Jakobe Mansztajn (born February 10, 1982, in
Gdańsk
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) is a Polish
poet
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and
blog
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ger.
Life and career
He studied
psychology
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at the
University of Gdańsk
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History
The Universi ...
. He works as deputy
editor
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of the literary quarterly ''Korespondencja z ojcem''. He is the author of the poetry collection ''Vienna High Life'' (2009) for which he has received many awards, including the prestigious 2010 Wroclaw
Silesius Poetry Award
The Silesius Poetry Award () is an annual Polish literary prize presented by the city of Wrocław, Lower Silesia.
History
The award was established in 2008 and is presented during the Port Literacki Wrocław Festival. It takes its name from a ...
in the Best Debut category, the 2010 Sztorm Roku Award founded by ''
Gazeta Wyborcza
(; ''The Electoral Gazette'' in English) is a Polish nationwide daily newspaper based in Warsaw, Poland. It was launched on 8 May 1989 on the basis of the Polish Round Table Agreement and as a press organ of the Solidarity (Polish trade union), t ...
'', and has also been nominated for the
Gdynia Literary Prize
Gdynia Literary Prize () is a Polish literary prize, which is awarded annually to authors of the best books published in the previous year in the prose, poetry, essay and (since 2014) translation categories.
It was established in 2006 by Wojc ...
. He was one of the initiators of the ''Zjednoczenie czytelnicze'' social campaign aimed at promoting reading books in Poland. His debut collection has been described as "one of the most distinctive in the past years in
Polish literature
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" and gained wide critical acclaim. His works have been translated into many languages including German, Hebrew, English, Belarusian, and Norwegian.
He is a co-host of the satirical
Internet TV
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programme ''Make Poland Great Again''.
Works
Poetry:
* ''Vienna High Life'', Olsztyn, 2009
* ''Studium przypadku'', Poznań, 2014
Anthologies:
*''Six Poets: Twenty-eight Poems'', Biblioteka Toposu, Sopot, 2011
*''Free over Blood'', Zeszyty Poetyckie/OFF Press, London, 2011
*''Pociąg do poezji. Antologia wierszy współczesnych z motywem podróży'', Kutnowski Dom Kultury, Kutno, 2011
*''Narracje. 6 opowiadań o Gdańsku'', Biuro Gdańsk i Metropolia Europejska Stolica Kultury, Gdańsk, 2011
*''Zebrało się śliny'', Biuro Literackie, Wrocław, 2016
Other publications:
*''Make Life Harder'', Prószyński i S-ka, Warsaw, 2015
*''Make Life Harder. Przewodnik po polityce i nie tylko, ale też'', Prószyński i S-ka, Warsaw, 2016
See also
*
List of Polish-language poets
List of poets who have written much of their poetry in Polish. See also Discussion Page for additional poets not listed here.
Three 19th century poets have historically been recognized as the national poets of Polish Romantic literature, dubbed ...
*
Polish literature
Polish literature is the literary tradition of Poland. Most Polish literature has been written in the Polish language, though other languages used in Poland over the centuries have also contributed to Polish literary traditions, including Latin, ...
References
External links
Official website
Polish male poets
Polish bloggers
Polish editors
Polish satirists
1982 births
Writers from Gdańsk
Living people
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