Lit in Translation

Piotr Sommer

Born 1948 · Poland

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Nike 2023 · Shortlist

    Lata praktyki

    Title translated by AI:“Years of Practice”

    Piotr Sommer · 74 when first published

    Poetry · 71 pages

    AI-generated summary:Poems about time and about the practice of writing them, found halfway between the small details of life and abstraction: a two-and-a-half-year-old named Lena, picking mulberries, walking the dog.

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    Nike 2010 · Shortlist

    Dni i noce

    Title translated by AI:“Days and Nights”

    Piotr Sommer · 61 when first published

    Poetry · 85 pages

    AI-generated summary:Pointedly private poems born from the concrete stuff of life: broken moments, meetings and partings, family and friends, conversations that never quite connect, and memories that are accidental and useless.