The Alfred Jurzykowski Prize is an annual prize awarded by the Alfred Jurzykowski Foundation in
New York City
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for the translation of
Polish works into
English. Its recipients have included such writers as
Witold Lutosławski (1966),
Leszek Kołakowski
Leszek Kołakowski (; ; 23 October 1927 – 17 July 2009) was a Polish philosopher and historian of ideas. He is best known for his critical analysis of Marxism, Marxist thought, as in his three-volume history of Marxist philosophy ''Main Current ...
(1969),
Miron Białoszewski, (1982),
Ryszard Kapuściński (1993), and
Bogusław Schaeffer (1998). Scientists were also among recipients of the "Alfred Jurzykowski Prize", among them the Member of the Manhattan Project and co-father of hydrogen bomb
Stanislaw Ulam or immunologist, Member of the Polish Academy of Learning (PAU),
Marian Zembala.
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Polish literary awards
Translation awards
Polish-American organizations
Polish diaspora organizations