Piotr Sommer (born 13 April 1948) is a poet, essayist and literary translator.

Biography The son of Jakub Sommer, a furrier, and Halina née Janod, an accountant.

From 2006 he was a member of the chapter of Gdynia Literary Prize. In 2015 he was the judge of the Griffin Poetry Prize.

Poetry books

Extended edition 2008.

Prose

Accolades Kościelski Award (1988) Silesius Poetry Award, Lifetime Achievement Award (2010) PEN Award for Poetry in Translation, with Jennifer Grotz for the translation of Everything I Don’t Know by Jerzy Ficowski (2022)

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