The Polish Book Institute

On 28^th February, the winners of the PEN America awards were announced. In the "Poetry in Translation" category, the prize went to the volume Everything I Don't Know by Jerzy Ficowski, translated by Jennifer Grotz and Piotr Sommer.

The nominations for the PEN America Awards have been announced. In the "Poetry in Translation" category, among ten nominated entries, a selection of poems by Marcin Świetlicki entitled Night Truck Driver, translated by Elżbieta Wójcik-Leese, can be found.

Last Friday's virtual translation conference organised by PEN America in New York was devoted to Olga Tokarczuk. Ten translators of books by the Polish Nobel Prize winner from nine countries took part in the event.