Born in 1959 in Warsaw, Andrzej Kopacki is a translator of German literature, essayist and journalist and works in the Institute of German Studies of the University of Warsaw, as the editor of the journal "Literatura na Świecie".

Kopacki has received a scholarship by the Robert Bosch Foundation and the Mörike-Förderpreis, he was awarded by the Pro Helvetia Foundation in 1988 and the Association of Polish Translators in 1998.