Adam Zagajewski
| Adam Zagajewski | |
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 Adam Zagajewski in 2014 | |
| Born |
12 June 1945 Lwów |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Notable awards |
Neustadt International Prize for Literature Griffin Poetry Prize |
Adam Zagajewski (born 21 June 1945 in Lwów) is a Polish poet, novelist, translator and essayist. He was awarded the 2004 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, and the 2016 Griffin Poetry Prize Lifetime Recognition Award.
Biography
Adam Zagajewski was born in Lwów (since January 1, 1946 Lvov, Ukrainian SSR). The Zagajewski family was expelled from Lwów by the Ukrainians to central Poland the same year. In 1982, he emigrated to Paris, but in 2002 he returned to Poland, and resides in Kraków. His poem "Try To Praise The Mutilated World", printed in The New Yorker, became famous after the 11 September attacks. He is currently a faculty member at the University of Chicago and a member of its Committee on Social Thought. He teaches two classes, one of which is on fellow Polish poet Czeslaw Milosz.
Bibliography
Collections
- Poetry
- Zagajewski, Adam (1972). Komunikat. Kraków.
- Sklepy miesne. Kraków, 1975.
- List. Oda do wielosci. Paris, 1983.
- Jechac do Lwowa. London, 1985.
- Plótno. Paris, 1990.
- Ziemia ognista. Poznan, 1994.
- Trzej aniolowie. Kraków, 1998.
- Pragnienie. Kraków, 1999.
- Powrót. Kraków, 2003.
- Anteny. Kraków, 2005.
- Unseen Hand (Niewidzialna reka). Kraków, 2009.
- Wiersze wybrane. Kraków, 2010.
- Prose
- Cieplo, zimno. Warszawa, 1975.
- Sluch absolutny. Kraków, 1979.
- Cienka kreska. Kraków, 1983.
- Essays
- Swiat nieprzedstawiony. Kraków, 1974.
- Drugi oddech. Kraków, 1978.
- Solidarnosc i samotnosc. "Zeszyty literackie", 1986.
- Dwa miasta. Paryz-Kraków, 1991.
- Another Beauty (W cudzym pieknie). Poznan, 1998.
- Obrona zarliwosci. Kraków, 2002.
- Poeta rozmawia z filozofem. Warszawa, 2007.
Books in English translation
- Poetry
- Tremor Translator Renata Gorczynski, Collins Harvill, 1987
- Canvas Translators Renata Gorczynski, Benjamin Ivry, C. K. Williams, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1994, ISBN 9780374523985
- Mysticism for Beginners: Poems. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 15 April 1999. ISBN 978-0-374-52687-0.
- Without End: New and Selected Poems. Clare Cavanagh. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 18 March 2003. ISBN 978-0-374-52861-4.
- Selected Poems, Translator Clare Cavanagh, Faber & Faber, 2004, ISBN 9780571224258
- Eternal Enemies: Poems. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 28 October 2014. ISBN 978-1-4668-8424-3.
- Unseen Hand: Poems (2011)
- Essays
- Solidarity, Solitude, Ecco Press, 1990, ISBN 9780880011860
- Two Cities: On Exile, History, and the Imagination. University of Georgia Press. 1995. ISBN 978-0-8203-2409-8.
- Another Beauty. University of Georgia Press. 2002. ISBN 978-0-8203-2410-4.
- A Defense of Ardor: Essays. translator Clair Cavanagh. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 28 October 2014. ISBN 978-1-4668-8423-6.
- Edited
- Polish Writers on Writing (Trinity University Press, 2007)
List of poems
| Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| I look at a photograph | 2011 | Zagajewski, Adam (Spring 2011). "I look at a photograph". Tin House. 47. | Zagajewski, Adam (2013). Henderson, Bill, ed. The Pushcart Prize XXXVII : best of the small presses 2013. Pushcart Press. pp. 547–548. |
Critical studies and reviews
- Borkowska, Ewa (2001). "'In the beauty created by others' : Polish post-war emigration poetry : Adam Zagajewski". The writing of exile. Edited and introduced by Wojciech Kalaga and Tadeusz Rachwal. Katowice, Poland: Slask. pp. 51–64.
- Carpenter, Bogdana. “A Tribute to Adam Zagajewski.” World Literature Today: A Literary Quarterly of the University of Oklahoma. 2005 May-Aug; 79 (2): 14-15.
- Cavanagh, Clare. “Lyric and Public: The Case of Adam Zagajewski.” World Literature Today: A Literary Quarterly of the University of Oklahoma, 2005 May-Aug; 79 (2): 16-19.
- Kay, Magdalena. “Place and Imagination in the Poetry of Adam Zagajewski.” World Literature Today: A Literary Quarterly of the University of Oklahoma, 2005 May-Aug; 79 (2): 20-22.
- Kay, Magdalena. Knowing One's Place in Contemporary Irish and Polish Poetry: Zagajewski, Mahon, Heaney, Hartwig. New York, NY: Continuum; 2012.
- Krivak, Andrew. "The Language of Redemption: The Catholic Poets Adam Zagajewski, Marie Ponsot & Lawrence Joseph." Commonweal, 2003 May 9; 130 (9): 12-16.
- Shallcross, Bozena. Through the Poet's Eye: The Travels of Zagajewski, Herbert, and Brodsky. Evanston, IL: Northwestern UP; 2002.
Awards
He was awarded the Bronze Cross of Merit, and twice received the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. In 1992, he received a Guggenheim Fellowship. He won the 2004 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, and is the second Polish writer to be awarded, after Czeslaw Milosz.[1][2] In 2015 he received the Heinrich Mann Prize.
References
- ↑ "2004 Neustadt Prize Laureate - Adam Zagajewski". World Literature Today. 2005. Archived from the original on 3 March 2014. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
- ↑ "Polish poet awarded 2004 Neustadt prize". The Oklahoma Daily. 27 October 2003. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
External links
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- Profile and poems by Adam Zagajewski at PoetryFoundation.org
- Poems by Adam Zagajewski at Samizdat
- Profile and poems by Adam Zagjewski at Poets.org
- Adam Zagajewski at culture.pl
- Profile at Poetry International
- Interview with Adam Zagagjewski in Barcelona Metropolis Magazine, Autumn, 2009
- Recorded at the Lensic Theater in Santa Fe, New Mexico on 1 May 2002. (Audio, 70 mins)