Tomasz Różycki

Over the last ten years, Polish poet Tomasz Różycki has garnered almost every prize Poland has to offer, as well as widespread critical and popular acclaim in translation in numerous languages. He is the author of seven volumes of poetry, including the epic poem Twelve Stations, which won the Kościelski Prize, and the sonnet cycle Colonies, which was nominated for the Nike Prize. Colonies in Mira Rosenthal’s translation and Twelve Stations in Bill Johnston’s translation appeared from Zephyr Press in 2012. He lives in his hometown of Opole, Poland, with his wife and two children and teaches at Opole University.