The Polish Book Institute

A translation of Stanisław Łubieński’s book Dwanaście srok za ogon (“The Birds They Sang, Birds & People in Life and Art”) has recently been published in the United Kingdom. The book was translated by Bill Johnston. The publication was supported by the Book Institute as part of the ©POLAND Translation Programme.

Bill Johnston was awarded the prestigious National Translation Award in the category Poetry granted by the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) for his translation of Adam Mickiewicz’s Pan Tadeusz (published by Archipelago Books). Madeline G. Levine, the author of the translation of collected short stories by Bruno Schulz (Collected stories, published by Northwestern University Press) and a winner of the Found in Translation Award, was also in the final, in the Prose category. Both translations have been published with the support of the Book Institute as part of the ©POLAND Translation Programme.

Two translations of Polish books have been included in the shortlist of translations nominated for the prestigious National Translation Award granted by the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA). Among the nominees, there are Madeline G. Levine, a winner of Found in Translation Award for her translation of Bruno Schulz, and Bill Johnston, a Transatlantyk Award winner for his translation of Adam Mickiewicz. Both translations have been published with the support of the Book Institute as part of the ©POLAND Translation Programme.