Scorched Maps, by Tomasz Różycki translated by Mira Rosenthal
The Poem
Tomasz Różycki
translated by
Mira Rosenthal
From “Colonies”, copyright © 2013 by Tomasz Różycki. English translation copyright © 2013 by Mira Rosenthal. Reprinted with the permission of The Permissions Company, LLC on behalf of Zephyr Press, zephyrpress.org.
Tomasz Różycki is a Polish writer whose poetry and prose volumes include “Ręka pszczelarza” and the essay collection “Próba ognia: Błędna karografia Europy”. His award-garlanded work has been widely translated and his new volume “Litery” (in Mira Rosenthal’s translation) is due in 2023 from Archipelago Books.
Mira Rosenthal’s award-winning translation of “Colonies” was shortlisted for the Griffin Prize. Her book “The Local World” won the Wick Poetry Prize, while “Territorial” was a 2022 Pitt Poetry Series selection. Her many honours include a PEN/Heim Translation Fund Award and two Fulbright Fellowships.
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