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The Book Institute announces an additional call for translator residencies in Kraków, organized under the Translators’ Collegium programme. 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 […]
read moreThe 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. This year, we awarded grants to 197 proposals submitted by publishers from 40 countries, including Argentina, Azerbaijan, Lebanon, Mongolia, and South Korea. For the first time, a Polish book […]
read moreAt the end of 2025 and in the first months of 2026, further translations of Polish books appeared abroad, including the Romanian edition of Czesław Miłosz’s Rodzinna Europa, Zofia Zaleska’s Zaniechanie in Belarusian, and Ishbel Szatrawska’s Toń in German. Within the ©Poland Translation Programme we supported translations of the following titles: Bruno Jasieński, Nogi Izoldy […]
read moreThe great celebration of Polish literature has come to a close. In Kraków, from 2–4 July, we hosted translators from around the world. We also announced the winner of the Transatlantyk Award, the most prestigious award given by the Book Institute to ambassadors of Polish literature. The laureate was Finnish translator Tapani Kärkkäinen. This year […]
read moreOn 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 […]
read moreToday 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, […]
read moreThe twenty-sixth issue of our newsletter “New Books from Poland” for the period March–May 2026 has been published. 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. This time translators can become […]
read moreWe are pleased to announce that the sixth edition of the World Congress of Translators of Polish Literature will take place from 2 to 4 July 2026 — it would be a great celebration of our literature and the Institute of Book’s most important initiative of the year. Translators are the most important ambassadors of […]
read morePolish illustrator and children’s book author Marianna Oklejak took part in the prestigious Festival du Livre de Paris, which was held from April 17 to 19, 2026, at the Grand Palais in Paris.
read moreSubmissions for the first call of the ©POLAND Translation Programme in 2026 take place from 15 June to 31 July. The ©POLAND Translation Programme promotes Polish literature throughout the world. It is aimed at foreign and Polish publishers interested in publishing Polish books in foreign-language translations.
read moreWe are pleased to announce that the first call for this year’s ©Poland Translation Programme will commence on 5th February. Applications can be submitted until the end of March.
read moreMałgorzata Lebda visited the United Kingdom from 14–16 May 2026 on the occasion of the English-language edition of the collection Mer de Glace. The visit was supported by the Polish Institute in London and by the Book Institute as part of the Nonstop — Polish literature abroad programme.
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