Jarosław Mikołajewski Explained

Jarosław Mikołajewski (born 20 March 1960 in Warsaw) is a Polish poet,[1] writer and translator of the Italian language. He is also the author of children's books, essayist and journalist.

Life and career

Between 1983-1998, he worked at the Faculty of Italian Studies of the University of Warsaw. Since 1998, he has been working for the Gazeta Wyborcza daily newspaper. Between 2006-2012, he served as head of the Polish Institute in Rome.[2]

His books were published in Poland, Italy, the Netherlands, United States, Hungary, United Kingdom.[3] His work is also translated to following languages: Albanian, German, Spanish, Croatian, Bulgarian, Czech, Ukrainian, Greek. He translated among others: Dante, Petrarch, Michelangelo, Leopardi, Montale, Ungaretti, Luzi, Penna, Pavese, Pasolini.

He also translated children's classic to Polish - among others: Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio (Polish title Pinokio: historia pajacyka, 2011) and some works of Gianni Rodari.

In several volumes, and especially in Którzy mnie znają / Those Who Know Me (2003), he reaches for the eternal subjects of poetry: love and death.[4]

His Froth: Poems (Zbite szklanki: wybór wierszy, 2010) translated into English was named among the 75 best of the year 2013 by World Literature Today (WLT).[5] [6]

He is the recipient of the Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna Poetry Award (1991),[7] Literary Award of the Capital city of Warsaw (2011, 2012),[8] [9] Silver Medal for Merit to Culture - Gloria Artis (2014)[10] Beata Pawlak Award (2016),[11] and the Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński Award (2019).[12] He is also a juror for the Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award.[13]

In 2019, he published a book Cień w cień. Za cieniem Zuzanny Ginczanki which deals with the life and literary legacy of Zuzanna Ginczanka, one of the greatest poets of the interwar period in Poland.[14]

Selected works

Poetry

Prose

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Domoslawski, Artur. Ryszard Kapuscinski: A Life. 25 February 2014. 2012-07-10. Verso Books. 9781844678587. 83–.
  2. News: Jarosław Mikołajewski i jego "Rzymska Komedia" . 7 May 2020.
  3. Web site: Mikołajewski, Jarosław. www.viaf.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20140203121615/http://viaf.org/viaf/84699125/. February 3, 2014. 2016-06-11.
  4. Web site: A Review of Events in Polish Poetry at the Turn of the 20th and 21st Centuries Artykuł Culture.pl. Culture.pl. 2016-06-11.
  5. WLT, University of Oklahoma's bimonthly magazine of international literature and culture, has been recognized by the Nobel Prize committee as one of the "best edited and most informative literary publications"
  6. Web site: 5 Polish Translations Rank Amongst World's Top 75 Best Artykuł Culture.pl. Culture.pl. 2016-06-11.
  7. News: Przemysław Owczarek laureatem nagrody im. Kazimiery Iłłakowiczówny . 7 May 2020.
  8. News: Laureaci . 7 May 2020.
  9. News: Laureaci . 7 May 2020.
  10. News: Największe gwiazdy polskiego kina na przyznaniu medali "Zasłużony Kulturze" . 7 May 2020.
  11. News: Nagroda im. Beaty Pawlak dla Mikołajewskiego i Rosiaka . 7 May 2020.
  12. News: Laureaci Nagrody im. Konstantego Ildefonsa Gałczyńskiego "Orfeusz" . 7 May 2020.
  13. Web site: Five Years of the Zbigniew Herbert Award Article Culture.pl.
  14. News: Cień w cień Za cieniem Zuzanny Ginczanki . 7 May 2020.
  15. Web site: Not Reaching Piękna - Jarosław Mikołajewski Language & Literature w Culture.pl. Culture.pl. 2016-06-11.
  16. Web site: Froth: Poems by Jarosław Mikołajewski. losangeles.msz.gov.pl. 2016-06-11.
  17. Web site: Writing the Polish Diaspora: Jarosław Mikołajewski's Froth: Poems. Guzlowski. John. 2013-03-28. Writing the Polish Diaspora. 2016-06-11.
  18. Web site: Award of the Capital City of Warsaw for the book by Jarosław Mikołajewski 'Rzymska komedia' (Roman Comedy). gazetapl. pl-PL. 2016-06-11.
  19. Web site: 20 książek nominowanych do Nagrody Nike 2018 . 2020-05-07.

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