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Nike Literary Award
The Nike Literary Award (, pronounced ) is a literary prize awarded each year for the best book of a single living author writing in Polish and published the previous year. It is widely considered the most important award for Polish literature. Established in 1997 and funded by ''Gazeta Wyborcza'', Poland's second largest daily paper, and the consulting company NICOM, it is conferred annually in October. It is open for nominees from all literary genres, including non-fiction essays and autobiographies. Each year, a nine-member jury selects the laureate in a three-stage process. Twenty official nominees are accepted in May, out of which seven finalists are declared in September. The final decision does not take place until the day of the award ceremony in October. The award consists of a statuette referring to the Greek goddess Nike, designed by the prominent Polish sculptor Kazimierz Gustaw Zemła, and a cash prize of currently PLN 100,000 (ca. $25,000). In addition to the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksander Kwaśniewski
Aleksander Kwaśniewski (; born 15 November 1954) is a Polish politician and journalist. He served the maximum two terms as the president of Poland from 1995 to 2005. His tenure as President was marked by modernization of Poland, rapid economic growth (Poland's GDP doubled in ten years), the drafting of a new Constitution of Poland, Polish Constitution (1997), and the accession of Poland to NATO (1999) and the European Union (2004). In 2004, he brokered a pro-democratic agreement during the Orange Revolution in Ukraine. He was born in Białogard, attended the University of Gdańsk, and served as the Ministry of Sport (Poland), Minister of Sport in the communist government during the 1980s. After the fall of Communism, he became a leader of the centre-left Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland, a successor to the former ruling Polish United Workers' Party, and a co-founder of the Democratic Left Alliance (Poland), Democratic Left Alliance. Kwaśniewski was elected to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zyta Rudzka
Zyta Rudzka (Polish pronunciation: ; born 10 October 1964) is a Polish novelist, screenwriter, poet and psychologist. She is regarded as one of the most prominent contemporary Polish writers. In 2023, she received the Nike Award, the most important prize for Polish literature. Life and career In 1991, she graduated in psychology from the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw. She debuted in 1989 with a poetry book ''Ruchoma rzeczywistość'' (Moving Reality). Her first novel, ''Białe klisze'' (White Films), was published in 1991. In 1995, the film ''Erna Rosenstein. Wieczność dla Nikogo'' based on her script received an award at the Documentary Film Festival in Kraków. In 2003, she was a jury member of the ''Debiut'' TV programme broadcast on Polsat. In 2016, the theatrical performance of her play ''Cukier Stanik'' directed by Agata Puszcz won the Gold Remi Award at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cezary Łazarewicz
Cezary is the Polish version of the given name Caesar. Notable people with the name include: *Cezary Balicki (born 1958), Polish bridge player *Cezary Czpak (born 1982), Polish footballer, playing as a midfielder *Cezary Geroń (1960–1998), Polish poet, journalist, translator and teacher *Cezary Grabarczyk (born 1960), Polish politician *Cezary Ketling-Szemley (1915–1979), Polish military officer and lawyer *Cezary Kucharski (born 1972), Polish football player *Cezary Ostrowski (born 1962), Polish composer, musician, songwriter, author, visual artist and journalist *Cezary Pazura (born 1962), Polish actor known for comedy roles in movies such as ''Kiler'', ''Chłopaki nie płaczą'', etc. *Cezary Skubiszewski (born 1949), Poland-born Australian composer for film, television and orchestra * Cezary Trybański (born 1979), Polish basketball player * Cezary Wilk (born 1986), Polish footballer (midfielder) *Cezary Zamana Cezary Zamana (born 14 November 1967) is a former profession ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcin Wicha Fot
Marcin (Polish pronunciation: ) is a male given name or surname. It is the Polish equivalent of the English name Martin; the female version is Martyna. Notable people with the name Marcin include: Given name * Marcin Adamski (born 1975), Polish footballer * Marcin Awiżeń (born 1985), Polish Paralympian middle distance runner * Marcin Budkowski (born 1977), Polish Formula One engineer * Marcin Dorociński (born 1973), Polish actor * Marcin Gortat (born 1984), Polish basketball player * Marcin Held (born 1992), Polish mixed martial artist * Marcin Jakubowski founded Open Source Ecology (OSE) in 2003 * Marcin Kaczmarek (other), several people ** Marcin Kaczmarek (footballer) (born 1979), Polish footballer ** Marcin Kaczmarek (swimmer) (born 1977), Polish butterfly swimmer * Marcin Kalinowski (1605–1652), Polish nobleman * Marcin Kleczynski (born 1989), co-founder and CEO of Malwarebytes Inc. * Marcin Kromer (1512–1583), Polish historian and chronicler, royal secreta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcin Wicha
Marcin Wicha (1972 – 24 January 2025) was a Polish graphic designer, children's author, and essayist. Background Wicha was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1972, to a family of Jewish origin. He was the son of Piotr Wicha (1946–2006), an architect, and his wife, Joanna Rabanowska-Wicha (1946–2015); the grandson of Jan Rabanowski from his mother's side, a politician and minister of communications of Poland during the Communist period, and of Władysław Wicha from his father's side, who served as Minister of Interior. Wicha died on 24 January 2025, at the age of 52. Career Wicha was a cartoonist for the Catholic weekly magazine ''Tygodnik Powszechny'', and contributed cartoons to the monthly magazine '' Charaktery'' and the daily newspaper '' Gazeta Wyborcza''. He wrote a number of children's books. His 2017 book ''Rzeczy, których nie wyrzuciłem'' received the 2017 Polityka Passport for literature, the 2018 Nike Literary Award, and the Witold Gombrowicz Literary Award, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volens Mariusz Szczygiel
In law, ''volens'' is a state of mind, referring to voluntary acceptance of a specific risk. It is usually pleaded by way of defence, and often employs the legal Latin ''volenti non fit injuria''. The term ''volens'' itself is often used in contradistinction to the terms ''sciens'' (meaning mere knowledge of the risk, without any voluntary assumption of it). The effect of the defence varies from country to country. In some countries it is (or can be) a total defence to show that the claimant knew and accepted the risk of the injury in undertaking their course of conduct. In other countries it can give rise to a partial defence of contributory negligence. In contract law, many clauses in contracts which at first appear to be exemption clauses relating to personal injury (which are in many countries invalid by lawSee for example the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 in the United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariusz Szczygieł
Mariusz Adam Szczygieł (Polish pronunciation: ; born 5 September 1966 Złotoryja, Poland) is a Polish journalist and writer. He is the winner of the 2009 European Book Prize for ''Gottland'' and the 2019 Nike Award, the most important prize in Polish literature. Life and career He graduated in journalism and political science from the University of Warsaw in 2000. At 16, he began writing for the weekly-paper ''Na przełaj''. In spite of communist-era censorship, he published a shocking collection of reports titled ''The Shrift'', which were about gay and lesbian youth in Poland. As a TV presenter of the popular cultural and current affairs programme ''Na każdy temat'' (On Every Topic) Szczygieł became the first person to publicly speak the word "orgasm" on air. In 2002, he stopped working for TV Polsat and concentrated on writing for '' Gazeta Wyborcza''. Presently, he is the senior deputy editor of the weekly supplement ''Duży Format'' and deputy editor of its re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radek Rak
Radek Rak (born 1987) is a Polish veterinarian best known as a writer of fantasy literature. He authored both novels and short stories. His novels are winners of several Polish literary awards. With the 2015 short story "Kwiaty paproci" ("Fern Flowers") he took part in the project '' Polish Legends''. ''Baśń o wężowym sercu'' was adapted into an opera by and for stage by . He is married and a resident of Kraków. Novels * ''Kocham cię, Lilith'' (2014, debut novel) ::Robert Z., a patient of a sanatorium is involved with "demonic painter Iwona" and the "intriguing doctor Małgorzata". But suddenly Iwona disappears and it turns out that nobody but Robert ever saw her... The novel, starting realistrically, gradually turns out into a dreamlike, illogical, fantastic tale... Eventually the titular Lilith appears as well... *''Puste niebo'' Empty Sky"(2016) ::From publisher's review: "The novel was created out of longing for times gone by, a city that never existed and a history ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zbigniew Rokita 7535
Zbigniew () is a Polish masculine given name, originally Zbygniew . This West Slavic name is derived from the Polish elements ''Zby-'' (from ''zbyć, zbyć się, or pozbyć się'', meaning "to dispel", "to get rid of") and ''gniew'', meaning "anger". The Czech form of this name is Zbyněk (derived from Zbyhněv). English diminutives of this name are Zibi, Zbiggy or Zbig. Notable people * Zbigniew of Brzezia (c. 1360 – c. 1425), Polish knight and nobleman of Clan Zadora * Zbigniew of Poland, high duke of Poland from 1102–1106 A * Zbigniew Andruszkiewicz (born 1959), Polish rower B * Zbigniew Babiński (1896–1940), Polish military and sports aviator * Zbigniew Bargielski (born 1937), Polish composer * Zbigniew Baranowski (born 1991), Polish wrestler * Zbigniew Bartman (born 1987), Polish volleyball player * Zbigniew Beta (born 1953), Polish long jumper * Zbigniew Bieńkowski (1913–1994), Polish poet, literary critic, translator and essayist * Zbigniew Boniek ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
