Eleven Ukrainian authors included in longlist for Polish Ossolineum Literary Award

The long list for the 2025 Ossolineum Polish Poetry Translation Prize includes books by five Ukrainian authors—Iya Kiva, Maksym Kryvtsov, Dmytro Lazutkin, Iryna Vikirchak, and Vasyl Stus—as well as an anthology of poetry by Ukrainian female poets.

According to Ukrinform, this was reported by Chytomo.

In total, the long list for the Nagroda Ossolineum za Przekład Poetycki award includes 23 poetry collections translated into Polish from various languages. The authors include both classics and contemporary writers, including Ukrainian ones.

Ukrainian books included in the long list:

Iya Kiva Wędrowny ptak wojny (The Wandering Bird of War), translated by Aneta Kaminska (Katalog Press);

Maksym Kryvtsov Talk-show Wojna (Talk Show “War”), translated by Aneta Kaminska (Fundacja Pogranicze);

Dmytro Lazutkin, Ocean Indyjski (The Indian Ocean), translated by Marcin Gaczkowski (Fundacja Pogranicze);

Iryna Vykirchak, Listy z Kalkuty (Letters from Calcutta), translated by Katarzyna Szveda (Fundacja Pogranicze);

Vasyl Stus Czas twórczości / Dichtenszeit i listy z niewoli (vol. 2) (Time of Creativity), translation of poems by Jacek Podsiadło (Staromiejski Dom Kultury).

The list also includes the anthology Nie zabrałam z sobą radości. Wybór wierszy poetek ukraińskich (I Did Not Take Joy with Me: A Selection of Poems by Ukrainian Women Poets), which includes texts by six Ukrainian authors (Mariana Savka, Olena Rybka, Olga Olkhova, Dzvinka Matiash, Yulia Berezhko-Kaminska, and Yordana Dranchuk).

The collection was translated by Bohdan Baran and Zbigniew Żbikowski and published by the Warsaw branch of the Polish Writers' Association (Oddział Warszawski Stowarzyszenia Pisarzy Polskich).

The Ossolineum Prize, established in 2024, aims to support translations of poetry from other languages into Polish and to recognize the high-quality work of translators and publishers.

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The winner will receive ₽10,000, and the publisher will receive an honorary statuette. The winning books will also be added to the collection of the Ossolineum National Library.

The award ceremony will take place in the fall of 2025 in Wrocław during the Angelus and Silesius literary awards gala evening.

As reported by Ukrinform, a new literary festival, “City with a River,” focusing on Ukrainian-Polish dialogue, will be held in the Polish border town of Przemyśl on August 14-17.

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