Nasim Łuczaj is a poet and Polish—English translator based between London, Glasgow and Pietrusza Wola in the Carpathians.
Nasim Łuczaj | |
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 Nasim Łuczaj in 2022 | |
| Citizenship | Polish |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow, Goldsmiths, University of London |
| Occupations | Poet, translator, model |
| Website | nasimluczaj |
Biography
editThe daughter of Sarah and Łukasz Łuczaj,[1] she co-authored a paper “Wild food plants and fungi used in the mycophilous Tibetan community of Zhagana (Tewo County, Gansu, China)”, published in 2016 in the Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine.[2] She starred in a short film T. Rickster directed by her aunt, Justyna Łuczaj, in 2007.[3] She attended the Mikołaj Kopernik High School in Krosno (becoming a finalist in the national Olympics in Polish Language and Literature)[4] and graduated from the University of Glasgow and Emerging Translator Mentorship of the National Centre for Writing.[5] She studied for an MA in creative and life writing at Goldsmiths, University of London.[6]
She authored Hind Mouth (Earthbound Poetry Series) and was the winner of the 2024 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize for the village.[7][8][9][10] She was a finalist of the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award and the Alpine Fellowship.[7][11] Her work has been included in the anthologies PROTOTYPE 5 (Prototype), the weird folds: everyday poems from the anthropocene (Dostoyevsky Wannabe), and Virtual Oasis: An Anthology of Human–AI Responses (Trickhouse Press).[8] She published translations of contemporary Polish poetry in The Atlanta Review.[7][6] She was a language consultant to the film Głos (2023)[12] and translated subtitles to the film Koński ogon (2024).[13] In 2025 she obtained the Wisława Szymborska Foundation residency[7][14] and the Cove Park residency.[15]
References
edit- ↑ Milena Rachid Chehab (25 October 2014). "Szkoda, że nie mam futra". wyborcza.pl. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
- ↑ Kang, J.; Kang, Y.; Ji, X.; Guo, Q.; Jacques, G.; Pietras, M.; Łuczaj, N.; Li, D. (2016). "Wild food plants and fungi used in the mycophilous Tibetan community of Zhagana (Tewo County, Gansu, China)". Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 12 (1). pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov: 21. doi:10.1186/s13002-016-0094-y. PMC 4890536. PMID 27251364.
- ↑ "T. RICKSTER". filmpolski.pl. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
- ↑ "Olimpijczycy. Olimpiada Literatury i Języka Polskiego". lo1krosno.info.pl. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
- ↑ "Nasim Luczaj". pen.org. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
- 1 2 "Meet the Future of Literary Translation: Emerging Translator Mentorships Programme 2024 – Mentees' Showcase". instytutpolski.pl. 28 March 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 "Rezydencje poetyckie 2025 – ogłoszenie wyników". szymborska.org.pl. 25 February 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
- 1 2 "Nasim Luczaj". sites.gold.ac.uk. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
- ↑ "Nasim Łuczaj". fourwayreview.com. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
- ↑ Łuczaj, Nasim. "Wiersze". dwutygodnik.com. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
- ↑ "Announcing the 2024 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize Shortlists". wasafiri.org. 3 October 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
- ↑ "Głos". filmpolski.pl. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
- ↑ "Koński ogon". filmpolski.pl. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
- ↑ "Nasim Łuczaj w Mieszkaniu Szymborskiej". szymborska.org.pl. 22 October 2025. Archived from the original on 10 November 2025.
- ↑ "Nasim Luczaj". covepark.org. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
External links
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- "The website of Nasim Łuczaj". Retrieved 3 August 2025.