Prof. Tokimasa Sekiguchi wins the Transatlantyk Award

The most prestigious award for the ambassador of Polish literature abroad, awarded by the Book Institute, this year went to Professor Tokimasa Sekiguchi, an outstanding promoter of Polish culture in Japan, who has been cooperating with the International Cultural Centre for many years.

Professor Tokimasa Sekiguchi is a translator of exceptional sensitivity and rare erudition. The Polish cultural universe and spirituality encoded in literature are hermetic even in the European context. Translating them to such a diametrically different cultural circle as the Japanese, making them more accessible to recipients of different sensitivity, culture, history and religion, and at the same time preserving the artistic value of the translated works deserve the highest recognition.