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Kris van Heuckelom

Kris van Heuckelom

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He is a Polish studies specialist, translator and literary critic. He has worked as Professor at the Catholic University of Leuven since 2006. As translator and editor, he has published eight books (mainly anthologies) presenting Polish literature in Dutch translation. These books are accompanied by a considerable number of translations scattered across various Dutch literary magazines, including pieces by Polish authors such as Adam Wiedeman, Kira Pietrek, Zbigniew Herbert, Szczepan Kopyt, Tomasz Różycki, Janusz Szuber, Eugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-Dycki, Jacek Podsiadło, Jaś Kapela, Julia Fiedorczuk, Konrad Góra, Sławomir Shuty, Mariusz Szczygieł, Małgorzata Rejmer, Marcin Wicha etc.

Translations

Czesław Miłosz (2002). Een dichter vergeet niet – Poeta pamięta: Nobelprijspoëzie uit Polen. (Point, 61). Point, Altea, 2002 (selection and translation: Kris Van Heuckelom).
Smeets R., Tengbergen M., Van Heuckelom K. (ed.) (2008). Na de dood stond ik midden in het leven: kopstukken van de naoorlogse Poolse poëzie. Leuven: Uitgeverij P.
Adam Zagajewski (2013). Tracht de verwonde wereld te bezingen. Leuven: Uitgeverij P. (selection, translation and editing: Kris Van Heuckelom i René Smeets)
Bruno Schulz, (2017). Brieven. (Slavische Cahiers, 28). Amsterdam: Pegasus (selection and editing: Kris Van Heuckelom i André Roosen)
Ryszard Krynicki (2020). De nooit te helen wond van de waarheid. Honderd gedichten van Ryszard Krynicki. Leuven: Uitgeverij P (selection, translation and editing: Kris Van Heuckelom, René Smeets i Maarten Tengbergen)
Dorota Walczak (2023). Morze Północne/Noordzee. Gent: Poëziecentrum (translation: Kris Van Heuckelom).
Ewa Lipska (2024). Averij aan de wereld. Honderd gedichten van Ewa Lipska. Leuven: Uitgeverij P. (selection, translation and editing: Kris Van Heuckelom, René Smeets i Maarten Tengbergen)
Adam Zagajewski (2025). Blijf de verwonde wereld bezingen. Honderd gedichten van Adam Zagajewski. Leuven: Uitgeverij P (selection, translation and editing: Kris Van Heuckelom, René Smeets i Maarten Tengbergen)

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