POLISH LITERATURE
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CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE

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  Currently or recently in-print book.        Online material (clickable link).        
  Out-of-print book.                                 Material in video format.
  Material in periodical format.               Material in audio format.
                                                                   Material in compact disc format (CD).




Jerzy Harasymowicz (1933-1999)
list bullet  4 Poems. Postwar Polish Poetry: An Anthology. 3rd. ed. Ed. Czesław Miłosz. University of California Press. 1983.


  9 Poems. Trans. Seymour Mayne and Jarosław Sokol. I Live on a Raft. Ottawa: Concertina. Digitized version, Library and Archives Canada. Also accessible at the illustrator's website,
Sharon Katz.
list bullet  "Autumn Kitchen." Trans. Sylvester Domański. The New Polish Poetry: A Bilingual Collection. Ed. Milne Holton and Paul Vangelisti. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. 1978. 70-71.
  "A Green Lowland of Pianos." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. Text of an artsong set to music by Samuel Barber. Sixth Annual Artsong Contest. Lotte Lehman Foundation. [Scroll down the page to Harasymowicz's text.]


Julia Hartwig (1921 - )
  3 Poems. Trans. John and Bogdana Carpenter. Agni Online. 2006.


list bullet  4 Poems. Chicago Review 46.3-4 Special Issue on New Polish Writing. (Fall 2000).
list bullet  6 Poems. Trans. Regina Grol. Ambers Aglow: An Anthology of Contemporary Polish Women's Poetry. Ed. Regina Grol. Host Publications. 1996. Polish and English.
  14 Poems. Jan Rybicki's Modern Polish Poetry.
list bullet  "Above Us." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh. A Book of Luminous Things: An International Anthology of Poetry. Ed. Czesław Miłosz. Harvest Books. 1998. 298.
  "Choice." Trans. John and Bogdana Carpenter. The Manhattan Review 13.2 (Fall/Winter 2008-09).
list bullet  "A Few Words on Poetry." Trans. Alissa Valles. Polish Writers on Writing. Ed. Adam Zagajewski. San Antonio, TX: Trinity University Press. 2007. 166-168.
  "Ghosts." Trans. John and Bogdana Carpenter. The Manhattan Review 12.2 (Fall/Winter 2006-07).
list bullet  "On Translating Poems by American Authors." Przekładaniec Special Issue: Contemporary Polish Writing (2001).
list bullet  "Who Says." The Gospels in Our Image: An Anthology of Twentieth Century Poetry Based on Biblical Texts. Ed. David Curzon. Harcourt. 1995.


Józef Hen (1923 - )
  "My Friend the King": excerpt. Trans. not identified. Instytut Książki.



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Zbigniew Herbert (1924-1998)
  2 Pieces. Cross-Currents: A Yearbook of Central European Culture.


  2 Poems. The Legacy Project.
  2 Poems. Trans. Roman Turovsky and Sean Monagle. "In Memoriam, Zbigniew Herbert." Polyhymnion.
  2 Poems. Chicago Review 46.3-4 Special Issue on New Polish Writing. (Fall 2000).
list bullet  2 Poems. Chicago Review 46.3-4 Special Issue on New Polish Writing. (Fall 2000).
list bullet  3 Poems. The New Polish Poetry: A Bilingual Collection. Ed. Milne Holton and Paul Vangelisti. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. 1978.
  3 Poems. Huck Gutman. Zbigniew Herbert. University of Vermont.
list bullet  4 Poems. World Poetry: An Anthology of Verse from Antiquity to Our Time. Ed. Katharine Washburn and John S. Major. W.W. Norton. 1998.
  5 Poems. Trans. Alissa Valles. Words Without Borders: The Online Magazine for International Literature.
list bullet  5 Poems. Against Forgetting: Twentieth Century Poetry of Witness. Ed. Carolyn Forché. Norton. 1993.
list bullet  5 Poems. The Gospels in Our Image: An Anthology of Twentieth Century Poetry Based on Biblical Texts. Ed. David Curzon. Harcourt. 1995. Various pages.
  6 Poems. Trans. Ryszard J. Reisner. Ars Interpres: An International Journal of Poetry, Translation and Art 4 (2005).
list bullet  7 Prose Pieces. Trans. Alissa Valles. Polish Writers on Writing. Ed. Adam Zagajewski. San Antonio, TX: Trinity University Press. 2007.
  7 Pieces ("Apocrypha"). Trans. John Carpenter and Bogdana Carpenter. Artful Dodge. Introduction by John Carpenter.
list bullet  8 Poems. The Poetry of Our World: An International Anthology of Contemporary Poetry. Ed. Jeffrey Paine and others. Perennial. 2001. 253-270.
list bullet  8 Poems. Vintage Book of Contemporary World Poetry. Ed. J. D. McClatchy. Vintage Books. 1996.
list bullet  19 Poems. Postwar Polish Poetry: An Anthology. 3rd. ed. Ed. Czesław Miłosz. University of California Press. 1983.
    33 Poems. Jan Rybicki's Modern Polish Poetry.
  "Arion." Trans. Marek Ługowski. XConnect 6.3 (Nov. 2002).
  "A Ballad About Us Not Ceasing to Exist." Trans. Marek Ługowski. XConnect 4.2 (Nov. 1998).
list bullet  Barbarian in the Garden. Harvest Books. 1986.
list bullet  "Conch." Trans. John Carpenter and Bogdana Carpenter. Staying Alive: Real Poems for Unreal Times. Ed. Neil Astley. Hyperion. 2003. 291.
  "Conversation with Zbigniew Herbert": excerpt. John Carpenter and Bogdana Carpenter. The Manhattan Review 3.2 (Winter 1984/85).
  "Daedalus and Icarus." Trans. Marek Ługowski. XConnect 4.2 (Nov. 1998).
list bullet  "Defense of the Templars." Trans. Jarosław Anders and Michael March. Four Decades of Polish Essays. Ed. Jan Kott. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press. 1990. 130-147.
list bullet  "A Devil." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. The Rattle Bag. Ed. Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes. Faber and Faber. 1982, 1997. 127.
list bullet  "Elegy for the Departure" and Other Poems. Ecco [HarperCollins]. 1999.
list bullet  "Elegy of Fortinbras." Trans. Czesław Miłosz and Peter Dale Scott. A Book of Luminous Things: An International Anthology of Poetry. Ed. Czesław Miłosz. Harvest Books. 1998. 301-302.
list bullet  The Kings of the Ants: Mythological Essays. Ecco. 1999.
list bullet  "On Translating Poetry." Trans. John Carpenter and Bogdana Carpenter. Literature: The Evolving Canon. 2nd ed. Ed. Sven P. Birkerts. Pearson Allyn & Bacon. 1995. 896-897.
list bullet  "The Philosophers' Den." Trans. Paweł Mayewski. The Broken Mirror: A Collection of Writings from Contemporary Poland. New York: Random House. 1958. 76-109.
  "Preliminary Investigation of an Angel." Trans. Peter Dale Scott. RALPH: The Review of Arts, Literature, Philosophy and the Humanities.
list bullet  "Revelation." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. Poetry for the Spirit: An Original and Insightful Anthology of Mystical Poems. Ed. Alan Jacobs. Watkins Publishing Ltd. 2002. 516-517.
list bullet  Selected Poems. Ecco [HarperCollins]. 1900.
list bullet  Still Life with a Bridle: Essays and Apocryphas. Trans. John Carpenter and Bogdana Carpenter. Ecco [HarperCollins]. 1993. Reprint.
  "Story About King Midas." Trans. Marek Ługowski. XConnect 6.3 (Nov. 2002).
  "To Jehuda Amichaj." Trans. Ryszard Reisner. Ars Interpres: An International Journal of Poetry, Translation & Art 6-7 (Sept. 2006).


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Gustaw Herling-Grudzinski (1919-2000)
  2 Pieces. Instytut Książki.


list bullet  A World Apart: Imprisonment in a Soviet Labor Camp During World War II. Trans. Andrzej Ciolkosz. Penguin. 1996 (Reprint).
  Journal [Diary] Written at Night: excerpt. Trans. Ronald Strom. PolishWriting: Prose and Poetry from Poland.
list bullet  Diary Written at Night 1993-1996: excerpts. Trans. Ela Kotkowska-Atkinson. Chicago Review 46.3-4 Special Issue on New Polish Writing. (Fall 2000): 14-20.
list bullet  The Island: Three Tales. Trans. Ronald Strom. Penguin. 1994.
list bullet  "The Noonday Cemetery" and Other Stories. Trans. Bill Johnston. New Directions. 2003.
list bullet  "The Shadow Hour." Trans. Ronald Strom. Four Decades of Polish Essays. Ed. Jan Kott. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press. 1990. 236-244.
list bullet  Volcano and Miracle : diary excerpts. Trans. Ronald Strom. Polish Writers on Writing. Ed. Adam Zagajewski. San Antonio, TX: Trinity University Press. 2007. 137-145.


Agnieszka Herman (1967 - )
list bullet  No English translations of her work appear to be in print at this time.



Paweł Hertz (1918-2001)
list bullet  "Recollections from the House of the Dead." Trans. Zygmunt Haupt. The Broken Mirror: A Collection of Writings from Contemporary Poland. New York: Random House. 1958. 132-156.



Małgorzata Hillar (1926- 1995)
list bullet  6 Poems. Trans. Regina Grol. Ambers Aglow: An Anthology of Contemporary Polish Women's Poetry. Ed. Regina Grol. Host Publications. 1996. Polish and English.


list bullet  "The Memory of Your Hands." Trans. Iwona Gleb. The New Polish Poetry: A Bilingual Collection. Ed. Milne Holton and Paul Vangelisti. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. 1978. 50-51.
list bullet  "Shoes." Trans. Adam A. Zych and Andrzej Diniejko. The Auschwitz Poems. Ed. Adam A. Zych. Oświecim, Poland: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. 1999. 154.


Marek Huberath (1954 - )
  "Yoo Retoont, Sneogg. Ay Noo." Trans. Michael Kandel. Words Without Borders (March 2004).



Paweł Huelle (1957 - )
list bullet  2 Selections. Chicago Review 46.3-4 Special Issue on New Polish Writing. (Fall 2000).


  3 Selections. Words Without Borders: The Online Magazine for International Literature.

list bullet  "The Bicycle Express." Trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones. Edinburgh Review. Special Issue: "Made in Poland: New Writing from Poland." 121 (2007): 94-104.
list bullet  Castorp. Trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones. Serpent's Tail. 2008.
list bullet  The Last Supper. Trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones. Serpent's Tail. 2008.
list bullet  "The Map." Trans. Alissa Valles. Polish Writers on Writing. Ed. Adam Zagajewski. San Antonio, TX: Trinity University Press. 2007. 249-251.
list bullet  Mercedes-Benz. Trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones. Serpent's Tail. 2006.
  Mercedes Benz: excerpt. Trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones. PolishWriting: Prose and Poetry from Poland.
list bullet  Moving House: Stories. Trans. Michael Kandel. Harvest Books. 1996.
list bullet  "Moving House." Trans. Michael Kandel. Art of the Story: An International Anthology of Contemporary Short Stories. Ed. Daniel Halpern. New York: Penguin. 1999. 331-337.
list bullet  "The Table." Trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones. The Eagle and the Crow: Modern Polish Short Stories. Ed. Teresa Halikowska and George Hyde. Serpent's Tail. 1996. 128-145.
list bullet  Who Was David Weiser?. Trans. Michael Kandel. New York: Harcourt. 1992. Also: San Diego: Harcourt. 1994.
list bullet  Who Was David Weiser?. Trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones. London: Bloomsbury. 1991, 1995.


Jan Huszcza (1917-1986)
list bullet  "Peace." Trans. Antoni Gronowicz. The Polish Review 17.2 (Spring 1972): 81-82..



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