Grazyna Miller

Grażyna Miller (29 January 1957 – 17 August 2009) was a Polish poet and translator who lived in Italy. Miller lived in Italy where she wrote poems and translated publications from Polish into Italian. She was also a literary critic whose work was published by the most prestigious Italian press media. Her most notable accomplishment was the translation of "Roman Triptych" (Trittico romano (Meditazioni) by Pope John Paul II). This book was published by the Libreria Editrice Vaticana and, on 6 March 2003, presented by the then Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger.

Biography Grażyna Miller, born in Jedwabne, Poland, started to write poetry in her early childhood, exactly at the age of seven. During her high school years she incessantly wrote poetry while continuing her studies. Her passions were literature and pedagogy, and soon after finishing her studies she started to teach Polish literature. In 1983, she moved to Italy. From the beginning of her stay she started to study the Italian language at the University for Foreigners of Siena in Tuscany. During her stay in Sicily (1990–1999) she distinguished herself for her cooperation with the Polish-Sicilian Association by promoting her native culture, the arts and literature. She currently resides in Rome where she has become a journalist and she writes for a few literature inspired newspapers and cultural magazines, such as the "Corriere Romano" (The Roman Courier), "La Scena Illustrata" (The Illustrated Scene) and "Il Giornale dei Poeti" (The Poets' Journal). She is studying and translating a variety of contemporary authors, but first of all she is translating Carol Woityla's poetry. In January 2003, she translated to Italian the "Trittico Romano.Meditazioni" (The Roman Triptych: Meditations) written in Polish by Pope John Paul II and published by the Vatican, with the presentation…Citește mai mult

"Curriculum" (1988) "Sull'onda del respiro" ("On the Wave of Breath") (2000) "Alibi di una farfalla" ("Alibi of a Butterfly") (2002)

in Italy Award from the Ministry of Italian Culture 2002 – Rome National Award of Press and Literature in Alghero – Donna (2004) – Sardegna Alghero National Award of Religious Poetry (2001) – Benevento International Award of Luigi Vanvitelli (2001) – Caserta International Award Città di Marineo (2002) – Sycily Marineo

in Poland International Award of "The Best of the Year 2001" and a Gold Medal from the Jagellon University in Kraków

in Spain International Award of "Cartago" (2003) – Cartagena