Jacek Dehnel
Jacek Dehnel (born May 1, 1980) in Gdańsk, Poland) is a Polish poet, writer, translator and painter. Dehnel studied at Warsaw University in the MISH College (Interfacultative Individual Humanistic Studies) and graduated from the Polish Language and Literature department.[1] Dehnel is openly gay[2] and lives in Warsaw.thumb|Jacek Dehnel at the meeting with readers of 2009
His first collection of poems was the last book recommended by Polish Nobel Prize Laureate, Czesław Miłosz.[citation needed]
Dehnel has published his poems in various literary magazines, including Kwartalnik Artystyczny, Studium, Przegląd Artystyczno-Literacki, Topos, Tytuł, Undergrunt. He works also for an internet literary portal Nieszuflada.
Dehnel has translated poetry of such poets as Osip Mandelshtam, W. H. Auden, Mary Oliver - unpublished, and Philip Larkin, George Szirtes - published. He has also rendered in Polish lyrics for songs by Ástor Piazzolla.
He has been awarded literary prizes that include the Kościelski Award in 2005 and the Paszport Polityki in 2007.
[edit] Books
Prose
- Kolekcja (The Collection), 1999. Marpress, Gdansk (a collection of short stories)
- Rynek w Smyrnie, 2007. W.A.B., Warsaw (a collection of short stories)
- Lala, 2006. W.A.B., Warsaw (a novel)
- Balzakiana, 2008. W.A.B., Warsaw (a collection of four mininovels)
- Saturn. Czarne obrazy z życia mężczyzn z rodziny Goya, 2011,. W.A.B., Warsaw.
Poetry
- Żywoty równoległe (The Parallel Lives), 2004. Zielona Sowa, Cracow
- Wyprawa na południe (An Expedition Southwards), 2005. Teatr Mały w Tychach, Tychy
- Wiersze (Poems), 2006. Lampa i Iskra Boża, Warsaw
- Brzytwa okamgnienia, 2007. Biuro Literackie, Wrocław
- Ekran kontrolny, 2009. Biuro Literackie, Wrocław
- Rubryki strat i zysków, 2011. Biuro Literackie, Wrocław
Translations
- Philip Larkin Zebrane (Collected), 2008. Biuro Literackie, Wrocław
Other
- Six Polish Poets (as a poet and as an editor), 2009. Arc Publications, London.
[edit] References
- ^ Larkin, Philip. The Whitsun Weddings. translated by St. Baranczak.
- ^ Cioch, Adam (2007-02-13). "Un jeune écrivain gay polonais recompensé" (in French). http://www.tetu.com/rubrique/infos/infos_detail.php?id_news=11005&date_info=2007-02-13. Retrieved 2007-06-02.
