The Adam Wodnicki Award

We are pleased to announce that the Adam Wodnicki Award is awarded to Mateusz Kwaterko for his translation from French of André Baillon’s Szczypawka z ogrodu Luksemburskiego i inne prozy, published by Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy.

There are still just under two weeks to submit entries for the Adam Wodnicki Scholarship. The scholarship was established to honor Adam Wodnicki, an outstanding visual artist, translator of French literature, and writer. Its purpose is to recognize the best translation into Polish, published in book form.

The award was established to honor Adam Wodnicki, an outstanding visual artist, translator of French literature, and writer. Its purpose is to recognize the best translation into Polish, published in book form.

International Translation Day was established by the International Federation of Translators (FIT, Fédération Internationale des Traducteurs) on September 30th, the feast day of St. Jerome, author of the first Latin translation of the Bible and patron saint of all translators.