Wisława Szymborska Award


The Wisława Szymborska Award is a Polish annual international literature prize presented by the Wisława Szymborska Foundation. It was established in 2013, and was named in honour of the Nobel Prize-winning poet Wisława Szymborska. It is awarded to authors of best poetry works published the previous year. Both books written in Polish and translated into Polish are eligible for the award and can be submitted by the authors themselves, publishing houses, cultural institutions as well as members of the award committee. The award carries a cash prize of PLN 200,000 for the winner and PLN 50,000 for the translator, which makes it one of the most valued literary prizes in Poland.

Laureates

2019

Nominations:
Winner: Marta Podgórnik

2018

Nominations:
Winner: Julia Fiedorczuk
Best translation winner: Linn Hansen for Przejdź do historii

2017

Nominations:
Winner: Marcin Sendecki

2016

Nominations:
Winner: Jakub Kornhauser

2015

Nominations:
Winner: ex aequo Roman Honet and Jacek Podsiadło

2014

Nominations:
Winner: Julia Hartwig

2013

Nominations:
Winner: ex aequo Krystyna Dąbrowska and Łukasz Jarosz