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RIS BIB ENDNOTEPolish Literature in English Translation 1999–2009
Publication date: 05.09.2012
Przekładaniec, Issues in English, Issue 24/2010 – Feminism and translation, pp. 256 - 283
https://doi.org/10.4467/16891864ePC.12.014.0576Authors
Polish Literature in English Translation 1999–2009
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.
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