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Encounters with Polish and Ukrainian Literature<\/strong> is a video series for anyone interested in literature and the culture of books and reading. Each month, host David A. Goldfarb<\/strong> will present a new topic in conversation with an expert on that author or book or movement in Polish literature. More about the Encounters with Polish and Ukrainian Literature series<\/a><\/strong> and the timeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the second in a series of episodes presenting contemporary Polish poets and their work. If you haven\u2019t seen it yet, watch the first episode in this series with Krystyna D\u0105browska and Tomasz R\u00f3\u017cycki from season 4<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Julia Fiedorczuk<\/strong> is a writer, poet, translator and professor at Warsaw University, where she helped to create a Center for Environmental Humanities. Her work explores the relationship between human beings and their planetary environments and emphasizes the world-making power of literature. She has authored short story collections and novels, including Pod S\u0142o\u0144cem (Under the Sun) and Dom Oriona (The House of Orion) as well as six poetry volumes, the most recent of which is Glif (Glyph, 2024). She has also published essays, including Cyborg w ogrodzie: wprowadzenie do ekokrytyki (A Cyborg in the Garden: Introduction to Ecocriticism). She was nominated for the Nike prize, Poland\u2019s highest literary award, in 2016 and twice for the Julian Tuwim Lifetime Achievement Award. She is the laureate of the 2018 Szymborska Prize for Psalmy (Psalms). Oxygen, a volume of her selected poems translated by Bill Johnston, was longlisted for the National Translation Award in the USA (2016). Julia Fiedorczuk has performed at numerous literary festivals in Poland and across the world; her work has been translated into over 20 languages, including books in English, German, Spanish, Swedish, Serbian, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, Chinese and Georgian. She is a columnist for Polityka, a popular Polish weekly and a frequent guest of poetry shows on Polish radio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tadeusz D\u0105browski<\/strong> (b. 1979) is a poet, essayist, critic. He is Editor-in-Chief of the literary bimonthly Topos and the art director of the European Poet of Freedom Festival. He has been published in many journals in Poland and abroad: The New Yorker, Boston Review, Agni, American Poetry Review, and many others. He is the author of six volumes of poetry: Wypieki (1999), e-mail (2000), mazurek (2002), Te Deum (2005, 2008), Czarny kwadrat (2009), and Pomi\u0119dzy (2013). He has won numerous awards including the Horst Bienek Prize (2014), the Ko\u015bcielski Prize (2009), the Hubert Burda Prize (2008) and, from Tadeusz R\u00f3\u017cewicz, the Prize of the Foundation for Polish Culture (2006). He was nominated for the Nike prize in 2010. His work has been translated into 20 languages including English, German, Estonian, Czech, Ukrainian, and others.He lives in Gda\u0144sk on the Baltic Coast of Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this episode, Fiedorczuk and D\u0105browski offer their perspectives on the contemporary poetry scene in Poland. They discuss topics such as eco poetry and the case of the Polish poet after the Romantic vision of the poet’s role in society. We also read their original poetry in Polish along with recent translations by Antonia Lloyd-Jones and Bill Johnston.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tadeusz D\u0105browski and Julia Fiedorczuk in English translation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tadeusz D\u0105browski. Black Square<\/a><\/strong>. Tr. Antonia Lloyd-Jones. Brookline, Mass.: Zephyr Press, 2011. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tadeusz D\u0105browski. Posts<\/a><\/strong>. Tr. Antonia Lloyd-Jones. Brookline, Mass.: Zephyr Press, 2018. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tadeusz D\u0105browski. The Scent of Man<\/a><\/strong>. Tr. Antonia Lloyd-Jones. Medford, Mass.: Arrowsmith Press, 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Julia Fiedorczuk. Psalms. Tr. Bill Johnston. Wisconsin Poetry Series. Madison, Wisc.: University of Wisconsin Press, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Julia Fiedorczuk. Oxygen. Tr. Bill Johnston. Brookline, Mass.: Zephyr Press, 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Julia Fiedorczuk. Orion\u2019s Shoulder<\/a><\/strong>. Tr. Bill Johnston. Sha Tin, N.T., Hong Kong: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, 2018. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Julia Fiedorczuk, Mary Newell, Bernard Quetchenbach, and Orchid Tierney, eds. The Routledge Companion to Ecopoetics<\/a><\/strong>. New York: Routledge, 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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David A. Goldfarb, Host & Producer
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Each month, host David A. Goldfarb will present a new topic in conversation with an expert on that author or book or movement in Polish literature. More about the Encounters with Polish and Ukrainian Literature series and the timeline.\nThis is the second in a series of episodes presenting contemporary Polish poets and their work. If you haven\u2019t seen it yet, watch the first episode in this series with Krystyna D\u0105browska and Tomasz R\u00f3\u017cycki from season 4.\nJulia Fiedorczuk is a writer, poet, translator and professor at Warsaw University, where she helped to create a Center for Environmental Humanities. Her work explores the relationship between human beings and their planetary environments and emphasizes the world-making power of literature. She has authored short story collections and novels, including Pod S\u0142o\u0144cem (Under the Sun) and Dom Oriona (The House of Orion) as well as six poetry volumes, the most recent of which is Glif (Glyph, 2024). She has also published essays, including Cyborg w ogrodzie: wprowadzenie do ekokrytyki (A Cyborg in the Garden: Introduction to Ecocriticism). She was nominated for the Nike prize, Poland\u2019s highest literary award, in 2016 and twice for the Julian Tuwim Lifetime Achievement Award. She is the laureate of the 2018 Szymborska Prize for Psalmy (Psalms). Oxygen, a volume of her selected poems translated by Bill Johnston, was longlisted for the National Translation Award in the USA (2016). Julia Fiedorczuk has performed at numerous literary festivals in Poland and across the world; her work has been translated into over 20 languages, including books in English, German, Spanish, Swedish, Serbian, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, Chinese and Georgian. She is a columnist for Polityka, a popular Polish weekly and a frequent guest of poetry shows on Polish radio.\nTadeusz D\u0105browski (b. 1979) is a poet, essayist, critic. He is Editor-in-Chief of the literary bimonthly Topos and the art director of the European Poet of Freedom Festival. He has been published in many journals in Poland and abroad: The New Yorker, Boston Review, Agni, American Poetry Review, and many others. He is the author of six volumes of poetry: Wypieki (1999), e-mail (2000), mazurek (2002), Te Deum (2005, 2008), Czarny kwadrat (2009), and Pomi\u0119dzy (2013). He has won numerous awards including the Horst Bienek Prize (2014), the Ko\u015bcielski Prize (2009), the Hubert Burda Prize (2008) and, from Tadeusz R\u00f3\u017cewicz, the Prize of the Foundation for Polish Culture (2006). He was nominated for the Nike prize in 2010. His work has been translated into 20 languages including English, German, Estonian, Czech, Ukrainian, and others.He lives in Gda\u0144sk on the Baltic Coast of Poland.\nIn this episode, Fiedorczuk and D\u0105browski offer their perspectives on the contemporary poetry scene in Poland. They discuss topics such as eco poetry and the case of the Polish poet after the Romantic vision of the poet's role in society. We also read their original poetry in Polish along with recent translations by Antonia Lloyd-Jones and Bill Johnston.\nTadeusz D\u0105browski and Julia Fiedorczuk in English translation:\nTadeusz D\u0105browski. Black Square. Tr. Antonia Lloyd-Jones. Brookline, Mass.: Zephyr Press, 2011. \nTadeusz D\u0105browski. Posts. Tr. Antonia Lloyd-Jones. Brookline, Mass.: Zephyr Press, 2018. \nTadeusz D\u0105browski. The Scent of Man. Tr. Antonia Lloyd-Jones. Medford, Mass.: Arrowsmith Press, 2025. \nJulia Fiedorczuk. Psalms. Tr. Bill Johnston. Wisconsin Poetry Series. Madison, Wisc.: University of Wisconsin Press, 2023.\nJulia Fiedorczuk. Oxygen. Tr. Bill Johnston. Brookline, Mass.: Zephyr Press, 2017.\nJulia Fiedorczuk. Orion\u2019s Shoulder. Tr. Bill Johnston. Sha Tin, N.T., Hong Kong: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, 2018. \nJulia Fiedorczuk, Mary Newell, Bernard Quetchenbach, and Orchid Tierney, eds. The Routledge Companion to Ecopoetics. New York: Routledge, 2025. \nDavid A. 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