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Welcome to the new resident. 14.04.2023

Andreas Volk - winner of the Karl Dedecius Prize at Villa Decius.
Throughout April, Villa Decius will host Andreas Volk, an outstanding translator of Polish literature into German and winner of the Karl Dedecius Prize.

The residency stay at Villa Decius is part of the K. Dedecius Prize, organised by the German Institute for Polish Affairs (Deutsches Polen-Institut), of which the Villa Decius Institute for Culture has been a partner since 2021.

In 2022, the Karl Dedecius Prize was awarded to Elżbieta Kalinowska and Andreas Volk.
The winners received prizes of 10,000 euros and a residential stay at Villa Decius.
The award gala took place on 20 May 2022 in Darmstadt.

By awarding the prize to Andreas Volk, the jury for the first time honored a translator who deals mainly with the translation of dramatic works that played a significant role in the intensification of Polish-German theatrical contacts. Volk has gained a reputation thanks to his numerous translations of contemporary theater plays (including ones by Krzysztof Warlikowski, Małgorzata Sikorska-Miszczuk, Tadeusz Słobodzianek) and is equally highly appreciated by Polish authors and directors in Germany. As a translator of monographs and essays in the field of humanities and cultural studies, he constantly contributes to the development of scientific dialogue between Poland and Germany (texts by, among others, Maria Janion, Erwin Axer, Krystian Lupa). His bibliography is supplemented with translations of contemporary prose and poetry (Jan Polkowski). In addition to translating for over 20 years, Andreas Volk is also involved as a cultural mediator, e.g. as a co-founder of the Polish-German annual "OderÜbersetzen", editor of the now defunct Polish-German-Ukrainian literary magazine "Radar" or as the originator of the "Übersetzer im Gespräch" and "Ausgezeichnet Lyrik" series (in cooperation with the Goethe Institute).
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