Marek Kazmierski (born 1973) is a writer, editor and translator, specializing in literary translations from Polish into English.

Marek Kazmierski
Born1973 (1973)
Warsaw, Poland
NationalityBritish, Polish
Occupation(s)Writer, translator, editor

Biography

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In 1985 he escaped communist Poland as a child and settled in the UK.[1] Joint winner of the Decibel Penguin Prize and sole recipient of the BIKE Magazine Philosopher of the Year award. Marek was also the managing editor of the prison literary magazine Not Shut Up,[2][3] a member of the English PEN Readers & Writers committee and founded of OFF PRESS, an independent publishing house which has worked with the British Council, English PEN, the Southbank Centre, the Polish Cultural Institute and the Mayor of London. His work has been published in numerous journals, including The White Review,[4] The Guardian, 3AM Magazine[5] and Poetry Wales. He is also a recipient of the Visegrad Literary Grant residency at Villa Decius in Kraków, Poland, courtesy of The Polish Book Institute, and coordinated the Polish Arts Festival in Essex and was involved in developing the academic research project eMigrating Landscapes[6] at the SSEES, University College London.

In 2016, Kazmierski was welcomed as a trustee to The Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry.[7]

Prose

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  • Damn the Source, London 2013 ISBN 9780957232730
  • Allteria, London 2014 ISBN 9780957232754
  • Teatr W Budowie, Boleslaw Stelmach, translation by Marek Kazmierski, Lublin 2016 ISBN 978-83-65028-22-8
  • Inni Ludzie, Dorota Maslowska, translation by Marek Kazmierski, Warsaw Teatr Rozmaitosci 2019 ISBN 978-83-080-6510-5
  • Blinded By the Lights, Jakub Żulczyk, translation by Marek Kazmierski, London 2020 ISBN 9781789559859
  • Blinded By the Lights, Jakub Żulczyk, audiobook recording in English, Michigan, USA 2020 ISBN 1690598352
  • Children’s Sexual Development, Karolina Piorowska, translation by Marek Kazmierski, Gdansk / Natuli 2021 ISBN 978-83-66057-30-2
  • BROK, Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego, translation by Marek Kazmierski, Warsaw 2022 ISBN 978-83-64308-26-0
  • Mitrys Trilogy, Pawel Kopijer, translation by Marek Kazmierski, Panko 2023 ISBN 9788396703507
  • Niusia from Schindler’s list. A story of salvation, Magda Huzarska-Szumiec, ebook translation by Marek Kazmierski, Warsaw 2024 ISBN 978-83-8360-064-2
  • Niusia from Schindler’s list. A story of salvation, Magda Huzarska-Szumiec, audiobook recording in English by Marek Kazmierski, Warsaw 2024 ISBN 9788383601328


Poetry

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Translated from Polish into English

Awards

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References

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