Bill Johnston (translator)
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Bill Johnston is a prolific Polish language
literary translator and associate professor of comparative literature
at Indiana University
. His work has helped to expose English-speaking readers to classic and contemporary Polish poetry and fiction. In 2008 he received the Found in Translation Award for his translation of new poems by Tadeusz Różewicz
; this book was also a finalist for the National Books Critics Circle Poetry Award.
In 1999, he was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts
Creative Writing Fellowship for Poetry (Translation) for Balladina by Juliusz Słowacki, and in 2005 he received a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for a translation of The Coming Spring by Stefan Żeromski
. He is also a recipient of the Amicus Poloniae award, presented by the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland (2003) and the Diploma of the Polish Foreign Ministry (2004). In 2005, his translation of Magdalena Tulli
’s Dreams and Stones won the Translation Award of AATSEEL (American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages).
Polish language
Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
literary translator and associate professor of comparative literature
Comparative literature
Comparative literature is an academic field dealing with the literature of two or more different linguistic, cultural or national groups...
at Indiana University
Indiana University
Indiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000...
. His work has helped to expose English-speaking readers to classic and contemporary Polish poetry and fiction. In 2008 he received the Found in Translation Award for his translation of new poems by Tadeusz Różewicz
Tadeusz Rózewicz
Tadeusz Różewicz is a Polish poet and writer.Różewicz belongs to the first generation born and educated after Poland regained its independence in 1918. His youthful poems were published in 1938...
; this book was also a finalist for the National Books Critics Circle Poetry Award.
In 1999, he was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
Creative Writing Fellowship for Poetry (Translation) for Balladina by Juliusz Słowacki, and in 2005 he received a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for a translation of The Coming Spring by Stefan Żeromski
Stefan Zeromski
Stefan Żeromski was a Polish novelist and dramatist. He was called the "conscience of Polish literature". He also wrote under the pen names: Maurycy Zych, Józef Katerla and Stefan Iksmoreż.- Life :...
. He is also a recipient of the Amicus Poloniae award, presented by the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland (2003) and the Diploma of the Polish Foreign Ministry (2004). In 2005, his translation of Magdalena Tulli
Magdalena Tulli
Magdalena Tulli is a Polish novelist, one of Poland's leading writers.-Novels:*Sny i kamienie 1995. .*W czerwieni 1998. ....
’s Dreams and Stones won the Translation Award of AATSEEL (American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages).
Books
- Stanisław Lem: SolarisSolaris (novel)Solaris is a 1961 Polish science fiction novel by Stanisław Lem. It is about the ultimate inadequacy of communication between human and non-human species....
. Newark, New Jersey: Audible.com (audiobook). 2011. - Wiesław Myśliwski: Stone Upon Stone. New York: Archipelago BooksArchipelago BooksArchipelago Books is an American not-for-profit literary publisher dedicated to promoting cross-cultural exchange through international literature in translation. Located Brooklyn, New York, it publishes small to mid-size runs of international fiction, poetry, and literary essays...
. In progress. - Andrzej StasiukAndrzej StasiukAndrzej Stasiuk is one of the most successful and internationally acclaimed contemporary Polish writers, journalists and literary critics...
: Fado. Champaign, IL: Dalkey ArchiveDalkey ArchiveDalkey Archive may refer to:#the novel The Dalkey Archive by Flann O'Brien, or#the not-for-profit publisher called Dalkey Archive Press....
. In progress. - Juliusz Słowacki: Balladina. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. In press.
- Jerzy PilchJerzy PilchJerzy Pilch is one of the most important contemporary Polish writers and journalists. Critics have compared Pilch's style to Witold Gombrowicz, Milan Kundera, or Bohumil Hrabal....
: The Mighty Angel. Rochester, NY: Open Letter. In press. - Eugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-DyckiEugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-DyckiEugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-Dycki is an award-winning Polish poet.Born in Wólka Krowicka near Lubaczów, he is an author of nine volumes of poems and some texts for the magazine Kresy. He is a past winner of the Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna Award, the Barbara Sadowska Award, Polish-German Days of Literature...
: Peregrinary. Brookline, MA: Zephyr BooksZephyr BooksZephyr Books were published by The Continental Book Company, a Bonnier subsidiary, from 1942 to 1950.Due to World War II no books in English could be imported to Sweden. The Continental Book Company was established in 1942 with the object of publishing books in English...
. 2008. - Magdalena TulliMagdalena TulliMagdalena Tulli is a Polish novelist, one of Poland's leading writers.-Novels:*Sny i kamienie 1995. .*W czerwieni 1998. ....
: Flaw. New York, NY: Archipelago Books. 2007. - Jan KochanowskiJan KochanowskiJan Kochanowski was a Polish Renaissance poet who established poetic patterns that would become integral to Polish literary language.He is commonly regarded as the greatest Polish poet before Adam Mickiewicz, and the greatest Slavic poet, prior to the 19th century.-Life:Kochanowski was born at...
: The Envoys. Kraków, Poland: Księgarnia Akademicka. 2007. - Stefan ŻeromskiStefan ZeromskiStefan Żeromski was a Polish novelist and dramatist. He was called the "conscience of Polish literature". He also wrote under the pen names: Maurycy Zych, Józef Katerla and Stefan Iksmoreż.- Life :...
: The Coming Spring. London: Central European University Press. 2007. - Tadeusz RóżewiczTadeusz RózewiczTadeusz Różewicz is a Polish poet and writer.Różewicz belongs to the first generation born and educated after Poland regained its independence in 1918. His youthful poems were published in 1938...
: new poems. New York, NY: Archipelago Books. 2007.(winner of 2008 Found in Translation Award)(finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Poetry Award, 2008). - Andrzej StasiukAndrzej StasiukAndrzej Stasiuk is one of the most successful and internationally acclaimed contemporary Polish writers, journalists and literary critics...
: Nine. New York, NY: Harcourt Brace. 2007. - "The Song of Igor's Campaign" (from Old Russian). New York, NY: Ugly Duckling PresseUgly Duckling PresseUgly Duckling Presse is an American nonprofit art and publishing collective based in Brooklyn, New York City that publishes small to mid-size runs of poetry, translations, lost works, and artist's books. It was founded in 1993 by Matvei Yankelevich as a college zine before expanding to publishing...
. 2006. - Magdalena TulliMagdalena TulliMagdalena Tulli is a Polish novelist, one of Poland's leading writers.-Novels:*Sny i kamienie 1995. .*W czerwieni 1998. ....
: Moving Parts. New York, NY: Archipelago Books. 2005. - Krzysztof Kamil BaczyńskiKrzysztof Kamil BaczynskiKrzysztof Kamil Baczyński, was a Polish poet and Home Army soldier, one of the most renowned authors of the Generation of Columbuses, the young generation of Polish poets of whom many perished in the Warsaw Uprising.-Biography:...
: White Magic and Other Poems. Los Angeles, CA: Green Integer. 2005. - Witold GombrowiczWitold GombrowiczWitold Marian Gombrowicz was a Polish novelist and dramatist. His works are characterized by deep psychological analysis, a certain sense of paradox and an absurd, anti-nationalist flavor...
: Polish Memories. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. 2004. - Witold GombrowiczWitold GombrowiczWitold Marian Gombrowicz was a Polish novelist and dramatist. His works are characterized by deep psychological analysis, a certain sense of paradox and an absurd, anti-nationalist flavor...
: BacacayBacacay (book)Bacacay is a short story collection by the Polish writer Witold Gombrowicz. The stories were originally published in 1933, in an edition called Pamiętnik z okresu dojrzewania , which was Gombrowicz's literary debut...
. New York, NY: Archipelago Books. 2004. - Magdalena TulliMagdalena TulliMagdalena Tulli is a Polish novelist, one of Poland's leading writers.-Novels:*Sny i kamienie 1995. .*W czerwieni 1998. ....
: Dreams and Stones. New York, NY: Archipelago Books. 2004.(winner of 2005 AATSEEL Translation Award) - Gustaw Herling: The Noonday Cemetery and Other Stories. New York, NY: New Directions. 2003.(LA Times Notable Book of the Year, 2003)
- Jerzy PilchJerzy PilchJerzy Pilch is one of the most important contemporary Polish writers and journalists. Critics have compared Pilch's style to Witold Gombrowicz, Milan Kundera, or Bohumil Hrabal....
: His Current Woman. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press/Hydra Books. 2002. - Stefan ŻeromskiStefan ZeromskiStefan Żeromski was a Polish novelist and dramatist. He was called the "conscience of Polish literature". He also wrote under the pen names: Maurycy Zych, Józef Katerla and Stefan Iksmoreż.- Life :...
: The Faithful River. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press. 1999. - Andrzej SzczypiorskiAndrzej SzczypiorskiAndrzej Szczypiorski was a Polish novelist and politician.His father, Adam Szczypiorski, was a political activist, historian and mathematician....
: The Shadow Catcher. New York: Grove Press. 1997. - Bolesław Prus: The Sins of Childhood and Other Stories. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press. 1996.
- Maria Hochberg-Mariańska and Noe Grüss (Eds.): The Children Accuse. London: Vallentine Mitchell. 1996.
- Andrzej SzczypiorskiAndrzej SzczypiorskiAndrzej Szczypiorski was a Polish novelist and politician.His father, Adam Szczypiorski, was a political activist, historian and mathematician....
: Self-Portrait with Woman. New York: Grove PressGrove PressGrove Press is an American publishing imprint that was founded in 1951. Imprints include: Black Cat, Evergreen, Venus Library, Zebra. Barney Rosset purchased the company in 1951 and turned it into an alternative book press in the United States. The Atlantic Monthly Press, under the aegis of its...
. 1995.