Wisława Szymborska Award

Wisława Szymborska Award
Awarded for best poetry book
Country Poland
Presented by The Wisława Szymborska Foundation[1]
Reward(s) PLN 200,000 ($50,000)
First awarded 2013

The Wisława Szymborska Award is a Polish annual international literature prize presented by the Wisława Szymborska Foundation. It was established in 2013, and was named in honour of the Nobel Prize-winning poet Wisława Szymborska (1923-2012). It is awarded to authors of best poetry works published the previous year. Both books written in Polish and translated into Polish are eligible for the award and can be submitted by the authors themselves, publishing houses, cultural institutions as well as members of the award committee. The award carries a cash prize of PLN 200,000 ($50,000) for the winner and PLN 50,000 ($15,000) for the translator, which makes it one of the most valued literary prizes in Poland.[2][3][4][5]

Laureates

2018

Nominations:[6]

  • Wojciech Bonowicz for Druga ręka
  • Julia Fiedorczuk for Psalmy. 2014-2017
  • Natalia Malek for Kord
  • Marta Podgórnik for Zimna książka ("The Cold Book")
  • Ilona Witkowska for Lucyfer zwycięża

Winner: Julia Fiedorczuk

Best translation winner: Linn Hansen for Przejdź do historii (Sweden)

2017

Nominations:

Winner: Marcin Sendecki

2016

Nominations:[7][8]

  • Jakub Kornhauser for Drożdżownia ("The Yeast Factory")
  • Edward Pasewicz for Och, Mitochondria
  • Marta Podgórnik for Zawsze ("Always")
  • Joanna Roszak for Tego dnia ("On That Day")
  • Marcin Świetlicki for Delta Dietla ("Dietl's Delta")

Winner: Jakub Kornhauser

2015

Nominations:[9][10]

  • Roman Honet for Świat był mój ("The World Was Mine")
  • Jakobe Mansztajn for Studium przypadku ("The Case Study")
  • Mirosław Mrozek for Horyzont zdarzeń ("The Horizon of Events")
  • Jacek Podsiadło for Przez sen ("Through a Dream")
  • Maciej Robert for Księga meldunkowa ("The Registration Book")

Winner: ex aequo Roman Honet and Jacek Podsiadło

2014

Nominations:[11]

  • Wojciech Bonowicz for Echa ("Echoes")
  • Jacek Dehnel for Języki obce ("Foreign Languages")
  • Mariusz Grzebalski for W innych okolicznościach ("In Other Circumstances")
  • Julia Hartwig for Zapisane
  • Michał Sobol for Pulsary ("Pulsars")

Winner: Julia Hartwig[12]

2013

Nominations:[13]

  • Justyna Bargielska for Bach for my baby
  • Krystyna Dąbrowska for Białe krzesła ("White Chairs")
  • Łukasz Jarosz for Pełna krew ("Full Blood")
  • Krzysztof Karasek for Dziennik rozbitka ("Journals of a Castaway")
  • Jan Polkowski for Głosy ("Voices")

Winner: ex aequo Krystyna Dąbrowska and Łukasz Jarosz

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Wisława Szymborska Foundation". Retrieved 2017-12-22.
  2. ↑ "The Wisława Szymborska Foundation". Retrieved 2017-12-22.
  3. ↑ "The Wisława Szymborska International Literary Award". Retrieved 2017-12-22.
  4. ↑ "The Wisława Szymborska Award". Retrieved 2017-12-22.
  5. ↑ "Szymborska Poetry Prize to be Poland's most generous literary award". Retrieved 2017-12-22.
  6. ↑ "Oto laureatki Nagrody im. Wisławy Szymborskiej: Julia Fiedorczuk, Linn Hansen, Justyna Czechowska". Retrieved 2018-06-10.
  7. ↑ "AFTER SZYMBORSKA: THE 2016 SZYMBORSKA PRIZE AND POLISH POETRY TODAY". Retrieved 2017-12-22.
  8. ↑ "Nominowani w V edycji". Retrieved 2017-12-22.
  9. ↑ "2017-12-22".
  10. ↑ "Nominowani w III edycji". Retrieved 2017-12-22.
  11. ↑ "Nominowani w II edycji". Retrieved 2017-12-22.
  12. ↑ "Hartwig Wins Poetry Prize". Retrieved 2017-12-22.
  13. ↑ "Nominowani w I edycji". Retrieved 2017-12-22.
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