POLISH LITERATURE
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Eugeniusz Kabatc (1930 - )
No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Wiesław Aleksander Kałabun (1955 - )
Untitled ("a view of thousands of people . . ."). Trans. Adam A. Zych and Andrzej Diniejko. The Auschwitz Poems. Ed. Adam A. Zych. Oświecim, Poland: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. 1999. 167.

Anna Kamieńska (1920 - 1986)
3 Poems. Trans. Tomasz P. Przeszowski and Desmond Graham. Brindin Press. Texts in Polish and English.

"Job's Return."
"Thanking."
"Those who carry pianos . . ."

4 Poems. The Gospels in Our Image: An Anthology of Twentieth Century Poetry Based on Biblical Texts. Ed. David Curzon. Harcourt. 1995. Various pages.

7 Poems. Trans. and Ed. Susan Bassnett and Piotr Kuhiwczak. Ariadne's Thread: Polish Women Poets. Wayland, MA and London, UK: Forest Books. 1988.

"Cosmic Wrappings." 34.
"Given Away." 37.
"Heaven." 31.
"History." 33.
"The Key." 35.
"Little Dorrit." 32.
"Loving my Enemies." 36.

15 Poems. Jan Rybicki's Modern Polish Poetry.

"Closed Eyes." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"Cosmic Wrappings." Trans. Susan Bassnett and Piotr Kuhiwczak.
"A Cross." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"Funny." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"Given Away." Trans. Susan Bassnett and Piotr Kuhiwczak.
"Heaven." Trans. Susan Bassnett and Piotr Kuhiwczak.
"History." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"The Key." Trans. Susan Bassnett and Piotr Kuhiwczak.
"Little Dorrit." Trans. Susan Bassnett and Piotr Kuhiwczak.
"Loving My Enemies." Trans. Susan Bassnett and Piotr Kuhiwczak.
"The Other World." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"A Prayer That Will Be Answered." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"Service." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"Two Faiths." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"Youth." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.

Diary entries. Trans. Alissa Valles. Polish Writers on Writing. Ed. Adam Zagajewski. San Antonio, TX: Trinity University Press. 2007. 158-164.

"Funny." Discovering the Many Worlds of Literature: Literature for Composition. Ed. Stuart Hirschberg and Terry Hirschberg. Longman. 2004.

"Loving My Enemies." Trans. Susan Bassnett and Piotr Kuhiwczak. Love Poems for Women: An Anthology of Poetry from Around the World and Through the Ages. Ed. Wendy Mulford and others. New York: Fawcett Columbine. 1990. 104-105.

"A Prayer That Will Be Answered." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh. Richard Geib's poetry page, Foothill Technology High School, Ventura, California, USA.

"A Prayer That Will Be Answered." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh. Posted to Panhala.net 11 June 2003.

"A Prayer That Will Be Answered." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh. A Book of Luminous Things: An International Anthology of Poetry. Ed. Czesław Miłosz. Harvest Books. 1998. 290.

Two Darknesses. Flambard. 1994.

Tadeusz Kantor (1915-1990)
A Journey Through Other Spaces: Essays and Manifestos, 1944-1990. Trans. Michał Kobialka. U. California Press. 1993.
Wielopole/Wielopole. Trans. M. Tchorek and G. Hyde. Marion Boyars. 1990.

Salomea Kapuścińska (1942 - )
7 Poems. Trans. Regina Grol. Ambers Aglow: An Anthology of Contemporary Polish Women's Poetry. Ed. Regina Grol. Host Publications. 1996. Polish and English.

"Amber." 154-155.
"A Gypsy Child." 158-159.
"it was we who carried . . ." 164-165.
"The Memory of a Word." 156-157.
"Mother Theresa." 162-163.
"Requests." 166-167.
"A Widower." 160-161.

Ryszard Kapuściński (1932-2007)
  Another Day of Life. Trans. William R. Brand and Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand. Vintage. 2001.
  The Emperor. Trans. William R. Brand and Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand. Vintage. 1989. Reissue.
  Imperium. Trans. Klara Glowczewska. Vintage. 1995.
  I Wrote Stone: The Selected Poetry of Ryszard Kapuściński. Trans. Diana Kuprel and Marek Kusiba. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press. 2007.
  "Lapidarium." Trans. Edward Rothert. Polish Perspectives 30.4 (1987): 36-42.
  Lapidarium IV. Trans. Agata Orzeszek. Anagrama. 2003.
  "Self-Portrait of a Reporter." Trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones. Instytut Książki.
  The Shadow of the Sun. Trans. Klara Glowczewska. Vintage. 2002. (Paper)
  The Shadow of the Sun. Trans. Klara Glowczewska. Knopf. 2001. (Cloth)
  The Shadow of the Sun. Trans. Klara Glowczewska. Knopf. 2001. (e-book)
  Shah of Shahs. Trans. William R. Brand and Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand. Vintage. 1992. Reprint.
  The Soccer War. Trans. William R. Brand. Vintage. 1992. Reprint.
  "When There Is Talk of 1945." Granta: The Magazine of New Writing 88 (2004).

Krzysztof Karasek (1937 - )
"Little Fears, Big Fears." Literary Review 31.2 (Winter 1988): 145.

Wojciech Karpiński (1943 - )
"The Blazon of Exile." Trans. Bolesław Taborski. Four Decades of Polish Essays. Ed. Jan Kott. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press. 1990. 349-362.

Tymoteusz Karpowicz (1921-2005)
2 Poems. Chicago Review 46.3-4 Special Issue on New Polish Writing. (Fall 2000).

"Love's Ring Dance." Trans. Frank Kujawinski. 66.
"Tri-lateral Lullaby (Cosmogony)." Trans. Frank Kujawinski. 67.

2 Poems. Trans. Małgorzata Sady and Bożena Bialik. The New Polish Poetry: A Bilingual Collection. Ed. Milne Holton and Paul Vangelisti. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. 1978.

"Agitator." 20-21.
"Dream." 22-23.

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

"A Lesson of Silence." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 100-101.
"Love." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 101-102.
"The Pencil's Dream." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 100.
"Turns." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. 102.

12 Poems. "A Selection of the Poetry of Tymoteusz Karpowicz." Lituanus 39.4 (Winter 1993).

"Circle of the Dance of Love." Trans. Frank Kujawinski.
"Fish." Trans. Ewa Zak.
"Incomprehensible Cry."
"In This Instant." Trans. Frank Kujawinski.
"A Lesson with the Magic Rabbit." Trans. Frank Kujawinski.
"Lupine Cantata." Trans. Frank Kujawinski.
"A Moment in the Side Aisle." Trans. Ewa Zak.
"Morning Dialogue." Trans. Ewa Zak.
"Musical Evening Stroll." Trans. Frank Kujawinski.
"Reversed Light." Trans. Ewa Zak.
"A Tombstone Showing Two Angels." Trans. Ewa Zak.
"Voyage of a Branch." Trans. Frank Kujawinski.

"Naked Poetry: A Discourse about the Newest Polish Poetry." Trans. Jacek Laskowski. The Polish Review 21.1-2 (Winter-Spring 1976): 59-71. [A Lecture at the University of Iowa International Writing Program.]

Julian Kawalec (1916 - )
2 Stories. The Modern Polish Mind. Ed. Maria Kuncewicz. Boston: Little, Brown. 1962. London: Secker & Warburg. 1962.

"I Kill Myself." Trans. Harry Stevens. 416-422.
"Strength." Trans. Harry Stevens. 205-207.

Bożena Keff (1948 - )
2 Poems. Chicago Review 46.3-4 Special Issue on New Polish Writing. (Fall 2000) .

"Helga's Car." Trans. W. Martin. 214.
"What's in My Pocket." Trans. W. Martin. 213.

Ludwik Jerzy Kern (1921 - )
Karampuk : excerpt. Trans. not identified. Instytut Książki.

Marzanna Bogumił Kielar (1963 - )
2 Poems from Materia Prima. Trans. not identified. Czas Kultury.

"Names of God (A Poem of Easter)."
"the silence of dawn cut to the bone, wait . . ."

4 Poems. Chicago Review 46.3-4 Special Issue on New Polish Writing. (Fall 2000).

"Apple." Trans. Elżbieta Wójcik-Leese. 330.
"The Dogs." Trans. W. Martin. 329.
"Early Spring." Trans. W. Martin. 331.
Untitled ["just an hour ago the morning mist. . ."]. Trans. Elżbieta Wójcik-Leese. 330.

4 Selections. Przekładaniec Special Issue: Contemporary Polish Writing. 2001.

5 Poems. Trans. Jennifer Croft. 91st Meridian. 2.2 (June 2003). University of Iowa International Writing Program.

"1912."
"even an hour ago the morning mist . . ."
"She."
"the sun appears only early mornings and late afternoons . . ."
"Visby."

6 Poems. Trans. Mia Dintinjana. Flying Café Europa.

"In the Shadow."
"Midges."
"Nudity."
"Sacra Conversazione."
"Temptation."
Untitled ["A lake, graced in graphite splendour before dusk, . . ."].

6 Poems. Trans. Elżbieta Wójcik-Leese. PolishWriting: Prose and Poetry from Poland.

"The Hawk."
"low shore of the night before us . . ."
"Telephone."
"Thaw."
"sun setting in August . . ."
"we ran into harsh shadow of an oak . . ."

Salt Monody. Trans. Elżbieta Wojcik-Leese. Tucson, AZ: Zephyr Press. April 2006.

"When time, like a debris flow . . ." Trans. Elżbieta Wojcik-Leese. Magma Poetry Online 33 (Winter 2005).

Samantha Kitsch ( ? - )
"The Fire." Trans. Samantha Kitsch and Rachel Klein. Chicago Review 46.3-4 Special Issue on New Polish Writing. (Fall 2000): 237-238.

Jarosław Klejnocki (1963 - )
2 untitled Poems. Chicago Review 46.3-4 Special Issue on New Polish Writing. (Fall 2000).

["Then I saw as if in an old . . ."]. Trans. Elżbieta Wójcik-Leese and W. Martin. 236.
["Itwill be an ode dramatically searching . . .]. Trans. Elżbieta Wójcik-Leese and W. Martin. 236.

"Stairway to Heaven -- Up and Down." Trans. Kinga Maciejewska, with Karen Underhill. Chicago Review 46.3-4 Special Issue on New Polish Writing. (Fall 2000): 103-106.

Radosław Kobierski (1971 - )
Harar : excerpt. Trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones. Instytut Książki.
"Mu answer: just so many elements. While the fact is, . . ." Trans. Jamie Harmon Ferguson. Chicago Review 46.3-4 Special Issue on New Polish Writing. (Fall 2000): 228.

Bolesław Kobrzyński (1914-1986)
No English translations of his work appear to exist at this time.

Marek Kochan (1969 - )
The Ballad of the Good Delinquent : excerpt. Trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones. Instytut Książki.

Krzysztof Koehler (1963 - )
2 Poems. Chicago Review 46.3-4 Special Issue on New Polish Writing. (Fall 2000).

"Memory." Trans. W. Martin. 297.
"An Unsuccessful Pilgrimage, Oh, to a Particular Place." Trans. W. Martin. 294-296.

3 Poems.Przekładaniec Special Issue: Contemporary Polish Writing. 2001.

7 Poems. Trans. W. Martin. The Sarmatian Review 18.2 (Sept. 1998).

"Eclogue. August."
"Shrine."
Untitled ("And suddenly the train. . .")
Untitled ("Bound every more tightly . . .")
Untitled ("Hands covering face . . .")
Untitled ("Two trails of smoke . . .")
Untitled ("What more? What further impetus . . .")

8 Poems. Jan Rybicki's Modern Polish Poetry.

"An August Pastoral." Trans. Donald Pirie. [Scroll down the page for the poem.]
"Dante and the Poets." Trans. Donald Pirie. [Scroll down the page for the poem.]
"Kraków." Trans. not identified. Annotation with audio of the "Hejnał."
"Memory." Trans. W. Martin. [Scroll down the page for the poem.]
"Ovid. The Last Years." Trans. Donald Pirie.
"Ulysses and Penelope." Trans. Donald Pirie. [Scroll down the page for the poem.]
"An Unsuccessful Pilgrimage, Oh, to a Particular Place." Trans. W. Martin. [Scroll down the page for the poem.]
"Wilanów." Trans. Donald Pirie. [Scroll down the page for the poem.]

"Carrying the Burden of Freedom: Some Thoughts on Polish Literature After Ten Years of Political Freedom." Toronto Slavic Quarterly 3 (Winter 2003).

"O'Harism" [an essay]. Trans. W. Martin. Jan Rybicki's Modern Polish Poetry.

Krystyna Kofta (1942 - )
The Umbilical Cord. Trans. Joanna Mludzinska. Eastern Promise: 7 Plays from Central and Eastern Europe Ed. Sian Evans and Cheryl Robson. Theatre Communications Group. 1999. 57-99.

Leszek Kołakowski (1927-2009) [Literary Works]
  "Cain, or an Interpretation of the Rule: To Each According to His Deserts." Trans. Nicholas Bethell. The Eagle and the Crow: Modern Polish Short Stories. Ed. Teresa Halikowska and George Hyde. Serpent's Tail. 1996. 114-115.
  "God, or Relative Mercy." Trans. Nicholas Bethell. The Eagle and the Crow: Modern Polish Short Stories. Ed. Teresa Halikowska and George Hyde. Serpent's Tail. 1996. 119.
  "Modernity on Endless Trial." Four Decades of Polish Essays. Ed. Jan Kott. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press. 1990. 291-303.
  "Permanent and Transitory Aspects of Marxism." Trans. George Krzywicki. The Broken Mirror: A Collection of Writings from Contemporary Poland. New York: Random House. 1958. 157-174.
  "The Priest and the Jester: Reflections on the Theological Heritage in Contemporary Thought." Trans. Paweł Mayewski. The Modern Polish Mind. Ed. Maria Kuncewicz. Boston: Little, Brown. 1962. London: Secker & Warburg. 1962. 301-326.
  "Sarah, or the Conflict between the General and the Individual in Morality." Trans. Nicholas Bethell. The Eagle and the Crow: Modern Polish Short Stories. Ed. Teresa Halikowska and George Hyde. Serpent's Tail. 1996. 116-118.
  Tales from the Kingdom of Lailonia and the Key to Heaven. Trans. Agnieszka Kołakowska. University of Chicago Press. 1989.

Tadeusz Konwicki (1926 - )
  The Anthropos-Specter-Beast. Trans. Julek Heller. S.G. Phillips. 1978.
  A Minor Apocalypse: A Novel. Trans. Richard Lourie. Dalkey Archive Pr. 1999.
  Moonrise, Moonset. Trans. Richard Lourie. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 1987.
  New World Avenue and Vicinity. Trans. Walter Arndt. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 1991.
  The Polish Complex. Trans. Richard Lourie. Dalkey Archive Pr. 1998 Reprint.

Julian Kornhauser (1946 - )
2 Poems. Chicago Review 46.3-4 Special Issue on New Polish Writing. (Fall 2000).

"Beauty." Trans. Ela Kotkowska-Atkinson. 98.
"Loyalty?" Trans. Ela Kotkowska-Atkinson. 99.

3 Poems. Trans. Ela Perepeczko. The New Polish Poetry: A Bilingual Collection. Ed. Milne Holton and Paul Vangelisti. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. 1978.

"Illness." 112-113.
"My Wife Sleeps, Illyich." 110-113.
"Top Hat." 110-111.

Been and Gone. Trans. Piotr Florczyk. Grosse Pointe Farms, MI: Marick Press. 2009.

"Been and Gone." Trans. Jean Ward. Instytut Książki.

4 Poems. Trans. Piotr Florczyk. World Literature Today 80.3 (May-June 2006). In Polish and English.

"Bookstores." May also be available online at http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5270/is_3_80/ai_n29268029?tag=content;col1.
"My Son's Back." May also be available online at http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5270/is_3_80/ai_n29268031?tag=content;col1.
"Nothing More." May also be available online at http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5270/is_3_80/ai_n29268032?tag=content;col1.
"A Pebble." May also be available online at http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5270/is_3_80/ai_n29268033?tag=content;col1.

Jerzy Kosiński (1933-1991)
  Being There. New York: Grove Press. 1999.
  Being There. Dir. Hal Ashby. 1979. DVD, Blu-ray.
  Blind Date. New York: Grove Press. 1998.
  Cockpit. New York: Grove Press. 1998.
  Conversations with Jerzy Kosiłski [conducted by Tom Teicholz]. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi. 1993.
  The Devil Tree. New York: Grove Press. 2003.
  "Foreword." No Religion Is an Island: Abraham Joshua Heschel and Interreligious Dialogue. By Abraham Joshua Heschel, Harold Kasimow, and Byron L. Sherwin. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis. 1991.
  The Future is Ours, Comrade: Conversations with the Russians. Garden City, NY: Doubleday. 1960. Also: New York: Dutton. 1964.[Written under the name of Joseph Novak.]
  The Hermit of 69th Street: the Working Papers of Norbert Kosky. New York: Seaver Books. 1988.
  No Third Path. Garden City, NY: Doubleday. 1962.
  The Painted Bird. New York: Grove Press. 1996.
  Passing By: Selected Essays, 1962-1991. New York: Grove Press. 1995.
  Passion Play. New York: Grove Press. 1998.
  Pinball. New York: Grove Press. 1995.
  "The Presence Divided." The Polish Review 49.12 (Winter 2004): 597-608.
  Steps. New York: Grove Press. 1997.

Janina Kościałkowska (1915-2004)
The Beech Boat. Trans. Anna Marianska. Readers International. 1993.

Jan Kott (1914-2001)
"Journey to the East." Trans. Lillian Vallee. Four Decades of Polish Essays. Ed. Jan Kott. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press. 1990. 255-269.

Hanna Kowalewska (1960 - )
Julita and the Swings : excerpts. Trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones. Instytut Książki.
"Worldphobia." Trans. Wiesiek Powaga. PolishWriting: Prose and Poetry from Poland.

Urszula Kozioł (1931 - )
2 Poems. Trans. Jolanta Raczko and Danuta Gabryś. The New Polish Poetry: A Bilingual Collection. Ed. Milne Holton and Paul Vangelisti. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. 1978.

"Relief in Spring." 66-67.
"Summer." 66-67.

4 Poems. Chicago Review 46.3-4 Special Issue on New Polish Writing. (Fall 2000).

"In Liquid State." Trans. Ela Kotkowska-Atkinson. 31-32.
"Non Finito I." Trans. W. Martin. 30-31.
"A Single Moment." Trans. W. Martin. 30.
Untitled ["such heat . . ."]. Trans. W. Martin. 29.

5 Poems. Trans. Regina Grol. Ambers Aglow: An Anthology of Contemporary Polish Women's Poetry. Ed. Regina Grol. Host Publications. 1996. Polish and English.

"A Great Pause." 182-183.
"It's so hot . . ." 170-171.
"Odysseus to Circe." 176-181.
"This rose . . ." 172-175.
"Your fatherland . . ." 168-169.

7 Poems. Trans. and Ed. Susan Bassnett and Piotr Kuhiwczak. Ariadne's Thread: Polish Women Poets. Wayland, MA and London, UK: Forest Books. 1988.

"Hyper-nakedness." 53.
"A Journey." 55-56.
"Meat Recipe." 51.
"A Return to Not Knowing." 52.
"Spring Relief." 57.
"Summer." 58.
"A Thousand and One Nights." 54.

14 Poems. Jan Rybicki's Modern Polish Poetry.

"From a Journey." Trans. Susan Bassnett and Piotr Kuhiwczak.
"Hypernakedness." Trans. Susan Bassnett and Piotr Kuhiwczak.
"In Liquid State." Trans. Ela Kotkowska-Atkinson.
"A Meat Recipe." Trans. Susan Bassnett and Piotr Kuhiwczak.
"Non Finito I." Trans. W. Martin.
"A Polish Lesson." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"A Return to Not Knowing." Trans. Susan Bassnett and Piotr Kuhiwczak.
"A Single Moment." Trans. W. Martin.
"Spring Relief." Trans. Susan Bassnett and Piotr Kuhiwczak.
" such heat . . . " Trans. W. Martin.
"Summer." Trans. Susan Bassnett and Piotr Kuhiwczak.
"A Thousand and One Nights." Trans. Susan Bassnett and Piotr Kuhiwczak.
"We Won't Look Truth in the Eye." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"You live by the very edges . . ." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.

"Alarum." Trans. Czesław Miłosz. Postwar Polish Poetry: An Anthology. 3rd. ed. Ed. Czesław Miłosz. University of California Press. 1984. 180-183.

"The Dark," from Poems. Trans. Regina Grol-Prokopczyk. Host Publications. 1989. Text in English and Polish. [Select "Read an Excerpt" at the bottom of the page to access the poem.]

Poems. Trans. Regina Grol-Prokopczyk. Host Publications. 1989.

"Psalm." Trans. Barbara Plebanek and Tony Howard. Poetry International. Text in English and Polish.

Marek Krajewski (1966 - )
End of the World in Breslau ; excerpt. Trans. Jean-Jacques Granas. Words Without Borders: The Online Magazine for International Literature.

Hanna Krall (1937 - )
3 Stories. Trans. Christopher Garbowski. Contemporary Jewish Writing in Poland. Ed. Antony Polonsky and Monika Adamczyk-Garbowska. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press. 2001.

"The Armchair." 317-320.
"Briefly Now." 303-311.
The Dybbuk : excerpts. 312-316.

A Quiet Sunday Afternoon: excerpt. Trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones. Instytut Książki.

"The Armchair." Przekładaniec Special Issue: Contemporary Polish Writing. 2001.

"The Dybbuk": excerpts. Trans. Christopher Garbowski. PolishWriting: Prose and Poetry from Poland.

"The One from Hamburg." Trans. Wiesiek Powaga. Chicago Review 46.3-4 Special Issue on New Polish Writing. (Fall 2000) : 131-138.

Shielding the Flame: an Intimate Conversation with Dr. Marek Edelman, the Last Surviving Leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Trans. Joanna Stasińska and Lawrence Weschler. New York: Henry Holt. 1986.

The Subtenant and To Outwit God. Trans. Jaroslaw Anders, Joanna Stasinska, and Lawrence Weschler. Northwestern University Press. 1992.

"A Tale for Hollywood." Trans. Basia Plebanek. The Eagle and the Crow: Modern Polish Short Stories. Ed. Teresa Halikowska and George Hyde. Serpent's Tail. 1996. 150-182.

To Steal a March on God. Trans. Jadwiga Kosicka. Routledge. 1996.

"The Woman from Hamburg" and Other True Stories. Trans. Madeline G. Levine. New York: Other Press. 2005.

Elżbieta Kroszczyńska ( ? - )
No English translations of her work appear to be in print at this time.

Ryszard Krynicki (1943 - )
2 Poems. Metamorphoses: A Journal of Literary Translation 7.2 (Summer 1999). Trans. Clare Cavanagh.

"As Always Different." 96.
"I Just Have to Imagine Doors." 96.

3 Poems. Chicago Review 46.3-4 Special Issue on New Polish Writing. (Fall 2000).

"Among them, in Their Midst." Trans. Clare Cavanagh. 77.
"Frost." Trans. Clare Cavanagh. 76.
"A Quarter to Midnight." Trans. Clare Cavanagh. 76.

14 Poems. Trans. Alissa Valles. Words Without Borders: The Online Magazine for International Literature.

8 Poems.
- "Buddha, Christ."
- "Fragments from the Year 1989."
- "(from Meister Eckhardt or Zohar?)"
- "He Who Always Knows."
- "Job's Guilt."
- "Save Me, Guide Me."
- "This Year."
- "Who Doesn't Exist."
"After Rain."
"The Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest."
"Return from Assisi."
"Rue de Poitiers."
"A Stone from New World."
"Sweet, innocent words . . ."

27 Poems. Jan Rybicki's Modern Polish Poetry.

"Almost All." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"Among Them, in Their Midst." Trans. Clare Cavanagh.
"The Answer." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"Do not want to die for us . . ." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"Facing the Wall." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"From a Window." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"Frost." Trans. Clare Cavanagh.
"The Heart." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"I Am Not Worthy." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"I Can't Help You." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"I Don't Know." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"If it comes to pass . . ." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"I'll Remember That." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"Maybe It's You." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"A New Day." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"On the Eve." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"A Quarter to Midnight." Trans. Clare Cavanagh.
"Rose." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"Sleep Well." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"Socialist Realism." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"So what if . . ." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"A Stop." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"Suddenly." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"The Wall." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"Yes, She Says." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"You Don't Have to." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"You're Free." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.

"I Can't Help You." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh. A Book of Luminous Things: An International Anthology of Poetry. Ed. Czesław Miłosz. Harvest Books. 1998. 300.

"An Interview with Ryszark Krynicki: 'Some I, Looking for its Thou'." 1998 interview by Krzysztof Myszkowski. Trans. Alissa Valles. Polish Writers on Writing. Ed. Adam Zagajewski. San Antonio, TX: Trinity University Press. 2007. 158-164. 226-231.

Tadeusz Kubiak (1968 - )
2 Poems. Trans. Ela Perepeczko. The New Polish Poetry: A Bilingual Collection. Ed. Milne Holton and Paul Vangelisti. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. 1978.

"Self-Portrait in a Mirror." 40-41.
"What Do They Know?" 40-43.

Zygmunt Kubiak (1929-2004)
2 Essays. Four Decades of Polish Essays. Ed. Jan Kott. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press. 1990.

"From Saint Augustine." Trans. Jadwiga Kosicka. 192-194.
"Pascal." Trans. Jadwiga Kosicka. 182-191.

Agnieszka Kuciak (1970 - )
2 Poems. Trans. not identified. Czas Kultury.

"Belatedness."
"To every something long long knocks the rain . . ."

4 Poems. Trans. Ryszard Reisner. Ars Interpres: An International Journal of Poetry, Translation & Art 6 (Se;pt. 2006).

"And to Drop Absent-Minded Oranges."
"Meter."
"Montgomery."
"Zen Before Clock."

"Depression." Trans. Karen Kovacik and Ewa Chruściel. Brindin Press. Brindin.com. In Polish and English.

Wojciech Kuczok (1972 - )
2 Pieces. Trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones. Instytut Książki.

Confected Stories: excerpt.
Muck: excerpt.

Muck: excerpt. Trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones. PolishWriting: Prose and Poetry from Poland.

Anna Kuhn-Cichocka (1940 - )
6 Poems. Trans. Sarah Lawson and Małgorzata Koraszewska. Brindin Press. Brindin.com. In Polish and English.

"the barmaid Halinka . . ."
"beyond the river . . ."
"the doctor knew everybody . . ."
"here the houses . . ."
"the inn was at the market place . . ."
"on rainy days . . ."

Norbert Kulesza (1961 - )
14 Poems from Bogowie śpią na rusztowaniach [Gods Sleep on the Scaffolding]. Poems of Norbert Kulesza.

"Awakenings, Nothing of Importance." Trans. Norbert Kulesza.
"By the River." Trans. Norbert Kulesza.
"Cosmos." Trans. Norbert Kulesza.
"Drop Your Wantings." Trans. Norbert Kulesza.
"Eagles." Trans. Norbert Kulesza.
"Eternity." Trans. Norbert Kulesza.
"a foot feels the moan of a stone . . ." Trans. Norbert Kulesza.
"Guru." Trans. Norbert Kulesza.
"Judas." Trans. Iwona Witczak.
"My life had one colour . . ." Trans. Norbert Kulesza.
"None." Trans. Norbert Kulesza.
"One Two." Trans. Norbert Kulesza.
"On the Scaffolding." Trans. Norbert Kulesza.
"The Will to Live." Trans. Norbert Kulesza.

21 Poems from Budda jest kobietą [Buddha Is a Woman]. Trans. Iwona Witczak. Poems of Norbert Kulesza.

"Books in the Snow."
"Buddha is a woman . .."
"A Friend."
"Healthy Cooking."
"Hop!"
"I have seen thousands running . . ."
"Jesus."
"The Last Judgement."
"The Little Match-Girl."
"Look."
"Martha and Maria."
"My Land."
"The Opening of an Exhibition."
"Satori."
"Still Hungry."
"Stuck on Myself."
"Taming the Lack of You."
"Tattoo."
"there is music . . ."
"Virtue."
"yes . . ."

Jan Kulka (1937-2000)
2 Poems. Trans. Reuel K. Wilson. New York Review of Books 24.7 (28 Apr. 1977): 37.

"I John the Almoner."
"Patients Take a Walk on a Sunday Afternoon."

6 Poems. Trans. Reuel K. Wilson. "Selected Poems by Jan Kulka." Reuel K. Wilson.The Polish Review 25.3-4 (Summer-Autumn 1980): 78-84.

"Arrival in Katowice." 81.
"Dusk cut into night . . ." 83.
"I'll find that landscape in the rain . . ." 84.
"Incident." 81.
"On the Poet." 83-84.
"The Young Surrealist's Trip into Metaphysics." 82.

Czesław Kuriata (1938 - )
"A Man Speaks." Trans. Jolanta Raczko. The New Polish Poetry: A Bilingual Collection. Ed. Milne Holton and Paul Vangelisti. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. 1978. 90-91.

Ewa Kuryluk (1946 - )
3 Pieces. Instytut Książki.

Century 21: excerpt.
Veronica and Her Cloth: excerpt.
Viennese Apocalypse: excerpt.

Century 21. Dalkey Archive Press. 1992.

Mirosława Kuś (1948 - )
8 Poems. Trans. Regina Grol. Ambers Aglow: An Anthology of Contemporary Polish Women's Poetry. Ed. Regina Grol. Host Publications. 1996. Polish and English.

"Absolutely." 194-195.
"Alice in Wonderland." 190-191.
"and so I slowly descend . . ." 204-205.
"Homelessness." 196-197.
"Love." 198-199.
"My Mother." 202-203.
"Nature gives me secret signs . . ." 192-193.
"The stone which crushes me . . ." 200-201.

Andrzej Kuśniewicz (1904-1993)
The King of the Two Sicilies. Trans. Celina Wieniewska. New York: Harcourt. 1980.
Wheelabout : excerpt. Trans. Edward Rothert. Polish Perspectives 31.2 (1988): 40-46.

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