The Found in Translation Award includes a one-month residency in Kraków, an honorarium of 2,000 zlotys, travel to and from Kraków funded by the Polish Book Institute, and a cash prize of 16,000 zlotys funded in equal parts by the Polish Book Institute, the PCI London and the PCI New York.

Reminder:

Translations published in book form in 2021 qualify for nomination. Individuals or organizations in Poland and abroad may nominate candidates to the Book Institute (by writing to biuro@instytutksiazki.pl). The nomination should include a justification for choosing the candidate, the candidate’s address, and the address of the nominator.

Please send the nominations by 31^st January 2022.

Previously awarded:
2008 – Bill Johnston for his translation of New Poems by Tadeusz Rózewicz
2009 – Antonia Lloyd-Jones for her translation of ‘The Last Supper’ by Pawel Huelle
2010 – Danuta Borchardt for her translation of ‘Pornografia’ by Witold Gombrowicz
2011 – Clare Cavanagh & Stanislaw Baranczak for their translation of ‘Here’ by Wislawa Szymborska
2012 – Joanna Trzeciak for her translation of ‘Sobbing Superpower’ by Tadeusz Rózewicz
2013 – Antonia Lloyd-Jones for the entire work of translations in 2012
2014 – Philip Boehm for his translation of ‘Chasing the King of Hearts’ by Hanna Krall
2015 – Ursula Phillips for her translation of ‘Choucas’ by Zofia Nalkowska
2016 – Bill Johnston for his translation of ‘Twelve Stations’ by Tomasz Rózycki
2017 – Piotr Florczyk for his translation of ‘Building the Barricade’ by Anna Swirszczynska
2018 – Jennifer Croft for her translation of ‘Flights’ by Olga Tokarczuk
2019 – Madeline G. Levine for her translation of ‘Collected Stories’ by Bruno Schulz
2020 – Anna Zaranko for her translation of ‘The Memoir of an Anti-hero’ by Kornel Filipowicz
2021 – Ewa Malachowska-Pasek and Megan Thomas for their translation of ‘The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma” by Tadeusz Dolęga- Mostowicz