friedman. 310.
• "Profile." Trans. June Friedman. 307.
• "Statistics." Trans. June Friedman. 305.
• "To My Mother." Trans. June Friedman. 303-304.
• Untitled ["Everything reminds me of you . . ."]. Trans. June Friedman. 303.
• "Wife." Trans. June Friedman. 302.

  15 Pieces. Contemporary Jewish Writing in Poland. Ed. Antony Polonsky and Monika Adamczyk-Garbowska. Lincoln, NE: U Nebraska P. 2001.

• #3 ["Between Gimel and Dalet Street . . ."]. Trans. Antony Polonsky. 81.
• #17 ["I remember well the distant wood . . ."]. Trans. Antony Polonsky. 81-82.
• #31 ["Do not stand anymore in the window . . ."]. Trans. Antony Polonsky. 82.
• #32 ["Why did I leave you then, . . .""]. Trans. Antony Polonsky. 82-83.
• #35 ["Flee from the night, but whither?"]. Trans. Antony Polonsky. 83.
• "About Myself." Trans. Antony Polonsky. 75.
• "Biography." Trans. Antony Polonsky. 74-75.
• "Blessed Be the Hands . . . Trans. Monika Adamczyk-Garbowska. 61-72.
• "Ill-Omened Names." Trans. Antony Polonsky. 77-80.
• "My Mother." Trans. Antony Polonsky. 80.
• "Shawl." Trans. Antony Polonsky. 75-77.
• "To My Father." Trans. Antony Polonsky. 73.
• "To My Mother." Trans. Antony Polonsky. 74.
• "To the Future." Trans. Antony Polonsky. 80.
• "Urn." Trans. Antony Polonsky. 73.

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