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Monika Lutostanski

Polish English

Monika Lutostanski is a translator, linguist, and astrologer. Born in the US, she lives in Kraków. With a background in Slavic languages and literatures, she translates from Polish and Russian into English. Her recent work includes translating a Siberian exile’s memoir for the Sybir Memorial Museum and scholarly essays on Cyprian Norwid for the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin. In 2024, she was the Polish-language mentee in ALTA’s Emerging Translator Mentorship, working with Bill Johnston. She is drawn to reportage, contemporary fiction, and marginalized voices.

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Polish → German

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Xavier Farré

Polish → Catalan, Spanish

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Olga Lalić-Krowicka

Polish → Serbian

(b. 1980, Šibenik, Croatia) – she is of Serbian and Polish heritage. She graduated from the Institute of Slavonic Studies at the Jagiellonian University…

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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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