Polish literature
Marcin Szczygielski
(born 1972) Polish writer and graphic designer. Szczygielski is an author of theatrical plays, as well as of novels for adults and young people.
Since December 2012 he has been a member of Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich (Polish Writers Association). His debut was PL-BOY (published in 2003), a fictional, humorous account of the editorial department of the Polish Playboy magazine that Szczygielski used to be the art director of. The novels that followed – Wiosna PL-BOYa (2004), Nasturcje i cwoki (2005), Farfocle namietnosci (2006), Berek (2007), Bierki (2010), Sanato (2014) and Bingo (2015) established him as one of the most-read authors of popular literature in Poland. Published in 2011 Poczet Krolowych Polskich was claimed to be the most mature and most ambitious novel of Szczygielski. This elaborate, multigenerational family saga that portrays the contemporary Polish history through the lives of women of 4 generations, was nominated for the Srebrny Kalamarz Literary Prize.
A separate part of Marcin Szczygielski's literary output are books aimed towards younger readers. Each of them has received numerous awards and recognition awards in Polish, Austrian and German literary contests, whereas novels Czarny Młyn (The Black Mill), Za niebieskimi drzwiami (Behind the Blue Door), Arka Czasu (Rafe and the Ark of Time) and Czarownica piętro niżej (The Witch Downstairs) have been incorporated into the extracurricular reading list in Polish elementary schools.
Szczygielski's theatrical plays have been staged in the public and commercial theatres in Poland, Great Britain and Czech Republic.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Aimed towards adult readers:
- PL-BOY, novel (Instytut Wydawniczy Latarnik, 2003)
- Wiosna PL-BOYa, novel (Instytut Wydawniczy Latarnik, 2004)
- Kuchnia na ciezkie czasy, cookbook (Instytut Wydawniczy Latarnik, 2004)
- Nasturcje i Cwoki, novel (Instytut Wydawniczy Latanik, 2005) Farfocle namietnosci, novel (Instytut Wydawniczy Latarnik, 2006)
- Berek, novel (Instytut Wydawniczy Latarnik, 2007)
- Bierki, novel (Instytut Wydawniczy Latarnik, 2010)
- Furie i inne groteski, theatrical plays (Instytut Wydawniczy Latarnik, 2011)
- Poczet Krolowych Polskich, novel (I. W. Latarnik, 2011)
- Kallas, theatrical play (I. W. Latarnik, 2011)
- Filipinki – to my!, monograph of Filipinki, a Polish girlsband (Agora, 2013)
- Sanato, novel (Instytut Wydawniczy Latarnik, 2014)
- Bingo, novel (Instytut Wydawniczy Latarnik, 2015)
Aimed towards young readers:
- Omega, novel (Instytut Wydawniczy Latarnik, 2009)
- Za niebieskimi drzwiami, novel (Instytut Wydawniczy Latarnik, 2010)
- Czarny Mlyn, novel (Stentor, 2011) Czarownica pietro nizej, novel (Bajka, 2013) Arka Czasu, novel (Stentor, 2013)
- Tuczarnia motyli, novel (Bajka, 2014)
- Teatr Niewidzialnych Dzieci, novel (Instytut Wydawniczy Latarnik, 2016)
- Klatwa dziewiatych urodzin, novel (Bajka, 2016)
- Serce Neftydy, novel (Instytut Wydawniczy Latarnik, 2017)
- Bez piatej klepki, novel (Bajka, 2018)
- Weronika i zombie, novel (Instytut Wydawniczy Latarnik, 2018)
Theatrical plays:
- Berek, czyli upior w moherze. Premiere: Warsaw – 2009, Plock –2016
- Wydmuszka. Premieres: Warsaw – 2010; Plock – 2011; Lodz – 2011; Cracow – 2014; Prague – 2016; Wien – 2017
- Furie. Premiere: Warsaw – 2011
- Kallas. Premiere: Warsaw – 2012
- Single i Remiksy. Premiere: Warsaw – 2012
- Kochanie na kredyt. Premiere: London – 2013
- Single po japonsku. Premiere: Warsaw – 2016
- Bierki. Premiere: Lodz – 2017
TRANSLATIONS:
Russian:
- Arka czasu, Text, Moscow 2018
Serbian:
- Czarownica piętro niżej, Propolis Books, Beograd 2017
Spanish:
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Arka czasu, Baltica Editorial, Boadilla del Monte 2018
Ukrainian:
- Arka czasu, Urbino, Lwów 2016
- Teatr Niewidzialnych Dzieci, Urbino, Lwów 2018
- Za niebieskimi drzwiami, Urbino, Lwów 2018