21 August 2026

“Piotruś” by Leo Lipski in Serbia and other new translations

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.

Within the ©Poland Translation Programme we supported translations of the following titles:

Kornel Filipowicz, Opowiadania wybrane – translated into Ukrainian by Yurii Matevoshchuk, FOP Zavadskyi Iurii Romanovych
Joanna Karpowicz, Anubis – translated into Korean by Eui-Jeen Ahn, Barambooks
Leo Lipski, Piotruś – translated into Serbian by Milica Markić, Prometej
Anna Matysiak, Srebro Fermiego i inne wybrane wiersze – translated into Danish by Paweł Partyka and Frej Larsen, Det Poetiske Bureaus Forlag
Anna Skowrońska, Woda – translated into Italian by Barbara Delfino, Il Gatto Verde
Aleksandra Wojtaszek, Fjaka. Sezon na Chorwację – translated into Italian by Giorgia Maurovich, Bottega Errante
Urszula Honek, Białe noce – translated into Macedonian by Zvonko Dimoski, PNV Publikacii

A second call for proposals for the ©Poland Translation Programme is currently open; it will close on 15 September 2026.

In July the first call for ©Poland Translation Programme was concluded. Results can be found in the programme section on our website and at the address provided.

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Italian edition of Anna Skowrońska's book

Urszula Honek in Macedonian

Kornel Filipowicz in Ukrainian

Aleksandra Wojtaszek, Croatian edition

Leo Lipski's prose in Serbian

Poems by Anna Matysiak in Danish

Korean edition of Joanna Karpowicz's comic book

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Translators’ Collegium: additional call for applications in 2026

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.

12 August 2026

Announcement of the first selection of publishers’ submissions to the ©POLAND Translation Programme in 2026

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.

31 July 2026

Tapani Kärkkäinen awarded with the Transatlantyk Award

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.

3 July 2026

The 6th World Congress of Translators of Polish Literature has begun

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.

2 July 2026

The 6th World Congress of Translators of Polish Literature starts this Thursday

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.

26 June 2026

The twenty-sixth newsletter for translators of Polish literature

The newsletter is sent quarterly to translators of Polish literature around the world. It contains the most interesting new publishing releases from recent months that may attract the interest of foreign readers.

23 June 2026

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