Books by Piotr Sommer

Piotr Sommer is a Polish poet and translator of contemporary Anglo-American poetry. He is the author of eight books of poetry, including one earlier selection in English, Things to Translate (Bloodaxe Books, 1991), and two books of essays. He lives outside Warsaw and works for Literatura na Swiecie, a magazine of international writing. He has translated many British and American poets into English, including Robert Lowell, Frank O'Hara and Charles Reznikoff, and has edited an anthology of modern British and Irish poets translated into Polish as well as a collection of interviews with leading British and Irish poets. He is a frequent visitor to Britain and Ireland, where he has given many readings as well as holding residencies.