The Transatlantyk Award

Transatlantyk Prize is an award from the Book Institute for the most outstanding promoters of Polish literature and culture abroad. Its laureates can be translators, publishers, critics or cultural life animators who have contributed to increasing the presence of Polish literature in their country through their work.

The Transatlantyk is an annual award granted by the Book Institute to an eminent ambassador of Polish literature abroad. The aim of the award is to honour a person with particular achievements in promoting Polish literature around the world. The winner may be a translator, a publisher, a critic, or an animator of cultural life.