Sean Bye
Polish → English
He is a translator of Polish literature into English. He focuses on contemporary fiction and reportage, and also works with historical texts, theater and…
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e-mail: martinveselka@centrum.cz
(born 1987 in Liberec) – studied Czech studies at Charles University in Prague and Polish studies during stays abroad in Leipzig, Wrocław and Warsaw. He also completed teaching-research internships at the University of Warsaw and Jagiellonian University.
He has been translating Polish literature since 2012, when he translated an anthology of Janusz Korczak’s texts published as Jak milovat dítě and the guidebook Vratislav/Wrocław, město na ostrovech.
In recent years he has focused primarily on reportage, biographies, historical literature and popular-science publications by authors such as Ryszard Kapuściński, Mariusz Szczygieł, Aleksander Kaczorowski, Aleksandra Lipczak, Zbigniew Rokita, Cezary Łazarewicz, Aleksandra Wojtaszek, Grzegorz Motyka, Tomasz Rożek, Zuzanna Kisielewska and Magdalena Jeleńska. He recently translated one volume of the popular Kocia Szajka series by Agata Romaniuk. He also translates genre fiction, including crime novels (notably by Paulina Świst), historical novels (Max Czornyj) and contemporary fiction (Edyta Prusinowska, Weronika Anna Marczak).