Found in Translation Award 2026: nominations open
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Translations published in book form in 2024 qualify for nomination. Individuals or organizations in Poland and abroad may nominate candidates to the Book Institute (by writing to biuro@instytutksiazki.pl). The nomination should include a justification for choosing the candidate, the candidate’s address, and the address of the nominator. An electronic version of the book translated by the candidate may also be submitted.
Please send the nominations by 31st January 2026.
The award winners thus far are:
- Bill Johnston, for the translation of poems by Tadeusz Różewicz (2008)
- Antonia Lloyd-Jones, for the translation of The Last Supper by Paweł Huelle (2009)
- Danuta Borchardt, for the translation of Pornografia by Witold Gombrowicz (2010)
- Clare Cavanagh i Stanisław Barańczak, for the translation of Here, a volume of poetry by Wisława Szymborska (2011)
- Joanna Trzeciak, for the translation of poems by Tadeusz Różewicz (2012)
- Antonia Lloyd-Jones, for the entire work done by the translator in the year preceding the presentation of the award (2013)
- Philip Boehm, for the translation of the book Chasing the King of Hearts by Hanna Krall (2014)
- Ursula Phillips, for the translation of the novel Choucas by Zofia Nałkowska (2015)
- Bill Johnston, for the translation of Twelve Stations by Tomasz Różycki (2016)
- Piotr Florczyk, for the translation of Building the Barricade by Anna Świrszczyńska (2017)
- Jennifer Croft, for the translation of Flights by Olga Tokarczuk (2018)
- Madeleine Levine, for the translation of Collected Stories by Bruno Schulz (2019)
- Anna Zaranko, for her translation of The Memoir of an Anti-hero by Kornel Filipowicz (2020)
- Ewa Małachowska-Pasek and Megan Thomas, for their translation of The Carrer of Nicodemus Dyzma by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz (2021)
- Jennifer Croft for her transaltion of The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk (2022)
- Anna Zaranko for her transaltion of The Pesants by Władysław Reymont (2023)
- Alissa Valles for her translation of Firebird by Zuzanna Ginczanka (2024)
- Mira Rosenthal for her translation of To the Letter by Tomasz Różycki (2025)