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Julia Hartwig

ジュリア・ハルトヴィッヒ

Julia Hartwig

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1921-08-14 （Lublin, Poland）
Died
2017-07-14 （Gouldsboro, Pennsylvania, United States） age 95
Nationality
Polish
Languages
Polish, French, English
Residence History
Lublin (birthplace) → Warsaw, Poland → Paris, France (1947–1950) → United States (1970–1974; residencies/teaching in Iowa, visits to New York and Pennsylvania)

Career

Occupations
poet, translator, writer
Active Years
1944-2017
Influenced By
Guillaume Apollinaire, Blaise Cendrars, Pierre Reverdy, Max Jacob, Henri Michaux
Nominations
Nike Award (nominated six times)

Education

University of Warsaw
Polish and French literature
Period: 1940年代
Country: Poland
Studied Polish and French literature at the University of Warsaw
John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
Faculty of Humanities / Literature
Period: 1940年代
Country: Poland
Continued studies at the Catholic University of Lublin

Awards

Jurzykowski Prize
Result: 受賞
Thornton Wilder Prize (Columbia University Translation Center)
Organization: Columbia University Translation Center
Result: 受賞
Georg Trakl Poetry Prize
Result: 受賞
Wisława Szymborska Award
2014
Work: Zapisane
Organization: Wisława Szymborska Award Committee
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Pożegnania (Farewells)

1956 poetry

An early collection exploring personal loss and farewells in the postwar period.

farewellsmemorypersonal experience
Translations
  • Translated into English, French, Italian, Russian and others

Wolne ręce (Free Hands)

1969 poetry

A 1969 poetry collection noted for its concise and meditative voice.

everyday lifeexistencestillness

Wielki pościg (The Big Race)

1969 children's book

A children's book demonstrating a lighter, imaginative narrative voice.

imaginationadventure

Dwoistość (Duality)

1971 poetry

A collection addressing duality and contrasts, examining inner and outer relations.

contrastinner vs outer world

Czuwanie (Vigilance)

1978 poetry

A mature collection focusing on observation, silence, and the poetics of witnessing.

observationsilencetime

Obcowanie (Communion)

1987 poetry

Works exploring relationships and communion with others.

relationshipsotherness

Czułość (Tenderness)

1992 poetry

A collection probing tenderness and delicacy, marked by subtle emotional depiction.

emotiondelicacy

Bez pożegnania (No Farewells)

2004 poetry

An early-2000s collection that was nominated for the Nike Award.

farewellcontinuity

Zapisane

2014 poetry

Published in 2014 and winner of the Wisława Szymborska Award the same year.

recordobservation

Bibliography

  • Pożegnania (1956)
  • Wolne ręce (1969)
  • Wielki pościg (1969)
  • Dwoistość (1971)
  • Czuwanie (1978)
  • Obcowanie (1987)
  • Czułość (1992)
  • Bez pożegnania (2004)
  • Zapisane (2014)

Translations of Works

  • Many translations into English, French, Italian, Russian, Lithuanian, Serbian, Greek, German, etc.

Style & Themes

Literary Style
concise, meditative stylequiet observational voiceintersection of symbol and the everyday
Recurring Motifs
memoryfarewelldetails of everyday lifetravel

Legacy

Julia Hartwig is regarded as one of Poland's foremost poets; her original poetry and translations earned international recognition. Known for insightful postwar poems, she influenced subsequent generations of poets.

Quotes

  • "Invisible you reign over the visible"
    Source: World Literature Today (article) (2011)

Trivia

  • Winner of the 2014 Wisława Szymborska Award.
  • Also a translator of French poets such as Guillaume Apollinaire and Blaise Cendrars.
  • Nominated for the Nike Award six times.
  • First poems published in a journal in 1944.