Jerzy Jarniewicz (Polish pronunciation: ; born 4 May 1958) is a

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poet,

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, translator and essayist. He was awarded the 2022

Nike Award The Nike Literary Award (, pronounced ) is a literary prize awarded each year for the best book of a single living author writing in Polish and published the previous year. It is widely considered the most important award for Polish literatu ...

, the most important distinction in

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as well as the

Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis The Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture () or Gloria Artis Medal, is a departmental decoration of Poland in arts awarded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland to persons and organizations for distinguish ...

(2006).

Life and career

Born in

Łowicz Łowicz is a town in central Poland with 27,436 inhabitants (2021). It is situated in the Łódź Voivodeship. Together with a nearby station of Bednary, Łowicz is a major rail junction of central Poland, where the line from Warsaw splits into ...

in 1958, he is a graduate of the

Bolesław Prus Aleksander Głowacki (20 August 1847 – 19 May 1912), better known by his pen name Bolesław Prus (), was a Polish journalist, novelist, a leading figure in the history of Polish literature and philosophy, and a distinctive voice in world ...

High School No. 21 in

Łódź Łódź is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located south-west of Warsaw. Łódź has a population of 655,279, making it the country's List of cities and towns in Polan ...

. He studied English language and literature as well as philosophy at the

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and between 1984 and 1985 at the

University of Oxford The University of Oxford is a collegiate university, collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the List of oldest un ...

. He is an editor of the literary monthly ''

Literatura na Świecie ''Literatura na Świecie'' (''World Literature'') was, during the times of the Polish People's Republic, one of the most widely read and sought after periodicals in Poland. The magazine was started in 1971. Its headquarters is in Warsaw. In the 19 ...

'' and published literary criticism articles in ''

Tygodnik Powszechny ''Tygodnik Powszechny'' (, ''The Common Weekly'') is a Polish Roman Catholic weekly magazine, published in Kraków, which focuses on social, cultural and political issues. It was established in 1945 under the auspices of Cardinal Adam Stefan Sap ...

'' and ''

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'' as well as collaborated with such British literary magazines as ''

Poetry Review ''The Poetry Review'' is the magazine of The Poetry Society, edited by the poet Wayne Holloway-Smith. Founded in 1912, shortly after the establishment of the Society, previous editors have included poets Muriel Spark, Adrian Henri, Andrew Mo ...

'' and ''

Areté ''Areté'' was an arts magazine, published three times a year, edited and founded in 1999 by the poet Craig Raine. The magazine aimed to give detailed coverage of theatre, fiction, and poetry, while also serving as a platform for new writing i ...

''. He has taught

English literature English literature is literature written in the English language from the English-speaking world. The English language has developed over more than 1,400 years. The earliest forms of English, a set of Anglo-Frisian languages, Anglo-Frisian d ...

at the University of Łódź and the

University of Warsaw The University of Warsaw (, ) is a public university, public research university in Warsaw, Poland. Established on November 19, 1816, it is the largest institution of higher learning in the country, offering 37 different fields of study as well ...

. He also lectured at such institutions as the

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York York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman Britain, Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire, Ouse and River Foss, Foss. It has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a Yor ...

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Dublin Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...

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in Prague,

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and

Harvard Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher lear ...

. In 2011, he became a member of the Council of the National Culture Center (

: ''Narodowe Centrum Kultury''). He is a former member of the

Polish Academy of Sciences The Polish Academy of Sciences (, PAN) is a Polish state-sponsored institution of higher learning. Headquartered in Warsaw, it is responsible for spearheading the development of science across the country by a society of distinguished scholars a ...

(PAN) and served as a jury member of the

Gdynia Literary Prize Gdynia Literary Prize () is a Polish literary prize, which is awarded annually to authors of the best books published in the previous year in the prose, poetry, essay and (since 2014) translation categories. It was established in 2006 by Wojc ...

. He is also a member of the Association of Translators of Literature and

Collegium Invisibile Collegium Invisibile is an Learned society, academic society founded in 1995 in Warsaw, Poland, Warsaw that affiliates outstanding Polish students in the humanities and science with distinguished scholars in accordance with the idea of a libera ...

. His main areas of interest include contemporary English and Irish poetry,

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, and the history of the

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. He translated the works of such English-language writers as

James Joyce James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (born James Augusta Joyce; 2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influentia ...

Philip Roth Philip Milton Roth (; March 19, 1933 – May 22, 2018) was an American novelist and short-story writer. Roth's fiction—often set in his birthplace of Newark, New Jersey—is known for its intensely autobiographical character, for philosophical ...

John Banville William John Banville (born 8 December 1945) is an Irish novelist, short story writer, Literary adaptation, adapter of dramas and screenwriter. Though he has been described as "the heir to Marcel Proust, Proust, via Vladimir Nabokov, Nabokov", ...

Ursula Le Guin Ursula Kroeber Le Guin ( ; Kroeber; October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018) was an American author. She is best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the ''Earthsea'' fantas ...

and

Craig Raine Craig Anthony Raine, FRSL (born 3 December 1944) is an English contemporary poet. Along with Christopher Reid, he is a pioneer of Martian poetry, a movement that expresses alienation with the world, society and objects. He was a fellow of New C ...

. In 2006, he was awarded the Gold Cross of Merit and Bronze

. In 2008, he received a nomination to the

for his work ''Znaki firmowe''. In 2018, he won the Silesius Poetry Award in the Book of the Year category for ''Puste noce'' (Empty Nights). In 2022, he received the most prestigious Polish literary distinction, the

, for his collection of poetry entitled ''Mondo Cane''. The same year, he was also nominated to the Wisława Szymborska Award.

Publications

Poetry

*''Korytarze'' (1984) *''Rzeczy oczywistość'' (1992) *''Rozmowa będzie możliwa'' (1993) *''Są rzeczy których nie ma'' (1995) *''Niepoznaki'', published by Biuro Literackie Port Legnica (2000) *''Po śladach'' (2000) *''Dowód z tożsamości'', published by Biuro Literackie Port Legnica (2003) *''Oranżada'', published by Biuro Lirerackie, Wrocław, (2005) () *''Skądinąd. 1977–2007'' (2007) *''Makijaż'' (2009) *''Wybór wiersza'' (2012) *''Na dzień dzisiejszy i chwilę obecną'' (2012) *''Woda na Marsie'' (2015) *''Puste noce'' (2017) *''Sankcje. Wybór wierszy i wypowiedzi'' (2018) *''Confiscarea instrumentelor'' (2019) *''Mondo cane'' (2021)

Literary criticism

*''The Uses of the Commonplace in Contemporary British Poetry'' (1994) *''Lista obecności. Szkice o dwudziestowiecznej prozie brytyjskiej i irlandzkiej'' (2000) *''W brzuchu wieloryba. Szkice o dwudziestowiecznej poezji brytyjskiej i irlandzkiej'' (2001) *''The Bottomless Centre. The Uses of History in the Poetry of Seamus Heaney'' (2002) *''Larkin. Odsłuchiwanie wierszy'' (2006) *''Znaki firmowe. Szkice o współczesnej prozie amerykańskiej i kanadyjskiej'' (2007) *''Od pieśni do skowytu. Szkice o poetach amerykańskich'' (2008) *''Heaney. Wiersze pod dotyk'' (2011) *''Gościnność słowa. Szkice o przekładzie literackim'' (2012) *''Ekphrasis in the Poetry of Derek Mahon'' (2013) *''In the Shadow of Foreign Tongues. Essays on Irish Poets'' (2014) *''Podsłuchy i podglądy'' (2015) *''All You Need Is Love. Sceny z życia kontrkultury'' (2016) *''Tłumacz między innymi. Szkice o przekładach, językach i literaturze'' (2018) *''Bunt wizjonerów'' (2019) *''Sizif pobednik. Ogledi o knijzevnom prevodu'' (2021)

References

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Life and career

Publications

Poetry

Literary criticism

See also

References