Edward Porębowicz

Edward Porębowicz

Translation in terza rima by Edward Porębowicz (Warsaw 1862 – Lwów, today Lviv, 1937), Polish philologist and man of letters, professor of romance philology at Lwów, today Lviv.
Edition published at Warsaw in 1965 (first edition 1899-1904).
Illustrated by various Polish authors.

The complete Polish translation of the Divine Comedy by E. Porębowicz is accessible online.

To listen to the opening words of Hell in the Polish translation by E. Porębowicz watch the video “Dante and Chekhov in esperanto” at minute 27:15.

Frontespizio
Incipit dell’Inferno
Bohdan Zieleniec, illustratore polacco (1917-1973), Il diavolo Calcabrina all’inseguimento del diavolo Alichino (Inf., XXII, 133-138).
Jan Sikora, illustratore polacco, Bertram dal Bornio (Inf., XXVIII, 118-142).