Portrait of Ewa Lipska

Ewa Lipska

Born in Kraków in 1945, Ewa Lipska is one of Poland’s most recognized living poets. Since 1967 she has authored over twenty books of poems, and volumes of her selected works have appeared in thirteen languages. In the 1990s she served as cultural liaison between Poland and Austria through her role as First Secretary of the Polish Embassy in Vienna. She has received numerous awards in Poland and abroad, including two from PEN and, in 1995, the Award of the City of Kraków, where she has returned to live. (updated 8/2009)

AGNI has published the following work:

From Afar

Poetry by Ewa Lipska Translated from the Polish by Margret Grebowicz

Memory

Poetry by Ewa Lipska Translated from the Polish by Margret Grebowicz

The Music Lesson

Poetry by Ewa Lipska Translated from the Polish by Robin Davidson and Margret Grebowicz

God Asks

Poetry by Ewa Lipska Translated from the Polish by Robin Davidson and Margret Grebowicz

Private Property

Poetry by Ewa Lipska Translated from the Polish by Robin Davidson and Margret Grebowicz

Hannah Arendt

Poetry by Ewa Lipska Translated from the Polish by Clare Cavanagh
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