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This is the ultimate list of Polish books which have been published in English, all genres, fiction and non-fiction. Please don't add anything that doesn't belong here.
Please also make sure you add the English edition of the book, rather than the Polish one! Thanks

Please do not add Kosiński! He wrote his books in English, so they were never translated from Polish. The same goes for Joseph Conrad (although no one has been adding him). Karski is there as an exception as his manuscript was translated from Polish and the first publication was in English. The new Penguin edition features a chapter which was added by him in 2000s and written in Polish for the Polish edition and translated to English. So that's why he stays.
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message 1: by James (new)

James Luna Weren't those Kosiński books originally published in English...?


message 2: by Kinga (new)

Kinga James wrote: "Weren't those Kosiński books originally published in English...?"

Argh. I keep deleting them and people keep adding them


message 3: by Kinga (new)

Kinga I am deleting the Manuscript Found in Saragossa. This was originally published in French. Please don't re-add.


message 5: by Kinga (new)

Kinga Kinga wrote: "James wrote: "Weren't those Kosiński books originally published in English...?"

Argh. I keep deleting them and people keep adding them"


Had to delete them YET AGAIN.


message 6: by Antonomasia (last edited Nov 25, 2018 05:25AM) (new)

Antonomasia Found quite a few more after a friend sent me a pic of a Books from Poland ad on the Tube and I looked at the website: https://instytutksiazki.pl/en/polish-...
Will try and add them later.

ETA: Done. Except for the further Witcher sequels and the Korczak as there are a few of his on here already.

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There are quite a lot of English translations in the bibliography of Miłosz's History of Polish Literature which aren't on here yet, some not on GR at all yet (from the sections 'General Surveys and Anthologies', 'Nineteenth Century Romanticism, Positivism', & 'From 1918 Until Today'). Slowly getting these added.
(Am not including the translations from Latin to English of Długosz & Sarbiewski.)


message 7: by Kinga (new)

Kinga Antonomasia wrote: "Found quite a few more after a friend sent me a pic of a Books from Poland ad on the Tube and I looked at the website: https://instytutksiazki.pl/en/polish-......"

Thanks so much for doing this!

I used Instytut ksiazki when I first created this list. Obviously the catalogue has grown since :))


message 8: by Bożek (last edited Feb 18, 2021 07:20AM) (new)

Bożek I've added "Russian Year" by Ksawery Pruszynski and it's kind of a funny story here. It's been translated from Polish and published in English in 1944. When trying to have it published in Poland in 1989, it turned out the Polish manuscript was nowhere to be found and so it was translated back to Polish. Arguably my favourite background story :)


message 9: by Kinga (new)

Kinga Marta wrote: "I've added "Russian Year" by Ksawery Pruszynski and it's kind of a funny story here. It's been translated from Polish and published in English in 1944. When trying to have it published in Poland in..."

Wow. what a story! :))


message 10: by Sophie (new)

Sophie Looking for books translated from Polish to English written by women authors seems to be daunting. Apparently Olga Tokarczuk is the only woman Polish author out there worth reading?


message 11: by Kinga (new)

Kinga Sophie wrote: "Looking for books translated from Polish to English written by women authors seems to be daunting. Apparently Olga Tokarczuk is the only woman Polish author out there worth reading?"

That's the sad state of affairs unfortunately.


message 12: by Iza (new)

Iza Hille Kinga wrote: "Marta wrote: "I've added "Russian Year" by Ksawery Pruszynski and it's kind of a funny story here. It's been translated from Polish and published in English in 1944. When trying to have it publishe..."

Hanna Krall is also on that list, I highly recommend her books.


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