Jakub Żulczyk (born 12 August 1983 in
Szczytno
Szczytno (german: Ortelsburg) is a town in northeastern Poland with 27,970 inhabitants (2004). Szczytno is situated in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodship (since 1999), but was previously in Olsztyn Voivodship (1975-1998). It is located within the ...
) is a Polish writer and journalist who writes for ''
Elle
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'', ''Machina'', ''
Przekrój
''Przekrój'' (; ''Cross-section'') was the oldest Polish weekly newsmagazine in operation, established in 1945 in Kraków. After temporary closure in 2013, it was bought by photographer Tomasz Niewiadomski and subsequently relaunched in December ...
'' and
Onet.pl. He lives in
Warsaw
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is official ...
.
Life and career
He graduated in journalism from the
Jagiellonian University. He publishes articles in such literary magazines as ''Lampa'' and ''Machina''. He has also worked as a
columnist
A columnist is a person who writes for publication in a series, creating an article that usually offers commentary and opinions. Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and other publications, including blogs. They take the form of a short ess ...
for the ''
Dziennik'' newspaper as well as ''
Tygodnik Powszechny
''Tygodnik Powszechny'' (, ''The Common Weekly'') is a Polish Roman Catholic weekly magazine, published in Kraków, which focuses on social, cultural and political issues. It was established in 1945 under the auspices of Cardinal Adam Stefan Sap ...
'' and ''
Wprost
''Wprost'' (, meaning "Directly") is a Polish-language weekly news magazine published in Poznań, Poland. ''.
In 2011, he was a co-host of the ''Redakcja kultury'' programme broadcast on
TVP2
TVP 2 (TVP Dwa, ''Program II Telewizji Polskiej'', ''"Dwójka"'') is a Polish public mainstream TV channel operated by TVP. Launched in October 1970, its varied line-up contains a variety of programming (documentary, history, talk-shows, game-sh ...
channel. He also worked as a host together with rapper
Sokół
Sokół (, English: Falcon), or in full the Polskie Towarzystwo Gimnastyczne "Sokół" ( en, "Falcon" Polish Gymnastic Society), is the Polish offshoot of the Czech Sokol movement, and the oldest youth movement organization of Poland. Created in ...
of ''Instytut prosto'' programme on Roxy Radio.
Żulczyk and Monika Powalisz wrote the script to the popular crime
TV series
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''
Belfer''.
His first book ''Zrób mi jakąś krzywdę...'' was published in 2006. He was nominated to the
Paszport Polityki
Paszport Polityki (Polityka's Passport) is an annual Polish cultural award presented by the weekly magazine '' Polityka'' since 1993.
It is presented in six major categories: literature, film, theatre, classical music, popular music, visual ar ...
Award in 2014 for ''
Ślepnąc od świateł'' ("Blinded by the Lights") and to the Literary Award of Warmia and Masuria in 2017. He is the winner of the 2018 Literary Award of the Capital City of Warsaw.
His 2022 novel ''Informacja zwrotna'' was adapted into a
Netflix
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television series called ''
Feedback
Feedback occurs when outputs of a system are routed back as inputs as part of a chain of cause-and-effect that forms a circuit or loop. The system can then be said to ''feed back'' into itself. The notion of cause-and-effect has to be handled ...
''.
Legal case
On 23 March 2021, Żulczyk was charged under the Polish ''lèse-majesté'' law,
Article 135 of the Penal Code, for referring to Polish president
Andrzej Duda
Andrzej Sebastian Duda (; born 16 May 1972) is a Polish lawyer and politician who has served as president of Poland since 6 August 2015. Before becoming president, Andrzej Duda was a member of Polish Lower House ( Sejm) from 2011 to 2014 and t ...
as a "moron" ( pl, debil) in
online social media in the context of comments criticising Duda's description of the
2020 United States presidential election victory of
Joe Biden.
Żulczyk risks three years' imprisonment under the law, which the
Polish Constitutional Tribunal judged to be constitutionally and internationally valid, arguing that the effective carrying out of the duties of the president requires having authority and being especially respected.
On 10 January 2022 the District Court in Warsaw discontinued the proceedings, arguing its decision with "negligible social harmfulness of the act".
See also
*
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, ...
Bibliography
* 2006 – ''Zrób mi jakąś krzywdę... czyli wszystkie gry video są o miłości''
* 2008 – ''Radio Armageddon''
* 2010 – ''Instytut''
* 2011 – ''Zmorojewo''
* 2011 – ''Świątynia''
* 2014 – ''Ślepnąc od świateł''
* 2017 – ''Wzgórze psów''
* 2019 – ''Czarne Słońce''
* 2021 – ''Informacja zwrotna''
References
External links
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1983 births
Living people
People from Szczytno
21st-century Polish writers
Polish journalists
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