Warsaw-based poet, essayist, and translator Krystyna Dąbrowska is the author of five volumes of poetry and is a celebrated literary figure in her home country. She has won two of Poland’s most prestigious literary prizes, the Wisława Szymborska Award and the Kościelski Award (both in 2013), as well as the Literary Award of the Capital City of Warsaw (2019). Overseas, she received Pushcart Prize (2024), was a finalist for the Derek Walcott Poetry Prize (2022), and was longlisted for the National Translation Award in Poetry (2023). Her poems have been translated into more than 20 languages and have appeared in such publications as Harper's Magazine, Poetry, Threepenny Review, and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. As a translator, she specializes in translating Anglophone poets into Polish, including the works of Nobel Laureate Louise Glück. She is also a regular contributor to cultural magazines, where she writes essays on poetry and art.