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Julia Fiedorczuk

ジュリア・アレクサンドラ・フィエドルチュク＝グリネツカ

Julia Fiedorczuk

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1975-02-23 （Warsaw, Poland）
Nationality
Poland
Languages
Polish, English
Residence History
Warsaw, Poland

Career

Occupations
poet, prose writer, translator, literary critic, literary scholar, university professor
Active Years
2000-
Affiliations
University of Warsaw (faculty)

Education

University of Warsaw (Institute of English Studies)
Institute of English Studies
Country: Poland
Affiliated with the University of Warsaw's Institute of English Studies; later became a professor there.

Awards

Nike Award (nomination)
2016
Work: Nieważkość
Organization: Nike Award committee
Result: nominated
Wisława Szymborska Award
2018
Work: Psalmy
Organization: Wisława Szymborska Foundation
Result: winner
Silesius Poetry Award (nomination)
2018
Work: Psalmy
Organization: Silesius Award committee
Result: nominated

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Listopad nad Narwią

2000 poetry

Debut poetry collection focusing on nature and memory.

naturememory

Bio

2004 poetry

A mid-career poetry collection dealing with the body and life.

bodylife

Tlen

2009 poetry

A poetry collection exploring the relationship between language and being.

languageexistence

Psalmy

2017 poetry

A collection of poems with religious/spiritual resonances. Winner of the 2018 Wisława Szymborska Award.

religiosityspiritualitynature

Nieważkość

2015 novel / fiction

A novel depicting loneliness and relationships in contemporary society. Nominated for the 2016 Nike Award.

lonelinesshuman relationshipsmodernity

Dom Oriona

2023 novel

A recent novel containing fantastical and philosophical elements.

fantasyphilosophy

Bibliography

  • Listopad nad Narwią (Legnica, 2000)
  • Bio (Wrocław, 2004)
  • Planeta rzeczy zagubionych (Wrocław, 2006)
  • Tlen (Wrocław, 2009)
  • tuż-tuż (Wrocław, 2012)
  • Psalmy (Wrocław, 2017)
  • Astrostrada z girlandami. Wiersze zebrane (Wrocław, 2023)
  • Glif (Wrocław, 2024)
  • Poranek Marii i inne opowiadania (Wrocław, 2010)
  • Biała Ofelia (Wrocław, 2011)
  • Nieważkość (Wrocław, 2015)
  • Bliskie kraje (Wrocław, 2016)
  • Każdy śnił swój sen (Warsaw, 2019)
  • Pod słońcem (Kraków, 2020)
  • Dom Oriona (Kraków, 2023)
  • Complexity Is Not a Crime. Essays on American Modernist and Postmodernist Poetry (Warsaw, 2015)
  • Ecopoetics (with Gerardo Beltrán, Warsaw, 2015)
  • Cyborg in the Garden (Gdańsk, 2015)
  • Other Possibilities (Gdańsk, 2019)

Translations by Author

  • Translations of Laura Riding Jackson: Korona dla Hansa Andersena / Obroty cudów (Wrocław, 2012)
  • Translation of Laurie Anderson: Język przyszłości (Wrocław, 2012)
  • Translations of Forrest Gander: Bądź blisko (Kraków, 2020) / Podwojone życie. Ekologia bliskości (Wrocław, 2023)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
ecopoetic and critical approachclear, lyrical yet contemplative stylereferences to modernist and postmodernist poetics
Recurring Motifs
nature and ecologythe bodylanguage and communicationmemory and personal historyexploration of spirituality/religiosity

Legacy

An important figure in contemporary Polish poetry and criticism, balancing academic work as a university professor with creative writing and translation. Recognized domestically and internationally, notably by winning the 2018 Wisława Szymborska Award.

Trivia

  • She is a professor at the University of Warsaw.
  • Won the 2018 Wisława Szymborska Award for the poetry collection 'Psalmy'.
  • 'Nieważkość' was nominated for the Nike Award in 2016.
  • Has translated numerous Anglophone poets (Laura Riding Jackson, Laurie Anderson, Forrest Gander).