Bill Johnston is a prolific Polish language literary translator and professor of comparative literature at Indiana University. His work has helped expose English-speaking readers to classic and contemporary Polish poetry and fiction.
Translations
Flaw
Skaza by Magdalena Tulli
English · Archipelago Books · 2007
In Red
W czerwieni by Magdalena Tulli
English · Archipelago Books · 2011
Stone Upon Stone
Kamień na kamieniu by Wiesław Myśliwski
English · Archipelago Books · 2011
A Treatise on Shelling Beans
Traktat o łuskaniu fasoli by Wiesław Myśliwski
English · Archipelago Books · 2013
Solaris
Solaris by Stanisław Lem
English · Wojciech Zemek · 2014
Dreams and Stones
Sny i kamienie by Magdalena Tulli
English · Archipelago Books · 2016
Moving Parts
Tryby by Magdalena Tulli
English · Archipelago Books · 2017
Pan Tadeusz: The Last Foray in Lithuania
Pan Tadeusz, czyli ostatni zajazd na Litwie by Adam Mickiewicz
English · Archipelago Books · 2019
Invincible
Niezwyciężony by Stanisław Lem
English · MIT Press · 2020
Ennemonde
Ennemonde et Autres Caractères by Jean Giono
English · Archipelago Books · 2021
Needle’s Eye
Ucho Igielne by Wiesław Myśliwski
English · Archipelago Books · 2025