• Comment: Relies heavily on profile in institutions, scattered quotes in media and self publications as sources. The ToHistoria.pl article makes a somewhat good claim on notability, but just one suitable source is not quite enough. It will take a higher number of significant coverage from independent and reliable sources in order to meet WP:NACADEMIC or WP:NBIO. Tutwakhamoe (talk) 18:54, 4 July 2023 (UTC)


Jacek Partyka (born 1973)[1] is a Polish translator and literary scholar[2]. He translated and published more than 100 books and papers[3]. He translates from Italian, Latin, Ancient Greek, Russian and English[4].

He undertook his Ph.D. (2003) in literarary criticism at Jagiellonian University. His thesis was entitled 'Sound instrumentation in ancient Greek lyric poetry of archaic period' (Instrumentacja dźwiękowa w greckiej liryce indywidualnej epoki archaicznej)[5]. He discovered the oldest surviving immunity passport, issued in Venice in 1578[6]. He translated the oldest Christmas carol in Poland, written in Latin[7].

Selected translations edit

  • E. R. Dodds, The Greeks and the Irrational (Grecy i irracjonalność), Bydgoszcz 2002; 2 ed. Kraków 2014, ISBN: 9788373545038[10]
  • Martin Litchfield West, Introduction to Greek Metre (Wprowadzenie do metryki greckiej), Kraków 2003, ISBN: 9788387933371[11]
  • Scott Hahn, Understanding The Scriptures. A Complete Course On Bible Study (Ilustrowany świat Biblii. Przewodnik po Starym i Nowym Testamencie), Warszawa 2020, ISBN: 9788380795211[12]

Paolo Giustiniani - Opera omnia edit

Partyka translates and publishes numerous works by Paolo Giustiniani (1476-1528), a founder of Camaldolese Hermits of Mount Corona. These works, translated from Latin, Italian, Ancient Greek, appear in "Źródła Monastyczne" series (Monastic Sources), printed by Tyniec Wydawnictwo Benedyktynów[14]. He published:

  • The eulogy of hermitic life / Elogio della vita eremitica (Pisma. T. 1. Pochwała życia eremickiego), Kraków 2015, ISBN: 9788373545540
  • Reflections on the prayer / Riflessioni sulla preghiera (Pisma. T. 2. Rozważania o modlitwie i o miłości Boga), Kraków 2015, ISBN: 9788373545557
  • A hermit at the service of the Church / Un eremita al servizio della Chiesa (Pisma. T. 3. Eremita w służbie Kościoła), Kraków 2016, ISBN: 9788373545564
  • Major treatises on the God's love / I trattati maggiori dell'amore di Dio (Pisma. T. 4. Traktaty większe o miłości Bożej), Kraków 2019, ISBN: 9788373549029
  • Camaldoli in the middle of a millennium. Sacro Eremo Tuscolano in the letters of bl. Paul Giustiniani (1476-1528) (Pisma. T. 5. Camaldoli w połowie tysiąclecia. Święty Erem Tuskulański w listach bł. Pawła Giustinianiego), Kraków 2024
  • Giving us Himself. On the Holy Eucharist. Sermon on the Nativity. Sermon on the Easter (Pisma. T. 6. Oddając nam siebie. O najświętszej Eucharystii. Kazanie o Bożym Narodzeniu. Kazanie o Wielkanocy), Kraków 2024
  • Summoning the Lord. soliloquies, meditations, prayers (Pisma. T. 7. Wzywając Pana. Solilokwia, rozmyślania, modlitwy (1507-1518)), Kraków 2024

Theatre edit

Partyka's translation of a short story "Viy" by Nikolai Gogol was used in a theatre play in Teatr Zagłębia in Sosnowiec; the play premiered on November 21, 2014[15]

References edit

  1. ^ "101635290". viaf.org. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
  2. ^ Congress, The Library of. "Partyka, Jacek, 1973- - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies | Library of Congress, from LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". id.loc.gov. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
  3. ^ "au="Partyka, Jacek" - Search Results". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2023-11-04.
  4. ^ "https://katalogi.bn.org.pl/discovery/search?query=any,contains,partyka,%20jacek%20(1973-%20)&tab=LibraryCatalog&sortby=date_a&vid=48OMNIS_NLOP:48OMNIS_NLOP&mfacet=lds19,include,Partyka,%20Jacek%20(1973-%20),1&lang=en&offset=0&came_from=sort". katalogi.bn.org.pl. Retrieved 2023-07-07. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  5. ^ "Nowa Nauka Polska". nauka-polska.pl. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  6. ^ "Paszport sanitarny z XVI wieku? Niesamowite znalezisko w starodruku Biblioteki Jagiellońskiej!". ToHistoria.pl (in Polish). 2022-06-22. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
  7. ^ "Muzykalia - Blog Biblioteki Jagiellońskiej - Uniwersytet Jagielloński". blog.bj.uj.edu.pl. Retrieved 2023-11-04.
  8. ^ Śmierć urzędnika i inne opowiadania. OCLC 233515818. Retrieved 2023-03-01 – via WorldCat.
  9. ^ "Szynel i inne opowiadania | WorldCat.org". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
  10. ^ """"Grecy i irracjonalność"", Erie R. Dodds, Bydgoszcz 2002 : [recenzja]" | WorldCat.org". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
  11. ^ "Wprowadzenie do metryki greckiej | WorldCat.org". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
  12. ^ "Ilustrowany świat Biblii : przewodnik po Starym i Nowym Testamencie | WorldCat.org". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
  13. ^ Vagaggini, Cipriano; Partyka, Jacek; Bielawski, Maciej (2005). Teologia, pluralizm teologiczny. Kraków: Homini. ISBN 978-83-89598-16-5.
  14. ^ "Źródła Monastyczne » Instytut Monastyczny" (in Polish). 2020-08-24. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
  15. ^ Teatralny, Instytut. "Strach się bać | e-teatr.pl". Teatr w Polsce - polski wortal teatralny (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-07-07.