Piotr Sommer
Piotr Sommer (born 13 April 1948) is a poet, essayist and literary translator.
Piotr Sommer
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- Name
- Piotr Sommer
- Born
- 13 April 1948
- Occupation
- poet, essayist, literary translator
- Nationality
- Poland
- Fields
- poetry · translation · opinion journalism · literary studies
- Education
- University of Warsaw
- Honours
- Kościelski Award · PEN Award for Poetry in Translation
- Languages
- Polish
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• Name — Piotr Sommer • Born — 13 April 1948 • Citizenship — Polish • Occupation — poet, essayist, literary translator
Biography
Biography
The son of Jakub Sommer, a furrier, and Halina née Janod, an accountant. From 2006 he was a member of the chapter of Gdynia Literary Prize. In 2015 he was the judge of the Griffin Poetry Prize.
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Accolades
Accolades
• Kościelski Award (1988) • Silesius Poetry Award, Lifetime Achievement Award (2010) • PEN Award for Poetry in Translation, with Jennifer Grotz for the translation of Everything I Don’t Know by Jerzy Ficowski (2022)
Piotr Sommer, Polish poet and translator
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- “Piotr Sommer”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Marzęcka, Barbara. Sommer Piotr. pisarzeibadacze.ibl.edu.pl.
- 2.griffinpoetryprize.com. Griffin Poetry Prize 2015.
- 3.bn.org.pl. Laureaci.
- 4.silesius.wroclaw.pl. Silesius 2010.
- 5.Tokar, Sofia. English professor's cotranslation of poetry wins PEN American Literary Award. University of Rochester. 2022-03-01.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- Piotr Śliwiński. Wyrazy życia. Szkice o poezji Piotra Sommera. 2010.
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