Literary translator
My name is Jarek Zawadzki.
I translate poetry, fiction and non-fiction from English and Chinese (both modern Mandarin and Classical Chinese) to Polish.
I am a regular member of the Polish Literary Translators’ Association.
My education:
- Chinese Studies (major: Chinese linguistics), MA degree, University of Warsaw;
- English Studies (major: literary translation studies), MA degree with distinction, Jagiellonian University in Krakow;
- Postgraduate Diploma in Specialized Translation, Jagiellonian University.
Selected translations and other published matter:

Sanmao
Saharyjskie dni
Wydawnictwo Kwiaty Orientu, 2018
ISBN: 9788395159015

William Blake
Piosenki niewinności i pieśni doświadczenia
Enheduanna, Gliwice 2020
ISBN: 978-8395786228
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Cudniejszego nic ziemia ukazać nie może:
malutka antologia poezji anglojęzycznej w języku polskim
CreateSpace, Seattle 2017
ISBN: 978-1545130131
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Arthur Brooke
Romeo i Julia
Enheduanna, Gliwice 2020
ISBN: 978-8395786204
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Zhou Chuncai
Księga przemian
Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Akademickie DIALOG, 2011
ISBN: 978-83-89899-53-8

Lao Tse
Wielka księga Tao
Warszawa: Hachette, 2009
ISBN: 978-83-7575-182-6

Selected Masterpieces of Polish Poetry
Charleston, S.C.: Booksurge, 2007
ISBN: 978-1-4196-7999-5
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Wang Yin
Zawołaj po imieniu, łzy
Katowice: Ars Cameralis Silesiae Superioris, 2009

Dawna literatura chińska: antologia i omówienie
tom I (od początków do X w. n.e.)
Seattle: CreateSpace, 2015
ISBN: 978-1-5151-4339-0
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Rozważania (Dialogi konfucjańskie)
przekład dramaturgiczny wierszem
Seattle: CreateSpace, 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4699-1980-5
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Korab-Brzozowski, Stanisław
Before the Heart Fell Silent: Collected Poems = Nim serce ucichło: poezje zebrane
Seattle: CreateSpace, 2017
ISBN: 978-1547195725
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Sun Tzu i inni
Sztuka wojny i 36 forteli
Seattle: CreateSpace, 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4701-0232-6
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Tao Yuanming
Pijany pustelnik: wiersze
Seattle: CreateSpace, 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4701-3877-6
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Musialowski, Wieslaw
Selected Poems = Wiersze wybrane 1996-2012
Seattle: CreateSpace, 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4775-3076-4

print(new_line);: Original Poems and Translations
Seattle: CreateSpace, 2016
ISBN: 978-1533422682
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