The Polish Book Institute

The translation of Maryla Szymiczkowa’s novel Tajemnica domu Helclów (“Mrs Mohr Goes Missing”) translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones, last year's winner of the Transatlantyk Award, has been published in the United Kingdom. The publication of the book was supported by the Book Institute as part of the ©POLAND Translation Programme.

A translation of Joanna Siedlecka's book Czarny ptasior (“The Ugly Black Bird”) by Chester Kisiel has been published in the United States. The publication was supported by the Book Institute.

A masterpiece of Polish diary writing, Szkice piórkiem (“Wartime Notebooks”) by Andrzej Bobkowski, has been recently published in the United States. Wartime Notebooks: France, 1940-1944, which is the title of the English translation, was published by the prestigious university publishing house Yale University Press. The book was translated by Grażyna Drabik and Laura Engelstein.