Zofia Ernst (1918–1994): the Art of Life and the Art of Translation Cover Image

Zofia Ernst (1918–1994): l’arte di vivere, l’arte di tradurre
Zofia Ernst (1918–1994): the Art of Life and the Art of Translation

Author(s): Katarzyna Biernacka-Licznar
Subject(s): Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
Keywords: Zofia Ernstl; children’s literature; translation histories; topobiography; Nasza Księgarnia

Summary/Abstract: L’obiettivo dell’articolo è quello di presentare la figura di Zofia Ernst (1918–1994), amante della cultura e della letteratura della Penisola Appenninica, e nota traduttrice della letteratura italiana per adulti e per ragazzi. Avvalendomi del modello storiografico di D’hulst (2001, 2010) e dell’approccio topobiografico di Kaczmarek (2013), analizzo i momenti chiave della biografia di Zofia Ernst. Uno studio attento della vita di una traduttrice ha permesso di descrivere l’ambiente in cui visse e lavorò, come pure di delineare il suo impatto sull’immagine della letteratura italiana in Polonia entro il 1994. Infine, mi sono concentrata sulle traduzioni della letteratura italiana per l’infanzia e l’adolescenza, preparate da Zofia Ernst negli anni 1954–1974 per la casa editrice Nasza Księgarnia, finora non studiate in maniera approfondita. The aim in this article is to present the life and work of Zofia Ernst (1918–1994), an ardent connoisseur of Italian culture and literature and an accomplished translator of Italian books for adults and children. Drawing on D’hulst’s historiographic model (2001, 2010) and Kaczmarek’s topobiographical approach (2013), I address key moments in Ernst’s life. The focus on the life story of this one translator helps me outline the milieu in which she lived and worked as well as show her impact on how the representations of Italian literature took shape in Poland before 1994. I also explore translations of Italian literature for children and young adults that Zofia Ernst produced for the Polish publisher Nasza Księgarnia during the period of 1954–1974, as they still form an under-examined field.

  • Issue Year: 8/2017
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 11-36
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: Italian
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