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In recent months a number of Polish books have been translated abroad, including, among others, Piotruś by Leo Lipski into Serbian (another recent translation of this novel after Dalibor Blažina’s Croatian version) and Opowiadania wybrane by Kornel Filipowicz into Ukrainian. Within the ©Poland Translation Programme we supported translations of the following titles: Kornel Filipowicz, Opowiadania wybrane – translated into […]
read moreThe results apply to publishing proposals submitted by the end of March 2026. In accordance with the regulations, priority was given to Scandinavian languages and Italian. This year, we awarded grants to 197 proposals submitted by publishers from 40 countries, including Argentina, Azerbaijan, Lebanon, Mongolia, and South Korea. For the first time, a Polish book […]
read moreAt the end of 2025 and in the first months of 2026, further translations of Polish books appeared abroad, including the Romanian edition of Czesław Miłosz’s Rodzinna Europa, Zofia Zaleska’s Zaniechanie in Belarusian, and Ishbel Szatrawska’s Toń in German. Within the ©Poland Translation Programme we supported translations of the following titles: Bruno Jasieński, Nogi Izoldy […]
read moreThe twenty-sixth issue of our newsletter “New Books from Poland” for the period March–May 2026 has been published. The newsletter is sent quarterly to translators of Polish literature around the world. It contains the most interesting new publishing releases from recent months that may attract the interest of foreign readers. This time translators can become […]
read moreWith great sorrow we received the news of the death of the outstanding translator and respected poet Karol Chmel.
read moreWith great sadness we have received the news of the death of Lajos Pálfalvi, a Hungarian literary historian, critic, translator of Polish literature, and the recipient of the Transatlantyk Award 2017.
read moreThe twenty-fifth edition of our newsletter “New Books from Poland” has been published for the period December–February 2025.
read moreThe Polish Book Institute, the Polish Cultural Institute London (PCI London) and the Polish Cultural Institute New York (PCI New York) are delighted to announce that Ursula Phillips has been awarded the 2026 Found in Translation Award (FiTA) for her translation of Ice by Jacek Dukaj, which was published last year by Head of Zeus in the UK.
read moreThe twenty-third edition of our newsletter “New Books from Poland” for the period from July to August 2025 has been published.
read moreTomorrow marks the opening of the Frankfurt Book Fair, where two catalogues prepared by the Polish Book Institute will have their premiere: ‘New Books From Poland 2025’ and ‘New Books from Poland 2025. Poetry’.
read moreThe twenty-second edition of our newsletter “New Books from Poland” for the period from March to May 2025 has been published.
read moreOn June 13, 2025, during a ceremonial gala at the Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology in Krakow, the laureate of the 21st edition of the Transatlantyk Prize, the most important distinction awarded annually by the Book Institute to ambassadors of Polish literature abroad, was announced. The award was given to Xavier Farré, an outstanding translator of Polish literature into Catalan and Spanish.
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