Wit Tarnawski as a translator of Conrad

Agnieszka Adamowicz-Pośpiech

Wit Tarnawski as a translator of Conrad

Publication date: 05.05.2015

Yearbook of Conrad Studies, 2014, Vol. IX, pp. 75 - 87

https://doi.org/10.4467/20843941YC.14.005.3077

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Wit Tarnawski as a translator of Conrad

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Wit Tarnawski (1894-1988) was an eminent Conrad critic and translator. His research developed within three areas: the translation, interpretation and popularisation of Conrad’s works and biography. In the present essay we shall focus on the least researched part of Tarnawski’s work – his literary translations. In particular, we shall analyse his translation of The Sisters, which has been widely discussed in Polish literary and critical circles.

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Wit Tarnawski, The Sisters, Conrad, translation, Kazimierz Wyka

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1. Książę Roman [Prince Roman]

Jerzy Jasieńczyk (Jerzy Poray-Biernacki), Witold Turno (Wit Tarnawski), Transl. J. Conrad, Książę Roman. „Gazeta Polska”, supplement 1, Jerozolima 1945.

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2. Siostry [The Sisters]

Aleksandra Poleska (Krystyna Sierzowa), Wit Tarnawski, Transl. J. Conrad, Siostry (fragment), Wiadomości, Londyn, 1949, № 33-34, p. 2.

Wit Tarnawski, Transl. J. Conrad, Siostry. Twórczość 1964, № 6. Reprints: Wit Tarnawski, Transl. J. Conrad, Siostry. Introduction by W. Tarnawski. Afterword by K. Wyka. Warszawa: PIW, 1967; Wit Tarnawski, Transl. J. Conrad, Siostry [In:] J. Conrad, Dzieła. Ed. Z. Najder, vol. XXIV. Warszawa: PIW, 1972.

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Information: Yearbook of Conrad Studies, 2014, Vol. IX, pp. 75 - 87

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/20843941YC.14.005.3077

Article type: Original article

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Agnieszka Adamowicz-Pośpiech

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2251-434X

University of Silesia in Katowice,
ul. Bankowa 12, 40-007 Katowice, Poland

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