POLISH LITERATURE
IN
ENGLISH TRANSLATION

CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE

AUTHORS: P

Updates made to this page during Summer 2009 are indicated by a red border.

KEY TO SYMBOLS USED IN ENTRIES

  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).

Dariusz Pacak (1961 - )
3 Poems. Trans. Ryszard J. Reisner. Poetas del Mundo.

"Ceylon Watercolour."
"Korean Landscape."
"Little Wing."

11 Poems. Trans. Ryszard J. Reisner. Ars Interpres: An International Journal of Poetry, Translation & Art. No. 4.

"Boriam Temple."
"Contemporary Desolation."
"The Hour."
"In Search of Godot."
"Muslin Print."
"Pati Natae . . ."
"The Season."
"A Tale of a Pot of Tea."
"To Mother."
"Way to Cheongyang Temple."
"A Wisp out of Childhood."

Marian Pankowski (1919 - )
Love's Way : excerpt. Trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones. Instytut Książki.
Rudolf. Trans. John Maslen and Elizabeth Maslen. Northwestern University Press. 1996.

Edward Pasewicz (1971 - )
"Bird Bones." Trans. Tadeusz Pióro. Jacket 29 (Apr. 2006).
"Scars." Trans. Tadeusz Pióro. Brindin Press. Text in Polish and English.

Włodzimierz Pazniewski (1942 - )
No English translations of his works seem to be in print at this time.

Tomasz Piątek (1974 - )
Nionio : excerpt. Trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones. Instytut Książki.

Marian Piechal (1905 - 1989)
2 Poems. The Auschwitz Poems. Ed. Adam A. Zych. Oświecim, Poland: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. 1999.

"Auschwitz" [a fragment from "Wind from the Vistula"]. Trans. June Friedman. 229.
"Rescued from Auschwitz." Trans. June Friedman. 229.

Jerzy Pilch (1952 - )
2 Pieces. Trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones. Instytut Książki.

"City of Woes": excerpt.
"The Holy Father's Skis": excerpt.

2 selections. Przekładaniec Special Issue: Contemporary Polish Writing (2001).

"Heart in Mouth." Trans. Bill Johnston. Chicago Review 46.3-4 Special Issue on New Polish Writing. (Fall 2000): 285-290.

His Current Woman: excerpt. Trans. Bill Johnston. PolishWriting: Prose and Poetry from Poland.

His Current Woman. Trans. Bill Johnston. Hydra Books. 2002.

The Mighty Angel: excerpt, chapter 1--"The Yellow Dress." Trans. Bill Johnston. Words Without Borders: The Online Magazine for International Literature (March 2004).

Krystyna Piórkowska (Contemporary)
3 Poems. Trans. not identified. The Polish Review 20.4 (Autumn 1975).

"The Gold Mask." 96-97.
"My son is my lover . . ." 97-98.
"Our Relationship is Everything and Therefore It Is Nothing." 98-99.

Tadeusz Pióro (1960 - )
2 Poems. Edinburgh Review. Special issue: "Made in Poland: New Writing from Poland." 121 (2007).

"Lab Report." 74-75.
"Mythological." 76-77.

2 Poems. Trans. Tadeusz Pióro. Words Without Borders: The Online Magazine for International Literature.

"Product IV (Love and Death)."
"Product VI (International Style)."

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

"Sophia Loren's Impeccable Figure and You." Trans. Bill Johnston. 223.
"Zen and the Art of Carpet-Beating." Trans. Bill Johnston. 222-223.

"Bug Hour." Trans. Tadeusz Pióro. Jacket 29 (Apr. 2006).

"Some Methods of Crowd Control." Trans. Tadeusz Pióro. Jacket 29 (Apr. 2006-Supplement).

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

"Russia." Trans. Frank L. Vigoda. 235.
Untitled ["I killed you and I killed myself . . ."]. Trans. Frank L. Vigoda. 235.

"Lament of that Summer." Trans. Elżbieta Wójcik-Leese. Brindin Press. Brindin.com. In Polish and English.

Marta Podgórnik (1977 - )
Several Poems. Altered State: The New Polish Poetry: A Parallel Text Anthology of Polish Poetry Written Over the Past 15 Years by Poets Under the Age of 45. Eds. Rod Mengham, Tadeusz Pióro and Piotr Szymor. Arc Publications. 2003.
"Final Destination." Trans. Tadeusz Pióro. Jacket 29 (Apr. 2006).

Jacek Podsiadło (1964 - )
3 Poems. Trans. Elżbieta Wójcik-Leese and W. Martin. Chicago Review 46.3-4 Special Issue on New Polish Writing. (Fall 2000).

"Day like a monkey shinnying up the trunk for its daily fruit . . ." 274.
"Intellect." 275.
"Vanitas; et Omnia Vanitatis." 275.

5 Poems. Przekładaniec Special Issue: Contemporary Polish Writing (2001).

13 Poems. Jan Rybicki's Modern Polish Poetry.

"Day like a monkey shinnying up the trunk for its daily fruit . . ." Trans. Elżbieta Wójcik-Leese and W. Martin.
"Don't Leave Me." Trans. Donald Pirie.
"Even the Mirrors Will Be on Our Side." Trans. Donald Pirie.
"For a Woman Painter." Trans. Donald Pirie.
"Grass Accepts." Trans. Donald Pirie.
"Instead of Complaining, Here's a Better Offer No Cowboy's Girl Can Refuse." Trans. Donald Pirie.
"Intellect." Elżbieta Wójcik-Leese and W. Martin.
"Overweight." Trans. Donald Pirie.
"Song of My Own Warsaw." Trans. Donald Pirie.
"Song of Our Lady of the Water Closet." Trans. Donald Pirie.
"To see a teacher . . ." Trans. Donald Pirie.
"Two Casual Laborers, Having Put Down their Forks, Stretch Out on the Hay, Turn their Unshaven Faces to the Sun, and Are Talking Away Lazily." Trans. Donald Pirie.
"Vanitas; Et Omnia Vanitatis." Trans. Elżbieta Wójcik-Leese and W. Martin.

Jan Polkowski (1953 - )
3 Poems. Against Forgetting: Twentieth Century Poetry of Witness. Ed. Carolyn Forché. Norton. 1993.

"I Don't Know That Man." Trans. Michael March and Jarosław Anders. 485.
"Noli Me Tangere." Trans. Michael March and Jarosław Anders. 485.
"The World Is Only Air." Trans. Michael March and Jarosław Anders. 484-485.

7 Poems. Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh. Jan Rybicki's Modern Polish Poetry.

"Among Us, the Unclean Ones."
"Hymn."
"My Sweet Motherland."
"Peter Followed Him from Afar."
"The Restaurant 'Arcadia,' Central Square, Nowa Huta."
"Though Mortal, I Desired You."
"You need me? You, the Great . . ."

"The World Is Only Air." Trans. Michael March and Jarosław Anders. The Legacy Project.

Joanna Pollakówna (1939-2002)
6 Poems. Trans. Regina Grol. Ambers Aglow: An Anthology of Contemporary Polish Women's Poetry. Ed. Regina Grol. Host Publications. 1996. Polish and English.

"Again a prayer . . ." 300-301.
"Darkness." 302-303.
"Old Age." 296-297.
"So where to . . ." 292-293.
"What next . . . " 294-295.
"A Woman and a Man." 298-299.

Roman Praszyński (aka Red Vonnegut) (1965 - )
Lot's Daughters : excerpt. Trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones. Instytut Książki.

Jan Prokop (1931 - )
4 Poems. Jan Rybicki's Modern Polish Poetry.

"From time to time the bird of inspiration alights on my brow . . ." Trans. Jan Rybicki.
"Song of a Crust of Bread Thrown to Sparrows on Victory Square, Formerly Saxonian Square, by the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"Song of Four-Egg Enriched Ribbon Noodles." Trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.
"Trying in vain to save the drowning painted butterfly . . ." Trans. Jan Rybicki.

Leszek Prorok (1919-1984)
Freya, the Cold Goddess of Love. Trans. Marcus Wheeler. Budapest: Centre Hongrois de l'I.I.T. 1981.
A Radiant Line : excerpt. Trans. Adam Gillon. "Leszek Prorok's 'The Radiant Line'--a New Novel about Conrad." Adam Gillon. The Polish Review 29.3 (Autumn 1984): 73-87.

click here to return to contemporary page's alphalist

click here to return to website's main alphabetical list of authors

Web Counter by TrafficFile.com

POLISH LITERATUREINENGLISH TRANSLATION

CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE AUTHORS: P

KEY TO SYMBOLS USED IN ENTRIES

POLISH LITERATURE
IN
ENGLISH TRANSLATION

CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE

AUTHORS: P