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Beata Pawlak Award
The Beata Pawlak Memorial Award (Polish: ''Nagroda im. Beaty Pawlak'') is an annual Polish literary prize founded in 2003 and awarded to authors publishing their works in the Polish language whose subject-matter concerns the themes of religion, culture and civilisation. The award was created to honour the last wish of a Polish award-winning writer and journalist Beata Pawlak who died in the 2002 Bali bombings in Indonesia. The winner of the award is selected by a jury which has included such members as Adam Szostkiewicz, Wojciech Tochman, Olga Stanisławska, and Wojciech Jagielski. Laureates * 2023 - Anna Goc for the book ''Głusza'' * 2022 - Konstanty Gebert for the book ''Ostateczne rozwiązania. Ludobójcy i ich dzieło'' * 2021 - Jagoda Grondecka for articles on Afghanistan published in ''Krytyka Polityczna'' and Aleksandra Lipczak for the book ''Lajla znaczy noc'' * 2020 - Agnieszka Pajączkowska for ''Wędrowny Zakład Fotograficzny'' ("Wandering Photographic Ins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Batory Foundation
The Stefan Batory Foundation () is an independent Polish Non-governmental organization, non-government organization established by American financier and philanthropist, George Soros, along with a group of Polish opposition leaders of 1980s, and registered in Poland since May 1988. It is named after Stephen Báthory, the 16th-century King of Poland, Polish king. The foundation's mission is to support the development of an open, democratic society in Poland along with other Central and East European countries. Foundation's activity is financed from income on endowment and grants from foreign institutions, from gifts of individual donors and 1% personal income tax designations. History and beginnings The Batory Foundation was founded in 1988 when the communist system in Central Europe was disintegrating. It was established by an American philanthropist of Hungarian extraction, George Soros, and Polish democratic opposition leaders of the 1980s. The mission of the foundation was to c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnieszka Pajączkowska
Agnieszka is the Polish equivalent of the female given name Agnes. Notable people with this name include: * Agnieszka Arnold, Polish documentary filmmaker *Agnieszka Baranowska (1819–1890), Polish playwright and poet *Agnieszka Bednarek (born 1986), international Polish volleyball player *Agnieszka Brustman (born 1962), female Polish chess master *Agnieszka Brzezańska (born 1972), Polish artist *Agnieszka Brugger (born 1985), German politician *Agnieszka Chylińska (born 1976), Polish rock singer and columnist *Agnieszka Cyl (born 1984), Polish biathlete * Agnieszka Czopek (born 1964), Polish swimmer *Agnieszka Domańska (born 1970), Polish ice dancer *Agnieszka Dowbor-Muśnicka (1919–1940), Polish WWII resistance fighter *Agnieszka Duczmal (born 1946), Polish conductor * Agnieszka Dulej (born 1983), Polish ice dancer *Agnieszka Dygant (born 1973), Polish actress *Agnieszka Gąsienica-Daniel (born 1987), Polish skier *Agnieszka Graff (born 1970), Polish writer, translator, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Witold Szabłowski
Witold Szabłowski () (born 1980, in Ostrów Mazowiecka) is a Polish journalist and author. Biography Witold Szablowski was born in Ostrów Mazowiecka. He graduated from the Department of Journalism and Political Science at Warsaw University. Additionally, he pursued studies in political science in Istanbul. While working as an intern at CNN Türk, he traveled throughout Turkey. He initiated his journalistic career with TVN24, one of Poland's premier news channels. In 2006, he began working for ”Gazeta Wyborcza” and its weekly supplement “ Duży Format”, becoming the youngest reporter on its team. He remained there until 2016. Since 2018, he has been affiliated with "Dzień dobry TVN," a Polish morning show broadcast. Starting from April 2019, he has hosted his radio show about traveling on Newonce Radio. In 2006, while in Malatya, he became the first Pole to interview Mehmet Ali Ağca's family, the Turkish gunman who attempted to assassinate Pope John Paul II. Additi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jędrzej Morawiecki
Jędrzej is a variant Polish form of the given name Andrzej (Andrew). Notable individuals with the given name Jędrzej *Jędrzej Śniadecki *Jędrzej Moraczewski *Jędrzej Gruszczyński *Jędrzej Maćkowiak *Jędrzej Giertych *Jędrzej Kitowicz *Jędrzej Jędrych Jędrzej Jędrych (born 11 August 1967 in Kolbuszowa) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 13791 votes in 29 Gliwice district as a candidate from Law and Justice Law and Justice ( , PiS) is a Right- ... {{given name, nocat Polish masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bartosz Jastrzębski
Bartosz is a Polish given name and a surname derived from Bartłomiej, the Polish cognate of Bartholomew. People with the given name * Bartosz Arłukowicz, former Polish minister of health * Bartosz Bajorek (born 2004), Polish footballer * Bartosz Beda, Polish contemporary artist * Bartosz Bednorz (born 1994), Polish volleyball player * Bartosz Bereszyński (born 1992), Polish footballer * Bartosz Białek (born 2001), Polish footballer * Bartosz Białkowski (born 1987), Polish footballer * Bartosz Bida (born 2001), Polish footballer * Bartosz Bielenia (born 1992), Polish actor * Bartosz Bosacki (born 1975), Polish footballer * Bartosz Borkowski (born 2006), Polish footballer * Bartosz Borowski (1978–2010), Polish activist * Bartosz Brenes (born 1989), house DJ, producer, remixer and record label owner * Bartosz Broniszewski (born 1988), German footballer * Bartosz Brożek (born 1977), Polish philosopher and jurist * Bartosz Brzęk (born 2005), Polish footballer * Bartosz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wojciech Górecki
Wojciech () is a Polish name, equivalent to Czech Vojtěch , Slovak Vojtech, and German Woitke. The name is formed from two Slavic roots: * ''wój'' (Slavic: ''voj''), a root pertaining to war. It also forms words like ''wojownik'' ("warrior") and ''wojna'' ("war"). * ''ciech'' (from an earlier form, ''tech''), meaning "joy". The resulting combination means "he who enjoys war" or "joyous warrior". Its Polish diminutive forms include ''Wojtek'' , ''Wojtuś'' , ''Wojtas'', ''Wojcio'', ''Wojteczek'', ''Wojcieszek'', ''Wojtaszka'', ''Wojtaszek'', ''Wojan'' (noted already in 1136), ''Wojko'', and variants noted as early as 1400, including ''Woytko'', ''Woythko'', and ''Voytko''. The feminine form is Wojciecha (). Related names in South Slavic languages include ''Vojko'', ''Vojislav'', and ''Vojteh''. The name has been rendered into German in several different variations, including: ''Woitke'', ''Witke'', ''Voitke'', ''Voytke'', ''Woytke'', ''Vogtke'', ''Woytegk'', ''Woytek'', ''Wogtk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |