Lit in Translation

Marcin Świetlicki

Born 1961 · Poland

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Nike 2014 · Shortlist

    Jeden

    Title translated by AI:“One”

    Marcin Świetlicki · 52 when first published

    Poetry · 92 pages · Love

    AI-generated summary:Poems of a new love and a new beginning, written with rare exclamation marks and a boyish freedom, yet shadowed from first page to last by death, fear and an indifferent God.

  • No English yet

    Nike 2007 · Shortlist

    Muzyka środka

    Title translated by AI:“Music of the Middle”

    Marcin Świetlicki · 45 when first published

    Poetry · 57 pages

    AI-generated summary:Poems by a poet who reappears after a time of 'disintegration', no longer living where he lived or with whom he lived, and watches his former self with sarcasm.

  • No English yet

    Nike 2002 · Shortlist

    Czynny do odwołania

    Title translated by AI:“Open until Further Notice”

    Marcin Świetlicki · 40 when first published

    Poetry · 56 pages

    AI-generated summary:Poems that list, with alphabetical precision, the stations of passing away, balanced between satire and deadly seriousness: time, pain, death and emptiness.