Adam Wodnicki
Adam Wodnicki | |
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 Adam Wodnicki in 2011. | |
| Born | 25 December 1930 |
| Died | 9 June 2020 (aged 89) |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Occupation(s) | Professor Writer |
Adam Wodnicki (25 December 1930 – 9 June 2020) was a Polish professor, writer, and translator.[1] He translated many works from French into Polish.
Biography
As a young teenager, Wodnicki participated in the
After the war, Wodnicki studied at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, where he helped co-found and write for the bimonthly magazine Zebra. In 1967, he began teaching at the academy, where he became dean of the faculty of industrial design, and then became vice-rector. He was one of the founding members of Cap à l'Est, a European poetry and music festival that takes place every year in Slovakia.[2]
Wodnicki served as a member of the editorial board of Austeria, a publishing house in Kraków. He was a visiting professor at the École supérieure des beaux-arts de Toulouse and the Collège international des traducteurs littéraires d'Arles.
Wodnicki lived in Kraków with his wife, Maria Ledkiewicz-Wodnicka, a sculptor who specialized in ceramic monuments. He died on 9 June 2020 at the age of 89.[3]
Translations
- Poematy epickie 1924-1973. (Wygnanie, Deszcze, Śniegi, Poemat dla Cudzoziemki, Wichry, Amers, Kronika, Śpiewane dla tej, która tu była, Pieśń na zrównanie dnia z nocą) (1992)
- Poezje zebrane 1945-1995 (1996)
- Dzikie źródło (2003)
- Z pustyni do Księgi (2005)
- Wenecja ocalona (2005)
- Anabaza, Wygnanie, Susza (2006)
- Artysta, służąca i uczony (2006)
- Bliskie wody (2008)
- Brzegi Syrtów (2008)
- Mała księga dywersji poza podejrzeniem (2010)
Works
- Notatki z Prowansji (2011)
- Obrazki z krainy d’Oc (2012)
- Arelate. Obrazki z niemiejsca (2013)
- Tryptyk oksytański (2014)
- Anamnezy (2015)
Awards
- Literatura na Świecie magazine prize for translations of Saint-John Perse (1995)
- Literatura na Świecie magazine prize for translations of Yves Bonnefoy (1997)
- ZAiKSprize for his translations of French poetry (1998)
- Kraków Literature Prize for Arelate. Obrazki z niemiejsca (Arelate, photos de nulle part) (2013)[4]
References
- ^ "Nie żyje Adam Wodnicki". Tygodnik Powszechny (in Polish). 9 June 2020.
- ^ "Le festival Cap à l'Est". Cap à l´Est (in French).
- ^ "Zmarł Adam Wodnicki, arysta wizualny, pisarz, tłumacz". Radio Kraków (in Polish). 9 June 2020.
- ^ "Adam Wodnicki : Arelate – Images de nulle part". Institut Français Pologne (in French). 16 December 2013. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013.
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