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Elżbieta Cichla-Czarniawska

Of difficult things. Selected poems

Wydanie: pierwsze
Miejsce i rok: Lublin, Norbertinum, 2014
Objętość: 133, [1] s.
Format: 147 x 220 mm
Oprawa: miękka klejona ze skrzydełkami
ISBN: 978-83-7222-518-4
Cena zbytu: 20.00 PLN
Status: Książka dostępna

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A Bilingual Edition

Translated from the Polish by Barbara Kaskosz and Nancy Abeshaus

Elżbieta Cichla-Czarniawska is a Polish poet, novelist, essayist, and literary historian. She was born in Łódź, Poland, in 1935. She grew up in Częstochowa. In 1957 she earned her master's degree in Polish Philology from the Catholic University of Lublin. She received her doctorate, Doctor of Humanities, from the University of Łódź in 1977. Her thesis was devoted to the works and life of Polish avant-garde writer, Jalu Kurek.

Elżbieta Cichla-Czarniawska is a prolific writer and her body of work spans many genres. She is the author of eight novels, a collection of short stories, and a memoir. She has published twenty books of poetry; another volume is in preparation. Her publications in literary criticism include two editions of her book on Jalu Kurek, a book on Władysław Sebyła, and a book about Zdzisław T. Łączkowski. She selected poems and wrote introductions to two collections of poetry, one by Kazimierz Wierzynski and another by Julian Tuwim. She regularly publishes reviews and essays in national and regional literary periodicals.

Although her literary accomplishments are diverse, Elżbieta Cichla-Czarniawska is first and foremost a poet. Her poems first appeared in 1955 in a Polish weekly, "Tygodnik Powszechny". In 1966 she published her first book of poetry, Określając światłocień. She has been publishing regularly since then.

Her voice is unique and powerful. Her evocative poems touch upon every aspect of the human experience. Some poems are philosophical and universal, exploring our place in this world. Some are deeply emotional, speaking of loneliness, love, aging, and death.

Her poetry has been translated into Bulgarian and Lithuanian. For her work she has received several awards, among them the Józef Czechowicz Award and the Bolesław Prus Award.

From 1976 to 1999 she was a member of the Union of Polish Writers (Związek Literatów Polskich). Since 2006 she has belonged to the Polish Writer's Association (Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich). She lives and works in Lublin.

Barbara Kaskosz was born and educated in Poland. In 1977 she received her Ph.D. in Mathematics from the Institute of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw. She emigrated to the United States more than 30 years ago and took a position at the University of Rhode Island. She has worked there ever since. In 1994 she was promoted to Professor of Mathematics. Her lifelong interest and second love after mathematics has always been literature, especially poetry.

Nancy Abeshaus is a freelance writer, editor, creative copywriter, and creative nonfiction writer. Born and educated in the United States, she holds a Bachelor’s degree in English and a Master’s degree in English Education from the University of Rhode Island. For 20 years she worked as a public relations professional and a copywriter for numerous corporations throughout New England. For the past three years she has been a contributing writer for a regional newspaper. Currently, she is preparing a collection of her own creative nonfiction and poetic prose pieces for publication.

Contents

od – do

from – to

głosy

voices

pęknięty świat którego połowa uleciała w niemą przestrzeń (próba opisu)

the tractured world whose half flew away into silent space (an attempt at description)

z rzeczy trudnych

of difficult things

dolina snu

valley of the dream

sowa śnieżna

a snowy owl

niewidzialna ręka sprawiedliwości

the invisible hand of justice

temat banalny

a banal subject

ekspresja drobnych faktów

expressiveness of minor facts

w zawieszeniu

suspended

jak będzie

what will the moment be like

nie na temat

beside the point

kamienność

stoniness

kobiety przy oknie

two women at a window

wyrok

the sentence

stara matka

an old mother

kłębek

skein

* * * (zwięzła opowieść ognia...)

* * * (a concise composition...)

homo ogląda o północy swój pejzaż wewnętrzny

a homo sapiens examines inner landscape at midnight

oddech

breath

psalm

nieobliczalni

incalculable

w sprzecznościach

contradictions

czekanie

waiting

nagle inaczej

seen differently

zapisać siebie

writing down self

ze sceny

from the stage

wydarzenie w bibliotece

an event in the library

z teorii literatury III

from literary theory III

do końca

until the end

papierowa róża

a paper rose

dym

smoke

* * * (płomień który nie chce zagasnąć...)

* * * (the flame that refusses to die...)

fatamorgana

mirage

cztery erotyki senilne

four erotic poems of senescence

w innym języku

in a different language

* * * (moja sowa śnieżna...)

* * * (my snowy owl...)

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zwiń

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