TY - JOUR
TI - Polish Literature in English Translation 1999–2009
AU - Rzepa, Joanna
TI - Polish Literature in English Translation 1999–2009
AB - 
	In the period under consideration 265 Polish titles (poetry, drama, prose fiction, reportage and memoirs) were published in English. Their publishers were mostly academic presses and small independent publishers, often subsidised by the EU or the Polish Book Institute. The analysis of the titles leads to several conclusions. First, the image of Polish literature construed on the basis of the available translations did not reflect the situation on the Polish book market. The percentage of translated poetry volumes and memoirs devoted to the Holocaust and the Second World War was much higher than the percentage of such titles published in Poland. Second, the beginning of the decade concentrated on classics and memoirs, whereas towards the end of the period more and more contemporary prose titles were being published. Third, the increased interest in Polish prose among the British publishers was not reflected among their American counterparts. The article is accompanied by a bibliography of English translations of Polish literature published in the years 1999–2009.
VL - Numery anglojęzyczne
IS - Issue 24/2010 – Feminism and translation
PY - 2012
SN - 1425-6851
C1 - 1689-1864
SP - 256
EP - 283
DO - 10.4467/16891864ePC.12.014.0576
UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/przekladaniec/artykul/polish-literature-in-english-translation-1999-2009
KW - Polish literature in English translation
KW - reception of Polish literature in the United Kingdom and the United States