Monika Popiolek

Monika Popiolek, born 1966, is a Polish translator of the English language, manager and lecturer. She is a graduate of the Modern Languages Faculty English Institute of the University of Warsaw, Executive MBA Programme at the Warsaw University of Technology Business School, and a PhD Programme at the Enterprise Management Faculty of the Warsaw School of Economics.

Translation bibliography

Theatre plays and adaptations from English into Polish

  • Książę żaba (The Frog Prince) – David Mamet
  • Możliwości (The Possibilities) - Howard Barker
  • Zamek (The Castle) - Howard Barker
  • Arystokraci (Aristocrats) – Brian Friel
  • Gazy super szlachetne (Finer Noble Gases) - Adam Rapp
  • Oczyszczenie (Cleansed) – Sara Kane
  • Daaali - Albert Boadella
  • Bianka Braselli – kobieta z dwoma głowami (Bianca Braselli – A Woman with Two Heads) - Jan Weiss
  • Quizoola! - Tim Etchells, Forced Entertainment
  • Zwolnij tempo (Stop the Tempo ) - Gianina Cãrbunariu
  • Kos (Blackbird) - David Harrower
  • A po dniu nastaje noc (That Night Follows Day) – Tim Etchells, Forced Entertainment, 2007
  • Nieprawdopodobna częstotliwość (Improbable Frequency) - Arthur Riordan, 2006

Theatre plays and adaptations from Polish into English

  • The Battle of Grunwald (Bitwa pod Grunwaldem) – based on a short story by Tadeusz Borowski
  • Story of ??? a Man – based on a novel by Borys Polewoj, adaptation - Teatr Buchty a Loutky (The Noodle & Puppet Theatre)
  • Caligula – based on a play by Albert Camus
  • Hairy Machines – Ko van den Bosch
  • Sleepwalkers, Esch or Anarchy – based on a novel by Herman Broch
  • [...] One – Witold Gombrowicz
  • Pianola – Aleksander Adabaszjan, Nikita Michalkov - a play in two acts based on the works of A. Chechov
  • A History of the Polish People’s Republic – based on the works of Slawomir Mrozek
  • The So-called Mankind Gone Mad, based on the works of Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz (Witkacy)
  • I – Iwan Vyrypajev, 2004
  • Family Situations - Biljana Srbljanović
  • File O - Xi Yu Che Jian - 1992
  • Self No. 2 (aka Genesis No. 2) - Antonina Vielikanova, Ivan Vyrypajev, 2004
  • Fizdeyko’s Daughter - based on a play by Witkacy
  • Helver’s Night - Ingmar Villqist
  • Paternoster – Helmut Kajzar
  • Immanuel Kant – based on a play by Thomas Bernhard
  • Top Dogs - Urs Widmer
  • Oxygen – Ivan Vyrypaev
  • Condensed Milk Landscape – based on a play by Georg Seidel
  • From Poland with Love - Paweł Demirski
  • Justine – based on a novel by Marquis de Sade

Films from English into Polish

  • Drzewa figowe (Fig Trees) - feature documentary - John Greyson, Canada 2009
  • Operacja - Opowieści z rosyjskiej prowincji (The Operation – Stories from the Russian Province) - Dir. Kerstin Nickig
  • Korporacja (The Corporation) - Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott, Joel Bakan, 2003
  • Wrzeszczący faceci (Screaming Men) - Mika Ronkainen, 2003
  • Nadprodukcja (Surplus. Terrorized into Being Consumers) - Erik Gandini, Johan Söderberg. 2003- ATMO
  • Przyzwoita fabryka (Decent Factory) - Thomas Balmès
  • Siostry w obliczu prawa (Sisters In Law) – Kim Longinotto, Florence Ayisi, Vixen Films, 2005
  • Kometa (The Comet) – Ó Sveriges Television AB
  • Soske, dir. Rada Sesic, The Netherlands, 2001
  • 37 zastosowań martwej owcy (37 Uses for a Dead Sheep), dir. Ben Hopkins, UK, 2006

Films from Polish into English

  • Witkacy – a Biographical Documentary Film, Eureka Films for Chanel 2 TVP SA, 1995
  • First Movie, Klara Kopcińska & Józef Żuk Piwkowski
  • Lucky Strike, Robert Brutter & Maciej Dutkiewicz, 1998

TV series from English into Polish

  • Jaś Fasola (Mr. Bean) - Thames International
  • Powrót Jasia Fasoli (The Return of Mr. Bean) - Thames International
  • Przekleństwo Jasia Fasoli (The Curse of Mr. Bean) - Thames International
  • Latający Cyrk Monty Pythona (Monty Python’s Flying Circus)
  • Kobiety jazzu (Women in Jazz)
  • KYTV, BBC, 1989-1993
  • 1 Katalog Czasopism Kulturalnych
  • 2 Polska Bibliografia Literacka
  • 3 SPIS SZTUK DRUKOWANYCH W LATACH 1956 - V 2005
  • 4 Międzynarodowy Festiwal Filmowy WATCH DOCS (6. edycja)
  • 5 Międzynarodowy Festiwal Filmowy WATCH DOCS (9. edycja)
  • 6 Festiwal Filmowy WATCH DOCS. Prawa Człowieka w Filmie
  • 7 SOUPIS ÚPLNÝCH DIVADELNÍCH TEXTŮ UVEŘEJNĚNÝCH V ROCE 2003 V ČASOPISECH PRAVIDELNĚ DOCHÁZEJÍCÍCH DO KNIHOVNY DÚ