Michał Witkowski (born 17 January 1975, in Wrocław, Poland) is a Polish novelist.
Michał Witkowski | |
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| Born | January 17, 1975 |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Language | Polish |
| Nationality | Polish |
Life and career
editHis first "official" work, Copyright, published in 2001, was a collection of short stories. However, he had previously published, Zgorszeni wstają od stołów in 1997 as Michał S. Witkowski, with the S. standing for Sebastian.[1]
On December 17, 2004, Lubiewo was published — a radically queer novel that sold an estimated 15,000 copies.[citation needed] The novel has been translated into German, English (Lovetown), Spanish, Dutch, Finnish (2007), French, Russian, Czech, Lithuanian, Ukrainian, Slovenian (2010) and Hungarian (2010). His next collection of stories Fototapeta (Photo-wallpaper) was published in 2006 by W.A.B. More recently, Witkowski has published two "queer crime novels", in which a gay writer named Michał Witkowski acts as first-person narrator and detective: Drwal (The Woodcutter, 2011) and Zbrodniarz i dziewczyna (The Criminal and the Girl, 2014).
Witkowski was nominated three times for the Nike Award, Poland's best-known literary award: in 2006 for Lubiewo (shortlist), in 2007 for Barbara Radziwiłłówna z Jaworzna-Szczakowej (longlist), and in 2012 for Drwal (longlist). Lubiewo won the Gdynia Literary Prize in 2006, and Barbara Radziwiłłówna z Jaworzna-Szczakowej was awarded the Paszport Polityki in 2007. Lovetown, the English translation of Lubiewo was longlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize in 2011.
He has been a contributor to Wprost since July 2014. Previously he had worked for six years for Polityka.[2] He is also author of a fashion blog, Fashion Pathology.
Personal life
editHe describes himself as a homosexual.[3] He rejects the label "gay" as a personal identity[4] as referring to a subculture in the queer community, those commonly represented by popular culture.[5]
Works
edit- Copyright (2001). Wydawnictwo Zielona Sowa, ISBN 83-7220-247-8
- Lubiewo (2005). Korporacja ha!art, ISBN 83-89911-04-3
- Fototapeta (2006). Wydawnictwo W.A.B., ISBN 83-7414-159-X
- Barbara Radziwiłłówna z Jaworzna-Szczakowej (2007). Wydawnictwo "W.A.B.", ISBN 978-83-7414-372-1
- Margot (2009). Wydawnictwo "Świat Książki", ISBN 978-83-247-1745-3
- Drwal (2011). Wydawnictwo "Świat Książki", ISBN 978-83-7799-483-2
- Lubiewo bez cenzury (Lubiewo uncensored) (2012). Wydawnictwo "Świat Książki", ISBN 978-83-7799-860-1
- Zbrodniarz i dziewczyna (2014). Wydawnictwo "Świat Książki", ISBN 978-83-7943-284-4
- Fynf und cfancyś (2015). Wydawnictwo "Znak", ISBN 978-83-240-2742-2
- Wymazane (2017). Wydawnictwo "Znak"
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Pustowiak, Patrycja. "Debiuty wyszperane z lochów". Retrieved 3 December 2014.
- ^ "Michał Witkowski przechodzi z "Polityki" do "Wprost"". 27 July 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
- ^ "Interview with Michał Witkowski". Archived from the original on 2007-07-02. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
- ^ Nyk, Dorota (11 August 2008). "Michał Witkowski: Nie wiem jak powinno być". Gazeta Lubuska. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
- ^ Witkowski, Michał (2012). Lubiewo bez cenzury. Warszawa: Świat Książki.
External links
edit- Michał Witkowski (Polish website, with some content in English)