Biography
Tomasz Różycki is a poet, critic and translator who lives in the Silesian city of Opole in southwestern Poland with his wife and two children.
He is the author of over a dozen books of poetry, fiction, and essays, including the Koscielski Prize-winning epic poem Dwanascie Stacji (Twelve Stations, 2004) and the sonnet cycle Kolonie (Colonies, 2006), both of which were nominated for Poland’s most prestigious literary award, the NIKE.
His many other awards include the Wislawa Szymborska Prize, the Rainer Maria Rilke Prize, the Josif Brodski Prize, the Czechowicz Poetry Prize, the 3 Quarks Daily Prize in Arts and Literature, and the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Fellowship. Różycki is an “Ambassador of the New Europe” and one of the leading writers of his generation in Poland. His work has been translated into numerous languages, including English, French, Slovak, Italian, German and Serbian.