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Alena Piatrovich

Polish Belarussian

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Translator mostly from Polish and English into Belarusian with almost 20 years of experience working in literature and scholar communities, poet, writer, editor. University lecturer and scholar in the past, now working as a freelance translator. Diverse translation works including non-fiction and fiction as well as books for children. PhD in Linguistics. Twice a scholarship holder of the Gaude Polonia program (2021 — with the translation of Nienasycenie by St. I. Witkiewicz, 2026 — with the translation of Mała Apokalipsa and Kompleks Polski by T. Konwicki). Twice winner of Carlos Sherman Translation Award (2021 — for «The best translation of children’s literature», 2025 — for «The best translation of prose», St. I. Witkiewicz, Nienasytnasć (Nienasycenie)).

Translations

  • Dominika Słowik, Samasiejki (Samosiejki), Januškievič, 2025.
  • Jarosław Grzędowicz, Haspadar Ledzianoha Sadu, tom III (Pan Lodowego Ogrodu, tom III, co-translator), Januškievič, 2024.
  • I. Witkiewicz, Nienasytnasć (Nienasycenie), Januškievič, 2023.
  • Jan Brzechwa, Akademija doktara Kliaksa (Akademia pana Kleksa), Papury, 2023.
  • Dominika Słowik, Zimoŭka (Zimowla, co-translator), Januškievič, 2022.
  • Jarosław Grzędowicz, Haspadar Ledzianoha Sadu, tom II (Pan Lodowego Ogrodu, tom II, co-translator), Januškievič, 2020.
  • Jarosław Grzędowicz, Haspadar Ledzianoha Sadu, tom I (Pan Lodowego Ogrodu, tom I, co-translator), Januškievič, 2019.
  • Małgorzata Szejnert, Nasypać hory (Usypać gó Historie z Polesia, co-translator), Lohvinau, 2016.
  • Ryszard Kapusciński, Padarožžy z Heradotam (Podróże z Herodotem), Lohvinau, 2009.

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