Nasim Łuczaj
Nasim Łuczaj | |
|---|---|
 Nasim Łuczaj in 2022 | |
| Citizenship | Polish |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow, Goldsmiths, University of London |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, translator, model |
| Website | nasimluczaj |
Nasim Łuczaj is a poet and Polish—English translator based between London, Glasgow and Pietrusza Wola in the Carpathians.
Biography
The 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 ount, 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] and the Cove Park residency.[14]
References
- ^ Milena Rachid Chehab (25 October 2014). "Szkoda, że nie mam futra". wyborcza.pl. Retrieved 2025-08-02.
- ^ 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 2025-08-03.
- ^ "Olimpijczycy. Olimpiada Literatury i Języka Polskiego". lo1krosno.info.pl. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
- ^ "Nasim Luczaj". pen.org. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
- ^ a b "Meet the Future of Literary Translation: Emerging Translator Mentorships Programme 2024 – Mentees' Showcase". instytutpolski.pl. 28 March 2024. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
- ^ a b c d "Rezydencje poetyckie 2025 – ogłoszenie wyników". szymborska.org.pl. 25 February 2025. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
- ^ a b "Nasim Luczaj". sites.gold.ac.uk. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
- ^ "Nasim Łuczaj". fourwayreview.com. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
- ^ Łuczaj, Nasim. "Wiersze". dwutygodnik.com. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
- ^ "Announcing the 2024 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize Shortlists". wasafiri.org. 3 October 2024. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
- ^ "Głos". filmpolski.pl. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
- ^ "Koński ogon". filmpolski.pl. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
- ^ "Nasim Luczaj". covepark.org. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
External links
- "The website of Nasim Łuczaj". Retrieved 2025-08-03.