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Anna Blasiak

Polish English

Anna Błasiak is a poet and translator, and an editor at the European Literature Network in the UK. She runs the literature section at the Polish Institute in London and her own press, Sideways Press. She has published two bilingual poetry collections with photographs by Lisa Kalloo — Kawiarnia przy St James’s Wrena w porze lunchu / Café by Wren’s St‑James‑in‑the‑Fields, Lunchtime and Rozpętanie / Deliverance — as well as the interview‑book Lili. Lili Stern‑Pohlmann in conversation with Anna Blasiak. She translates prose, poetry and creative nonfiction between Polish and English; reviews translated books into English for the European Literature Network, where she also runs the poetry column Poetry Travels and the blog The Polka and the podcast The Polka Podcast, both devoted to Polish literature. She is one of the editors of Babiniec Literacki.

Translations

  • Kamińska, Aneta, wybór wierszy / Czernovitz-Charmovitz (poetry chapbook). [współprzekład z Bohdanem Piaseckim]. Arc Publications, UK, 2024.
  • Odija, Daniel, Zniknięcie Bałwana / Dunce Disappears (short story). European Literature Network, 2015.
  • Odija, Daniel, Tunel / The Subway (short story). Kwartalnik Szafa, 2015.
  • Pasewicz, Edward, Wiersze / Two poems. [with Maria Jastrzębska]. Modern Poetry in Translation, 2018.
  • Amiel, Irit, Pożegnanie mojej martwej klasy / A Farewell to my Dead Class (short story). [współprzekład z Martą Dziurosz]. Freeword Centre, 2016.
  • Amiel, Irit, Życie. Tytuł tymczasowy / A Temporary Title (autobiography). Vallentine Mitchell, 2017.
  • Krasnowolski, Jan, Afrykańska elektronika (excerpt) / African Electronics (excerpt). Wasafiri, 2014.
  • Szczudlik, Jerzy, Pam-pam-pam / Pam-Pam-Pam (children’s book). Wydawnictwo ElSet, 2013.
  • Malanowska, Kaja, Człowiek-ptak / Bird Man (short story). Dalkey Archive Press / Best European Fiction 2015, 2014.
  • Malanowska, Kaja, Mgła / Fog (excerpt). Drunken Boat, 2017.
  • Hen, Maciej, Według niej / According to Her (novel). Holland House Books, Wielka Brytania, 2022.
  • Czubaj, Mariusz, 21:37 / 21:37 (novel). Stork Press, 2013.
  • Szychowiak, Mirka, Wiersze / Poems. 2017.
  • Szychowiak, Mirka, Boję się tych kropek / I’m Scared of Those Dots (microfiction). Asymptote, 2018.
  • Szychowiak, Mirka, Aniołku / Little Angel (short story). B O D Y Literature, 2016.
  • Szychowiak, Mirka, Tola / Tola (short story). B O D Y Literature, 2016.
  • Szychowiak, Mirka, Marysia Skowronek / Marysia Skowronek (short story). European Literature Network, 2015.
  • Wiśniewski, Radosław, Wiersze / Poems. York Literary Review, 2017.
  • Gawin, Rafał, Struktura w procesie sądowym / Home. Structure on Trial (a poem). Parthian Book / Home on the Move. Two Poems on a Journey, 2019.
  • Spiegel, Renia, Dziennik / Renia’s Diary. [with Marta Dziurosz]. St Martin Press, 2019.
  • Spiegel, Renia, Dziennik / Renia’s Diary. [współprzekład z Martą Dziurosz]. Ebury / Penguin, 2019.
  • Grzegorzewska, Wioletta (Greg), Patataj, patataj, pojedziemy w cudny kraj / Giddy-up fast, giddy-up slow, to w wondrous land, on we go! (essay). Freeword Centre, 2016.
  • Grzegorzewska, Wioletta, Guguły (fragment) / Guguly (excerpt). Wasafiri, 2014.
  • Grzegorzewska, Wioletta (Greg), Nad Bożym Stołem / On the river Boży Stok (essay). Asymptote / The Guardian, 2015.
  • Dudzińska, Łucja, Bez-Troska. Próby wyrazu / Mis-Concern. Attempts at Expression (poetry collection). Font, Poznań, 2024.

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