Wisława Szymborska Award

Wisława Szymborska Award
Awarded forbest poetry book
CountryPoland
Presented byThe Wisława Szymborska Foundation[1]
Reward(s)PLN 200,000 ($50,000)
First awarded2013
Websitehttps://www.szymborska.org.pl/projekty/nagroda-im-wislawy-szymborskiej/ Edit this on Wikidata

The Wisława Szymborska Award is a Polish annual international literature prize presented by the Wisława Szymborska Foundation. It was established in 2013, and was named in honour of the Nobel Prize-winning poet Wisława Szymborska (1923–2012).

It is awarded to authors of best poetry works published the previous year. Both books written in Polish and translated into Polish are eligible for the award and can be submitted by the authors themselves, publishing houses, cultural institutions as well as members of the award committee. The award carries a cash prize of PLN 200,000 ($50,000) for the winner and PLN 50,000 ($15,000) for the translator, which makes it one of the most valued literary prizes in Poland.[2][3][4][5]

Laureates

2021

Nominations:

  • Anna Adamowicz for Animalia
  • Justyna Bargielska for Dziecko z darów
  • Jakub Kornhauser for Dziewięć dni w ścianie
  • Joanna Mueller and Joanna Łańcucka for Waruj
  • Michał Sobol for Wieść

Winner: Anna Adamowicz

2020

Nominations:

  • Genowefa Jakubowska-Fijałkowska for Rośliny mięsożerne
  • Adam Kaczanowski for Zabawne i zbawienne
  • Tomasz Różycki for Kapitan X
  • Mirka Szychowiak for Uwaga, obiekt monitorowany
  • Urszula Zajączkowska for Piach

Winner: Genowefa Jakubowska-Fijałkowska

2019

Nominations:

  • Kamila Janiak for Wiersze przeciwko ludzkości ("Poems Against Humanity")
  • Piotr Janicki for Psia książka ("Dog's Book")
  • Marzanna Bogumiła Kielar for Nawigacje ("Navigations")
  • Robert Król for Polka
  • Marta Podgórnik for Mordercze ballady ("The Murderous Ballades")

Winner: Marta Podgórnik

2018

Nominations:[6]

  • Wojciech Bonowicz for Druga ręka
  • Julia Fiedorczuk for Psalmy. 2014–2017
  • Natalia Malek for Kord
  • Marta Podgórnik for Zimna książka ("The Cold Book")
  • Ilona Witkowska for Lucyfer zwycięża

Winner: Julia Fiedorczuk

Best translation winner: Linn Hansen for Przejdź do historii (Sweden)

2017

Nominations:

Winner: Marcin Sendecki

2016

Nominations:[7][8]

Winner: Jakub Kornhauser

2015

Nominations:[9][10]

Winner: ex aequo Roman Honet and Jacek Podsiadło

2014

Nominations:[11]

Winner: Julia Hartwig[12]

2013

Nominations:[13]

  • Justyna Bargielska for Bach for my baby
  • Krystyna Dąbrowska for Białe krzesła ("White Chairs")
  • Łukasz Jarosz for Pełna krew ("Full Blood")
  • Krzysztof Karasek for Dziennik rozbitka ("Journals of a Castaway")
  • Jan Polkowski for Głosy ("Voices")

Winner: ex aequo Krystyna Dąbrowska and Łukasz Jarosz

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Wisława Szymborska Foundation". Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  2. ^ "The Wisława Szymborska Foundation". Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  3. ^ "The Wisława Szymborska International Literary Award". Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  4. ^ "The Wisława Szymborska Award". Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Szymborska Poetry Prize to be Poland's most generous literary award". Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Oto laureatki Nagrody im. Wisławy Szymborskiej: Julia Fiedorczuk, Linn Hansen, Justyna Czechowska". Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  7. ^ "AFTER SZYMBORSKA: THE 2016 SZYMBORSKA PRIZE AND POLISH POETRY TODAY". Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Nominowani w V edycji". Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  9. ^ "2017-12-22".
  10. ^ "Nominowani w III edycji". Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  11. ^ "Nominowani w II edycji". Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  12. ^ "Hartwig Wins Poetry Prize". Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  13. ^ "Nominowani w I edycji". Retrieved 22 December 2017.