Julia Fiedorczuk

Psalm XXXI

Language: polish

Translations: english (Psalm XXXI)

Psalm XXXI

R.K.

sikorka przysiadła na parapecie jak wiadomość
wygenerowana przez mgłę, październik
przechodził w listopad w brzozach dębach olchach,
mrozoodpornych kwiatach, na cmentarzach
gdzie nasi ojcowie nie pisali pamiętników,
gdzie nie poznaliby naszych dzieci, naszych
wierszy i nas. Telewizja nadawała Polskę,
która zginęła, a potem nie zginęła, a potem znowu
zginęła, a potem nie, a potem słońce
podbiło wycinankę gałęzi, nie wiadomo kiedy
sikorka wsiąkła w niebo, zanim zdążyłam powiedzieć
pamiętaj, zapamiętaj mnie—

Julia Fiedorczuk

photo © Albert Zawada

* 23.02.1975, Warsaw, Poland
lives in: Warsaw, Poland

Julia Fiedorczuk is a writer, poet, translator, researcher and a practitioner of ecocriticism, emphasizing the world-making power of literature. Her work foregrounds the relationship between human beings and their planetary environment. She is professor of American literature at the Institute of English Studies and a co-founder of the Environmental Humanities Center at Warsaw University.

Julia Fiedorczuk published short stories collections, novels (including "Nieważkość", nominated for the Nike Literary Award in 2016 and „Pod Słońcem" - "Under the Sun", 2020). She is the author of six poetry volumes, the latest of which, „Psalmy” (“Psalms”) was awarded the Wisława Szymborska Prize, Poland’s most prestigious prize for Poetry. She publishes essays as well, including „Cyborg w ogrodzie. Wprowadzenie do ekokrytyki” („Cyborg in the garden. Introduction to ecocriticism”) and „Ecopoetics” (in collaboration with the Mexican poet Gerardo Beltrán).

photo © Albert Zawada

Julia Fiedorczuk performs internationally as a poet and academic. Her writings have been translated into over 20 languages including books in English, Spanish, Swedish, Serbian, Ukrainian, Georgian and Lithuanian. She lives in Warsaw and Serock, where the river Bug meets the river Narew.

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