Piotr Maur

Piotr Maur is a Polish poet, author of six poetry collections, including Bezmiar miłości (Zielona Sowa, 2006), which was nominated for the Józef Czechowicz National Poetry Award, Pogrzebowe obrzedy, miłosne ceremonie (K.K. Baczyński Literary Association, 2010), and recently Wiersze wagi lekkopółwrednej (Afront Culture Foundation, 2019). In 1996, he won the Georg Trakl Poetry Award from the Consulate General of Austria in Kraków. In 1998, he received the German and Polish Literature Festival Award in Dresden. English translations of his poetry have appeared in Gulf Coast. His poems were also translated into Spanish, German, Russian and Serbian. He currently lives in the United States.