POLISH LITERATURE
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INDIVIDUAL AUTHORS

Jerzy Andrzejewski (1909-1983)
  Ashes and Diamonds. Trans. D.J. Welsh. Northwestern University Press. 1997.
  Darknesses Cover the Earth: excerpt. Trans. William Brand. Instytut Książki.
  Popiol i Diament (Ashes and Diamonds). Dir. Andrzej Wajda. 1958.

Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński (1921-1944)
  9 Poems. Trans. Alex Kurczaba. Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński.

• "Elegy." (Originally published in The Sarmatian Review, Sept. 1993.)
• "Erotic." (Originally published in Modern Poetry in Translation 23-24 Spring 1975.)
• "The Glimpse." (Originally published in Modern Poetry in Translation 23-24 Spring 1975.)
• "A Melody." (Originally published in Modern Poetry in Translation 23-24 Spring 1975: 16.)
• "Night." (Originally published in The Sarmatian Review, Sept. 1993.)
• "O You, My Silent Sadness." (Originally published in The Sarmatian Review, Sept. 1993.)
• "Tropical Dream." (Originally published in The Sarmatian Review, Sept. 1993.)
• "Where To?" (Originally published in The Sarmatian Review, Sept. 1998.)
• "White Magic." (Originally published in Modern Poetry in Translation 23-24 Spring 1975: 15.)

• "For you I'll open a golden heaven . . .."
• "Holiness."
• "Lullaby."
• "The Spring."

• "Elegy."
• "Night."
• "O You, My Silent Sadness."
• "Tropical Dream."

• "In every transformation resembling the sphere of time . . .."
• "Theology."

Stanisław Baliński (1898-1984)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Zygmunt Bartkiewicz (1870-1944)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Miron Białoszewski (1922-1983)
  5 Poems. Postwar Polish Poetry: An Anthology. 3rd. ed. Ed. Czesław Miłosz. University of California Press. 1983.

• "And Even, Even If They Take Away the Stove: My Inexhaustible Ode to Joy." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 104.
• "A Ballad of Going Down to the Store." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 104-105.
• "Garwolin--A Town For Ever." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 105-106.
• "My Jacobean Fatigues: My Jacobs of Tiredness." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 107.
• "Self-Portrait as Felt." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 106.

  "A Ballad of Going Down to the Store." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. A Book of Luminous Things: An International Anthology of Poetry. Ed. Czesław Miłosz. Harvest Books. 1998. 285.

Andrzej Bobkowski (1913-1961)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Helena Boguszewska (1883-1978)
  No English translations of her work appear to be in print at this time.

Tadeusz Borowski (1922-1951)
  3 Poems. Against Forgetting: Twentieth Century Poetry of Witness. Ed. Carolyn Forché. New York: Norton. 1993.

• "Project: Flag." Trans. Larry Rafferty, Meryl Natchez, and Tadeusz Pióro. 385.
• "The Sun of Auschwitz." Trans. Larry Rafferty, Meryl Natchez, and Tadeusz Pióro. 383-384.
• "Two Countries." Trans. Larry Rafferty, Meryl Natchez, and Tadeusz Pióro. 384.

  3 Poems. Holocaust Poetry. Ed. Hilda Schiff. St. Martin's Griffin. 1995.

• "Farewell to Maria." Trans. Tadeusz Pióro. 120.
• "Night Over Birkenau." Trans. Tadeusz Pióro. 55.
• "The Sun of Auschwitz." Trans. Tadeusz Pióro. 119.

  10 Poems. The Auschwitz Poems. Ed. Adam A. Zych. Oświecim, Poland: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. 1999.

• "Farewell to Maria." Trans. Tadeusz Pióro with Larry Rafferty and Meryl Natchez. 46-47.
• "Night Over Birkenau." Trans. Tadeusz Pióro with Larry Rafferty and Meryl Natchez. 44-45.
• "October Sky." Trans. Tadeusz Pióro with Larry Rafferty and Meryl Natchez. 45-46.
• "A Prayer for Forgetfulness." Trans. June Friedman. 48-49.
• "A Rebirth of Man." Trans. Adam A. Zych. 47.
• "A Song About Love and Longing." Trans. June Friedman. 44.
• "The Sun of Auschwitz." Trans. Tadeusz Pióro with Larry Rafferty and Meryl Natchez. 43.
• "To ***." Trans. Tadeusz Pióro with Larry Rafferty and Meryl Natchez. 50-51.
• "Two Countries." Trans. Tadeusz Pióro with Larry Rafferty and Meryl Natchez. 51-52.
• Untitled ("If we don't understand each other . . ."). Trans. June Friedman. 49-50.

  "Ladies and Gentlemen, to the Gas Chamber." Trans. Jadwiga Zwolska. The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces: The Western Tradition. 7th ed. Ed. Sarah N. Lawall and Maynard Mack.. W.W. Norton. 1999. 2013-2029.
  Landscape After Battle. Dir. Andrzej Wajda. 1970.
  "Silence." Discovering the Many Worlds of Literature: Literature for Composition. Ed. Stuart Hirschberg and Terry Hirschberg. Longman. 2004.
  "Silence." Literature Across Cultures. 3rd ed. Ed. Sheena Gillespie and others. Pearson Longman. 2000. 525-526.
  "This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen." Trans. Barbara Vedder. The Eagle and the Crow: Modern Polish Short Stories. Ed. Teresa Halikowska and George Hyde. Serpent's Tail. 1996. 51-69.
  This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen. Trans. Barbara Vedder. Penguin USA. 1992. Reissue.

Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński (1874-1941)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Tadeusz Breza (1905-1970)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Władysław Broniewski (1897-1962)
  4 Poems. The Auschwitz Poems. Ed. Adam A. Zych. Oświecim, Poland: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. 1999.

• "Auschwitz." Trans. June Friedman. 80.
• "The Auschwitz Short Stories." Trans. June Friedman. 80-81.
• "Wife." Trans. June Friedman. 81.
• "A Word About Stalin": fragment. Trans. June Friedman. 79.

Jan Brzechwa (1900-1966)
  "At the Vegetable Stall." Trans. Aniela Korzienowska. Translation Journal . Polish original above the translation.

Jan Brzękowski (1903-1983)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Leopold Buczkowski   (1905-1989)
  The Black Brook: excerpt. Trans. William Brand. Instytut Książki.
  Black Torrent. Trans. David Welsh. MIT Press. 1970.

Teodor Bujnicki (1907-1944)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Witold Bunikiewicz (1885-1946)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Andrzej Bursa (1932-1957)
  2 Poems. Trans. Kevin Christianson and Halina Albamowicz. Sarmatian Review 24.3 (Sept. 2004).

• "Kicked."
• "On a Streetcar."

Alina Centkiewicz (1907-1993)
  No English translations of her work appear to be in print at this time.

Czesław Centkiewicz (1904-1996)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Michał Choromański (1904-1972)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Piotr Choynowski (1885-1935)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

 Adam Ciompa   (1901-1935)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Józef Czechowicz (1903-1939)
  4 Poems. Trans. Jerzy Peterkiewicz and Burns Singer. Jan Rybicki's Modern Polish Poetry.

• "Brain 12 Years Old."
• "Grief."
• "Idyllic Dream."
• "Through the Borderlands [kresy]."

Bohdan Czeszko (1923-1988)
  Pokolenie (Generation). Dir. Andrzej Wajda. 1955.
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Tytus Czyżewski (1880-1945)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Maria Dąbrowska (1889-1965)
  Nights and Days, Part One: "Bogumił and Barbara." Trans. not identified. The Sarmatian Review 19.2 (April 1999).
  Nights and Days. Dir. Jerzy Antczak. 1976.
  No English translations of her work appear to be in print at this time.

Stanisław Dobrowolski (?-?)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Stanisław Dygat (1914-1978)
  Cloak of Illusion (Disneyland). Trans. David Welsh. MIT Press. 1970.
  Pozegnania (Farewells). Dir. Wojciech J. Has. 1958.

Wiesław Dymny (1936 - 1978)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Julian Ejsmond (1892-1930)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Wincenty Faber (1936 - 1980)
  "Let Me Warn You About Myself." Trans. June Friedman. The Auschwitz Poems. Ed. Adam A. Zych. Oświecim, Poland: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. 1999. 107.

Arkady Fiedler (1894-1985)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Adolf Fierla (1908-1967)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński (1905-1953)
  "The Intelligentsia." Trans. Jerzy Peterkiewicz and Burns Singer. Jan Rybicki's Modern Polish Poetry.
  The Little Theatre of the Green Goose  in "The Conspiracy of Feelings" and "The Little Theatre of the Green Goose." Ed. Daniel Gerould. Routledge. 2001.
  "A Lyrical Conversation." Trans. not identified. Love Poems from Around the World. Ed. Editors of Hippocrene Books. Hippocrene. 2000. 334.
  "Why Does the Pickle [Cucumber] Never Sing?" 2 versions. Trans. Stanisław Barańczak/Clare Cavanagh and Aniela Korzienowska. Translation Journal . Polish original above the translations.

Zuzanna Ginczanka (Zuzanna Polina Gincburg) (1917-1944)
  "Fullness of August." Trans. not identified. Czas Kultury.
  No English translations of her work appear to be in print at this time.

Jan Maria Gisges-Gawroński (1914 - 1983)
  3 Poems. The Auschwitz Poems. Ed. Adam A. Zych. Oświecim, Poland: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. 1999.

• "Birkenau." Trans. Adam A. Zych. 118.
• "The Burning Bush." Trans. Adam A. Zych and Andrzej Diniejko. 119.
• "A Forgotten Route." Trans. Adam A. Zych and Andrzej Diniejko. 117-118.

Pola Gojawiczyńska (1898-1963)
  No English translations of her work appear to be in print at this time.

Antoni Gołubiew (1907-1979)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Witold Gombrowicz (1904-1969)
  2 Pieces. Words Without Borders: The Online Magazine for International Literature.

•   Bacacay : excerpt ("Adventures"). Trans. Bill Johnston.
•   Bacacaj [sic] : excerpt ("The Rat"). Trans. Benjamin Paloff.

• "Attorney Kraykowski's Dancer."
• "A Feast at Countess Von Doff's."
• "Premeditated Crime."
• "Stefan Czarniecki's Memoir."
• "Virginity."

Stefan Grabiński (1887-1936)
  "The Black Hamlet." Trans. Wiesiek Powaga. Dedalus Book of Polish Fantasy. Ed. Wiesiek Powaga. Dedalus. 1996. 192-206.
  The Dark Domain. Trans. Mirosław Lipinski. Dedalus. 1993.
  "Engine Driver Grot." Trans. Mirosław Lipinski.
  "The Grey Room." Trans. Mirosław Lipinski. 100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories. Ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz and others. Sterling. 2003.
  "The Grey Room." Trans. Wiesiek Powaga. Dedalus Book of Polish Fantasy. Ed. Wiesiek Powaga. Dedalus. 1996. 184-191.

Stanisław Grochowiak (1934-1976)
  7 Poems. Postwar Polish Poetry: An Anthology. 3rd. ed. Ed. Czesław Miłosz. University of California Press. 1983.

• "The Breasts of the Queen Are Turned out of Wood." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 170.
• "Clean Men." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 168.
• "Painting." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 168-169.
• "A Short Fairy Tale." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 166-167.
• "To a Lady." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 167-168.
• "The Village Cinema." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 166.
• "When Nothing Remains." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 171.

Aniela Gruszecka (aka Jan Powalski) (1884-1976)
  No English translations of her work appear to be in print at this time.

 Zygmunt Haupt   (1904-1975)
  "Rain." Trans. Stephanie Kraft. Metamorphoses: A Journal of Literary Translation (Spring/Fall 2004).
  "The Wake." Trans. William Brand. From A Ring out of Paper. Instytut Książki.

Marek Hłasko (1934-1969)
  All Backs Were Turned. Cane Hill Press. 1991.
  Eighth Day of the Week.  Northwestern University Press. 1994.
  Killing the Second Dog. Cane Hill Press. 1990.
  "The Month of the Holy Virgin." Przekładaniec Special Issue: Contemporary Polish Writing. 2001.
  "Searching for the Stars." Trans. Wiesiek Powaga. The Eagle and the Crow: Modern Polish Short Stories. Ed. Teresa Halikowska and George Hyde. Serpent's Tail. 1996. 70-77.

Tadeusz Hołuj (1916 - 1985)
  "To Escape." Trans. June Friedman. The Auschwitz Poems. Ed. Adam A. Zych. Oświecim, Poland: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. 1999. 156.

Jerzy Hulewicz (1886-1941)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Witold Hulewicz (1895-1941)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna (1888-1983)
  6 Poems. Trans. Susan Bassnett and Piotr Kuhiwczak. Jan Rybicki's Modern Polish Poetry.

• "Death" (First version).
• "Illusions and Reality."
• "Leaves Are Falling on Us."
• "Poetry."
• "The Return."
• "There is no old age . . ."

•   "Bay Horse's Lullaby."
•   "Before Falling Asleep."
•   "Bumblebee and Beetle."
•   "Bullfinch and Magpie."
•   "Crafty Leiba."
•   "Duckling's Lullaby."
•   "Home."
•   "Little Star."
•   "Mice."
•   "Piglet."
•   "Princess's Wedding."
•   "Sadness."
•   "Saint Christina."
•   "Tina's Lullaby."
•   "Villanous Starling."
•   "A Visit to Mrs. Cow."
•   "Wise Cat."

Ireneusz Iredyński (1939-1985)
  Selected One-Act Plays for Radio. Ed. Kevin Windle. Routledge. 2001.

Karol Irzykowski (1873-1944)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (1894-1980)
  "The Birch Grove" and Other Stories. Trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones. Central European University Press. 2002.
  "Dostoevsky." Trans. Lillian Vallee. Four Decades of Polish Essays. Ed. Jan Kott. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press. 1990. 72-80.
  "Fame." Trans. George Hyde. The Eagle and the Crow: Modern Polish Short Stories. Ed. Teresa Halikowska and George Hyde. Serpent's Tail. 1996. 88-103.
  King Roger, Op. 46: Opera in Three Acts, trans. Andrzej Duszenko. Libretto by Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz and Karol Szymanowski.
  "Mother Joanna of the Angels." Trans. Wiesiek Powaga. Dedalus Book of Polish Fantasy. Ed. Wiesiek Powaga. Dedalus. 1996. 268-299.
  Panny z Wilka (The Maids from Wilko). Dir. Andrzej Wajda. 1979.
  "Quentin Matsys." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. Postwar Polish Poetry: An Anthology. 3rd. ed. Ed. Czesław Miłosz. University of California Press. 1983. 10-13.

Henryk Jasiczek (1919 - 1976)
  "A Point of View." Trans. Adam A. Zych. The Auschwitz Poems. Ed. Adam A. Zych. Oświecim, Poland: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. 1999. 164.

Bruno Jasieński (1901-1939)
  "The Legs of Isolda Morgan." Trans. Wiesiek Powaga. Dedalus Book of Polish Fantasy. Ed. Wiesiek Powaga. Dedalus. 1996. 300-317.
  The Mannequins' Ball. Trans. Daniel Gerould. Routledge. 2000.

Mieczysław Jastrun (1903-1983)
  4 Poems with annotations. Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh. Jan Rybicki's Modern Polish Poetry.

• "Light from Another World."
• "Mantegna's Christ."
• "Repatriate."
• "Waiting in Line."

• "Beyond Time." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 42.
• "Man." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 41.
• "Remembrance." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 40.
• "A Woman Who Suddenly Entered the Room." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 41-42.

Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski (1885-1944)
  Great Battle on the Vistula. Trans. Harriet E. Kennedy. AMS Press. 1921, 1972. Reprint.
  "The Sentence." From Selected Polish Tales. Trans. Else C.M. Benecke and Marie Busch. Project Gutenberg. [Scroll down that page for the story.]

Andrzej Kijowski (1928-1985)
  Dyrygent (The Conductor). Dir. Andrzej Wajda. 1980.
  "Postscripta to Saint Augustine's Confessions." Trans. Jadwiga Kosicka. Four Decades of Polish Essays. Ed. Jan Kott. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press. 1990. 195-216.

Stefan Kisielewski (aka Kisiel, Teodor Klon, Tomasz Staliński) (1911-1991)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Janusz Korczak (1878-1942)
  Ghetto Diary. Yale University Press. 2003.
  King Matt the First. Trans. Richard Lourie. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. 1986.

Zofia Kossak (1890-1968)
  No English translations of her work appear to be in print at this time.

Sister Faustina Kowalska (1905-1938)
  Diary of Sister M. Faustina Kowalska. 3rd ed. Marians of the Immaculate Conception. 1998.

Leon Kruczkowski (1900-1962)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Felicja Kruszewska (1897-1943)
  "A Dream" and [Tadeusz Rózewicz's] "An Excursion to the Museum." Ed. Jadwiga Kosicka. Routledge. 2001.

Jerzy Krzysztoń (1931-1982)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Aleksander Kulisiewicz (1918-1982)
  "A Lullaby for Birkenau." Trans. June Friedman. The Auschwitz Poems. Ed. Adam A. Zych. Oświecim, Poland: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. 1999. 185.

Maria Szczepańska Kuncewiczowa (1899-1989)
  The Keys : excerpt. Trans. William Brand. Instytut Książki.

Franciszek (Jalu) Kurek (1904-1983)
  "Auschwitz." Trans. June Friedman. The Auschwitz Poems. Ed. Adam A. Zych. Oświecim, Poland: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. 1999. 186.

Stanisław Jerzy Lec (1909-1966)
  "Aphorisms." Trans. Jacek Galazka. Four Decades of Polish Essays. Ed. Jan Kott. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press. 1990. 219-221.

Jan Lechoń (Leszek Józef Serafinowicz) (1899-1956)
  "On the Death of Joseph Conrad." Trans. Jerzy Peterkiewicz and Burns Singer. Jan Rybicki's Modern Polish Poetry.

Bolesław Leśmian (1877-1937)
  4 Poems. Trans. Ryszard J. Reisner. Ars Interpres: An International Journal of Poetry, Translation and Art 5(2005).

• "The Farm Shed."
• "From Childhood Years."
• "Here stay I . . ."
• "Lord in Heaven Full of Glory."

• "Brother."
• "The Cemetery."
• "In the Dark."
• "Memories."

 Wilhelm Mach   (1917-1965)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Józef Mackiewicz (1902-1985)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Stanisław (Cat) Mackiewicz (1896-1966)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Kornel Makuszyński (1884-1953)
  "The Gentleman with a Goatee." Trans. Wiesiek Powaga. Dedalus Book of Polish Fantasy. Ed. Wiesiek Powaga. Dedalus. 1996. 207-234.

Hanna Malewska (1911-1983)
  No English translations of her work appear to be in print at this time.

Bolesław Miciński (1911-1943)
  "Journeys to Various Hells." Trans. William Brand. Instytut Książki.
  "Portrait of Kant." Trans. Jadwiga Kosicka. Four Decades of Polish Essays. Ed. Jan Kott. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press. 1990. 148-181.

Maria Morstin-Górska (1893-1972)
  "Coming Home." Trans. not identified. Love Poems from Around the World. Ed. Editors of Hippocrene Books. Hippocrene. 2000. 333.

Zofia Nałkowska (1884-1954)
  Medallions. Trans. Diana Kuprel. Northwestern University Press. 2000.
  "P.P.C." From Selected Polish Tales. Trans. Else C.M. Benecke and Marie Busch. Project Gutenberg. [Scroll down that page for the story.]

Tadeusz Nowak (1930-1991)
  "I Leave Myself." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. Postwar Polish Poetry: An Anthology. 3rd. ed. Ed. Czesław Miłosz. University of California Press. 1983. 152.

 Zygmunt Nowakowski   (1891-1963)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

 Teodor Parnicki   (1908-1988)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska (1894-1945)
  Butterflies: Selected Poems (Bilingual). Trans. Barbara Plebanek and Tony Howard. Krakow: Wydawnictwo Literackie. 2000.
  "Hues," trans. Marek Ługowski. Text in English and Polish.
  "Love." Trans. Barbara Plebanek and Tony Howard. Instytut Książki.
  A Woman of Wonder: A Tragicomedy in Three Acts. Trans. Elwira Grossman, Paul J. Kelly, and Stephen Grecco. Toronto Slavic Quarterly 4 (Spring 2003).

Lech Piwowar (1909-1940)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Halina Poświatowska (1935-1967)
  4 Poems. Trans. Susan Bassnett and Piotr Kuhiwczak. Jan Rybicki's Modern Polish Poetry.

• "Ariadne's Thread."
• "Grandma."

• "I am of flowers . . ."
• "Ode to Hands."
• "A Reminder."

• "Keep in Mind." Trans. Maya Peretz.
• "A Story for a Friend." Trans. William Brand.
• Untitled ["why have I washed my breasts. . ."]. Trans. Maya Peretz.

• "Bird of My Heart."
• "Call Me by Name."
• "The Mines of Metaphor Are Inexhaustible."

•   "Greetings to you my palms . . ."
•   "I broke off the branch of love . . ."
•   "Inside me . . ."
•   "Madonnas with infants in their arms . . ."
•   "The river flows inside me . . ."
•   "They said about my eyes: they stare . . ."

Ksawery Pruszyński (1907-1950)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Stanisława Przybyszewska (1901-1934)
  Danton. Dir. Andrzej Wajda. 1983.
  No English translations of her work appear to be in print at this time.

Julian Przyboś (1901-1970)
  2 Poems. Postwar Polish Poetry: An Anthology. 3rd. ed. Ed. Czesław Miłosz. University of California Press. 1983.

• "Mother." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 36.
• "On the Shore." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 37.

•   Part I.
•   Part II.
•   Part III.
•   Part IV.
•   Part V.

Jerzy Putrament (1910-1986)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Stanisław Rembek (1901-1985)
  Wyrok na Franciszka Klosav (The Condemnation of Franciszek Klos). Dir. Andrzej Wajda. 2000.
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Bruno Schulz (1892-1942)
  The Stories of Bruno Schulz. Trans. John Curran Davis.

• From The Cinnamon Shops:
  • "August."
  • "The Birds."
  • "Mannequins."
  • "A Treatise on Mannequins, or The Second Book of Genesis."
  • "A Treatise on Mannequins, Continued."
  • "A Treatise on Mannequins, Conclusion."
  
  
• From The Sanatorium at the Sign of the Hourglass:
  • "The Other Autumn."

• "Afterword to Kafka's The Trial. Trans. Walter Arndt. 111-114.
• "An Essay for S.I. Witkiewicz." Trans. Walter Arndt. 106-110.

Władysław Sebyła (1902-1940)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Antoni Słonimski (1895-1976)
  3 Poems. Postwar Polish Poetry: An Anthology. 3rd. ed. Ed. Czesław Miłosz. University of California Press. 1983.

• "Defense of the Moon." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 7-8.
• "Hamletism" Trans. Peter Dale Scott and Czesław Miłosz. 6.
• "To the Germans." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 6-7.

  "Elegy in Honour of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, April 19, 1943." Trans. Isaac Komen. Holocaust Poetry. Ed. Hilda Schiff. St. Martin's Griffin. 1995. 26.

Edward Stachura (1937-1979)
  2 autobiographical pieces, and the poem "A Letter to the Remaining." Trans. Andrzej Duszenko.
  5 Prose pieces. Trans. Andrzej Duszenko.

• Axing: excerpt.
• "Bright Stay on the River."
• "Letters to Olga."
• "One Day."
• "With My Willpower I'll Fall in Love with Her."

• "Attempt at Ascension."
• "Autumn."
• "Children's Games."
• "Hair."
• "Landscape."
• "Metamorphosis."
• "Scandinavia."
• "Sunset in Provance."
• Untitled ["Dreams were found . . ."].
• Untitled ["Each night . . ."].
• Untitled ["In contemplating aluminum . . .'].
• Untitled ["The sky is a well after all . . ."].

Leopold Staff (1878-1957)
  3 Poems. Postwar Polish Poetry: An Anthology. 3rd. ed. Ed. Czesław Miłosz. University of California Press. 1983.

• "The Bridge." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 2.
• "Foundations." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 2.
• "Three Towns." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 2-3.

  3 Texts. Trans. Marek Tomaszewski. Lied and Art Song Texts. Texts in English and Polish.

•   "Another."
•   "The Mirage."
•   "Solitude."

Zofia Starowieyska-Morstinowa (1891-1966)
  No English translations of her work appear to be in print at this time.

Jerzy Stempowski (1894-1969)
  "An Essay for Cassandra": excerpt. Trans. William Brand. Instytut Książki.
  "Essay for Cassandra." Trans. Jarosław Anders. Four Decades of Polish Essays. Ed. Jan Kott. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press. 1990. 20-36.
  "The Smuggler's Library." Trans. Jarosław Anders. Four Decades of Polish Essays. Ed. Jan Kott. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press. 1990. 9-19.

Anatol Stern (1899-1968)
  "Hope." Trans. June Friedman. The Auschwitz Poems. Ed. Adam A. Zych. Oświecim, Poland: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. 1999. 274-275.

 Leon Stroiński   (1921-1944)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Andrzej Strug (Tadeusz Gałecki) (1871-1937)
  Fever [Based on his The Story of the Bomb]. Dir. Agnieszka Holland. 1980.
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Jan Strzelecki (1918-1988)
  Ślady Tożsamości [Traces of Identity--my translation]: excerpts. Trans. Wojciech Jajdelski. Transfusion (Fall 2004). For a page offering the Polish original and English translation in a side-by-side format, click here.

Tadeusz Sułkowski (1907-1960)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Anna Swir (Świrszczyńska) (1909-1984) (Reorganized)
  2 Poems. This Art: Poems About Poetry. Ed. Michael Wiegers. Port Townsend, Washington: Copper Canyon Press. 2003.

• "Poetry Reading." Trans. Czesław Miłosz and Leonard Nathan. 111.
• "A Woman Writer Does Laundry." Trans. Czesław Miłosz and Leonard Nathan. 32.

  4 Poems. Poetry Archive.

•   "The Greatest Love." Trans. Czesław Miłosz and Leonard Nathan.
•   "In a Meadow." Trans. Grazyna Baran and Margaret Marshment.
•   "The Sea and the Man." Trans. Czesław Miłosz and Leonard Nathan.
•   "She Does Not Remember." Trans. Czesław Miłosz and Leonard Nathan.

• "A Conversation Through the Door." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 275-276.
• "I Am Afraid of Fire." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 274-275.
• "We Survived Them." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 276.
• "White Wedding Slippers." Translated Czesław Miłosz. 276.

• "Dithyramb of a Happy Woman." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 58-59.
• "The Greatest Love." Trans. Czesław Miłosz and Leonard Nathan. 43.
• "The Same Inside." Trans. Czesław Miłosz and Leonard Nathan. 79.
• "Thank You, My Fate." Trans. Czesław Miłosz and Leonard Nathan. 124.

• "He Did Not Jump Down from the Third Floor."
• "I do not accept . . ."
• "Poetry Reading."
• "Running on the Beach."
• "Two Hundred and Eighty Degrees Below Zero."
• "A Woman Writer Doing Her Washing."
• "When I Dig Potatoes."

• "The Greatest Love." Trans. Magnus J. Krynski and Robert A. Maguire. 296.
• "I'm Afraid of Fire." Trans. Czesław Miłosz and Leonard Nathan. 200.
• "I Starve My Belly for a Sublime Purpose." Trans. Czesław Miłosz and Leonard Nathan. 235.
• "I Talk to My Body." Trans. Czesław Miłosz and Leonard Nathan. 233.
• "I Wash the Shirt." Trans. Czesław Miłosz and Leonard Nathan. 204.
• "Poetry Reading." Trans. Czesław Miłosz and Leonard Nathan. 259.
• "The Same Inside." Trans. Czesław Miłosz and Leonard Nathan. 200.
• "The Second Madrigal." Trans. Czesław Miłosz and Leonard Nathan. 223.
• "The Sea and the Man." Trans. Czesław Miłosz and Leonard Nathan. 47.
• "She Does Not Remember." Trans. Czesław Miłosz and Leonard Nathan. 220.
• "Thank You My Fate." Trans. Czesław Miłosz and Leonard Nathan. 222.
• "Troubles with the Soul at Morning Calisthenics." Trans. Czesław Miłosz and Leonard Nathan. 234.

• "Building the Barricade" from Building the Barricade. Trans. Magnus Jan Krynski and Robert A. Maguire. 66.
• "He Steals Furs" from Building the Barricade. Trans. Magnus Jan Krynski and Robert A. Maguire. 67.
• "From the Author [about the Warsaw Uprising." Trans. Magnus Jan Krynski and Robert A. Maguire. 70-71.
• "I Am Panting." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 59.
• "I Knocked My Head Against the Wall." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 58-59.
• "It Smashes Barricades" from Building the Barricade. Trans. Magnus Jan Krynski and Robert A. Maguire. 68.
• "I've Been Waiting These Thirty Years" from Building the Barricade. Trans. Magnus Jan Krynski and Robert A. Maguire. 69.
• "Kill Me." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 59.
• "The Old Woman." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 64-65.
• "The Same Inside." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 65.
• "The Second Madrigal." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 64.
• "She Does Not Remember." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 63.
• "Song of Plenitude." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 62-63.
• "Twenty of My Sons" from Building the Barricade. Trans. Magnus Jan Krynski and Robert A. Maguire. 68-69.
• "Two Hunchbacks" from Building the Barricade. Trans. Magnus Jan Krynski and Robert A. Maguire. 67.
• "A Woman Said to Her Neighbor" from Building the Barricade. Trans. Magnus Jan Krynski and Robert A. Maguire. 67-68.
• "A Woman Talks to Her Thigh." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 59-61.

Jerzy Szaniawski (1889-1970)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Lucjan Szenwald (1909-1944)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Julian Tuwim (1894-1953)
  2 Poems. Jan Rybicki's Modern Polish Poetry.

• "Grass." Trans. Lawrence Davis.
• "Wife." Trans. Jerzy Peterkiewicz and Burns Singer.

Zbigniew Uniłowski (1909-1937)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Stanisław Vincenz (1888-1971)
  "An Encounter with the Hasidim." Trans. Jadwiga Kosicka. Four Decades of Polish Essays. Ed. Jan Kott. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press. 1990. 37-53..

Bronisława Wajs (aka Papusza) (circa 1909-1987)
  4 Pieces. Trans. not identified. Gigi Thibodeau. "Growing a New Skin: The Life and Poetry of Papusza." Free-Literature-Online. Within Thibodeau's essay are the following works by Papusza:

• "Earrings of Leaves."
• "Gypsy Song Composed out of the Head of Papusza" ("I love the fire as my own heart . . ."); excerpt.
• "Bloody Tears . . ."; excerpt.
• "Gypsy Song Composed out of the Head of Papusza" ("The time of the wandering Gypsies . . .").

Melchior Wańkowicz (1892-1974)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Wanda Wasilewska (1905-1964)
  No English translations of her work appear to be in print at this time.

Aleksander Wat (1900-1967)
  4 Poems. Against Forgetting: Twentieth Century Poetry of Witness. Ed. Carolyn Forché. New York: Norton. 1993.

• "Before Breughel the Elder." Trans. Czesław Miłosz and Leonard Nathan. 411.
• "Imagerie d'Epinal." Trans. Czesław Miłosz and Leonard Nathan. 413.
• From "Persian Parables." Trans. Czesław Miłosz and Leonard Nathan. 412-413.
• "To Be a Mouse." Trans. Czesław Miłosz and Leonard Nathan. 412.

  4 Poems. A Book of Luminous Things: An International Anthology of Poetry. Ed. Czesław Miłosz. Harvest Books. 1998.

• "Facing Bonnard." Trans. Czesław Miłosz and Leonard Nathan. 70.
• "A Joke." Trans. Czesław Miłosz and Leonard Nathan. 243.
• From "Persian Parables." Trans. Czesław Miłosz and Leonard Nathan. 297.
• From "Songs of a Wanderer." Trans. Czesław Miłosz and Leonard Nathan. 164.

  9 Poems. Postwar Polish Poetry: An Anthology. 3rd. ed. Ed. Czesław Miłosz. University of California Press. 1983.

• "Arithmetic." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 22.
• "Before Brueghel the Elder." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 18-19.
• "A Flamingo's Dream." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 21.
• "If the Word 'Exists.'" Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 23.
• "Notes to the Books of the Old Testament." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 23-28.
• From "Notes Written in Obory." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 21-22.
• From "Persian Parables." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 20.
• From "Songs of a Wanderer." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 28-24.
• "To Be a Mouse." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 19-20.

  "The History of the Last Revolution in England." Trans. Lillian Vallee. The Eagle and the Crow: Modern Polish Short Stories. Ed. Teresa Halikowska and George Hyde. Serpent's Tail. 1996. 23-28.
  Lucifer Unemployed. Trans. Lillian Vallee. Northwestern University Press. 1990.
  My Century. Trans. Czesław Miłosz. New York Review of Books. November 2003.
  From "Persian Parables." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. World Poetry: An Anthology of Verse from Antiquity to Our Time. Ed. Katharine Washburn and John S. Major. W.W. Norton. 1998. 971.
  "Reading Proust in Lubyanka." Trans. Richard Lourie. Four Decades of Polish Essays. Ed. Jan Kott. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press. 1990. 245-254.

Adam Waźyk (1905-1982)
  2 Poems with annotations. Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh. Jan Rybicki's Modern Polish Poetry.

• "A Poem for Adults."
• "A Time without Prophets."

• "An Attempt." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 54-55.
• "A Pre-Columbian Sculpture." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 56.
• "A Search." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 55-56.
• "Sketch for a Memoir." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 52-54.

Helena Wielowieyska (1911 - 1981)
  "Christmas in Cracow: In Memory of My Murdered Friends." Trans. June Friedman. The Auschwitz Poems. Ed. Adam A. Zych. Oświecim, Poland: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. 1999. 294.

Kazimierz Wierzyński (1894-1969)
  "A Word to Orphists." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. Postwar Polish Poetry: An Anthology. 3rd. ed. Ed. Czesław Miłosz. University of California Press. 1983. 14-17.

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz ("Witkacy") (1885-1939)
  Country House. Trans. Daniel Gerould. Routledge. 1997.
  "622 Downfalls of Bungo or The Demonic Woman": excerpt. Trans. Daniel Gerould. Instytut Książki.
  "Les Formes Nouvelles en Peinture et les Malentendus Qui en Découlent" ("The New Forms in Painting and the Misunderstandings That Result From Them"): excerpt. Trans. Walter D. Glanze. Notebook: Visual Arts References and Resources.
  Insatiability: A Novel. Trans. Louis Iribarne. Northwestern University Press. 1996.
  "Madman and the Nun" & "The Crazy Locomotive": Three Plays (Including "The Water Hen"). Trans. Daniel Gerould and C.S. Durer. Applause Books. 1989.
  "The Mother" & Other Unsavory Plays: Including "The Shoemakers" and "They." Trans. Daniel Gerould and C.S. Durer. Applause Books. 1993.
  "Mr Price, or Tropical Madness" and "Metaphysics of a Two-Headed Calf."  Trans. Daniel Gerould. Routledge. 2001.
  "On a New Type of Play." Trans. C.S. Durer and Daniel C. Gerould. Four Decades of Polish Essays. Ed. Jan Kott. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press. 1990. 99-105.
  "Pure Form in the Theater." Trans. not identified. Emory University.
  Witkacy Metaphysical Portraits: Photographs 1919-1939 by Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz. Ed. Urszula Czartoryska and others. Bilingual Edition. Charta. 1999.
  The Witkiewicz Reader. Trans. Daniel Gerould. Northwestern University Press. 1992.

Józef Wittlin (1896-1976)
  "Sorrow and Grandeur of Exile." Trans. Józef Wittlin and Ludwik Krzyżanowski. Four Decades of Polish Essays. Ed. Jan Kott. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press. 1990. 81-95.

Rafał Wojaczek (1945-1971)
  3 Poems. Przekładaniec Special Issue: Contemporary Polish Writing. 2001.
  11 Poems. Trans. Jan J. Kaluza. Ed. Sherill Horward. Polish Poetry.

• "A Certain Commode or."
• "Certain Situation."
• "Cross."
• "Five Sentences About Hair."
• "Hanged Man's Mistress."
• "I, Kafka."
• "Off Season."
• "The Request."
• "Song About a Poet."
• Untitled ["I live not seeing stars . . ."].
• Untitled ["Who is that turning in my mirror . . ."].

Jerzy Zawieyski (1902-1969)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Emil Zegadłowicz (1888-1941)
  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

COLLECTIONS / ANTHOLOGIES

  Carpenter, Bogdana, ed. The Poetic Avant-Garde in Poland: 1918-1939. University of Washington Press. 1983.

LITERARY HISTORY & CRITICISM

  Aaron, Frieda W. Bearing the Unbearable: Yiddish and Polish Poetry in the Ghettos and Concentration Camps. State University of New York Press. 1990.

  Barańczak, Stanisław. "The Interwar Period and the War Years." From The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics. 3rd ed. Ed. Alex Preminger and T.V.F. Brogan. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 1993. Instytut Książki.

  Barańczak, Stanisław. "The Postwar Period." From The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics. 3rd ed. Ed. Alex Preminger and T.V.F. Brogan. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 1993. Instytut Książki.

  Bates, John. "Black Book: A Collection of Polish Censorship Documents from 1974-77." School of Modern Languages and Cultures, Slavonic Studies. University of Glasgow.

  Bates, John. "Second Circulation 1976-1989 Poland." School of Modern Languages and Cultures, Slavonic Studies. University of Glasgow.

  Bates, John. "Theatre of the Eighth Day: Polish Avantgarde Theatre Group." School of Modern Languages and Cultures, Slavonic Studies. University of Glasgow.

  Borkowska, Grazyna. Alienated Women: A Study on Polish Women's Fiction, 1845-1918. Trans. Ursula Phillips. Central European University Press. 2001

  Braun, Kazimierz. A Concise History of Polish Theater from the Eleventh to the Twentieth Centuries. Mellen Press. 2003.

  Davie, Donald. Slavic Excursions: Essays on Russian and Polish Literature. University of Chicago Press. 1990.

  Grossman, Elwira. "Futurism in Poland." School of Modern Languages and Cultures, Slavonic Studies. University of Glasgow.

  Kolodziejczyk, Aleksandra, Iwona Kowalska, and Dariusz Plygawko. "The History of Poland and its Literature Since 1918." InfoPoland.

  Markowski, Michał Paweł. "The Polish Essay: Between the Gentry Raconte and Classical Distance." Instytut Książki.

  Prokop-Janiec, Eugenia. Polish Jewish Literature in the Interwar Years. Trans. Abe Shenitzer. Syracuse University Press. 2003.

  Sokołowska-Paryz, Marzena. The Myth of War in British and Polish Poetry: 1939-1945. Peter Lang Publishing. 2002.