The Twenty-Seventh Newsletter for Translators of Polish Literature

In recent months a number of Polish books have been translated abroad, including, among others, Piotruś by Leo Lipski into Serbian (another recent translation of this novel after Dalibor Blažina’s Croatian version) and Opowiadania wybrane by Kornel Filipowicz into Ukrainian.

The programme is aimed at translators of Polish literature into foreign languages who are working on a translation of a Polish literary work or are planning to start such a project. For years the Translator’s Collegium has supported translators of Polish literature by providing working conditions and opportunities to connect with the literary community in Poland.

The results apply to publishing proposals submitted by the end of March 2026. In accordance with the regulations, priority was given to Scandinavian languages and Italian.

On 3 July 2026, during a gala at the ICE Kraków Congress Centre, the laureate of the 22nd edition of the Transatlantyk Award, the most important award presented annually by The Book Institute to the ambassadors of Polish literature abroad, was announced. The award was given to Tapani Kärkkäinen, an outstanding translator of Polish literature into Finnish.

Today in Kraków the 6th World Congress of Translators of Polish Literature was inaugurated. The event was opened by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Marta Cienskowska. At the opening, the Golden Medal “Gloria Artis – For Merits to Polish Culture” was awarded to the translator of Polish literature into English and its ambassador, Antonia Lloyd-Jones, and the poet, prose writer and translator Jacek Dehnel received the Bronze Medal “Gloria Artis – For Merits to Polish Culture” from the minister, who also delivered the master’s lecture.

On 2 July in Krakow the 6th World Congress of Translators of Polish Literature will officially begin, during which we will host translators of domestic literature into foreign languages.