The Transatlantyk Award 2022 was received by three outstanding promoters of Polish literature abroad: prof. Ewa Thompson (USA), prof. Tokimasa Sekiguchi (Japan) and this year’s laureate, prof. Silvano De Fanti (Italy). The distinctions were awarded during the 5th World Congress of Translators of Polish Literature in Krakow.

Transatlantyk is an annual award of the Polish Book Institute for an outstanding popularizer of Polish literature abroad. It honors a person who has special achievements in the promotion of Polish literature in the world. The winners of the Transatlantyk Prize can be translators, publishers, critics, and animators of cultural life.