Aleksander Kaczorowski
Aleksander Kaczorowski | |
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Nationality | Poland |
Alma mater | University of Warsaw |
Employer(s) | Gazeta Wyborcza, Newsweek Polska, Forum, University of Warsaw, Aspen Review Central Europe |
Aleksander Kaczorowski (born 29 May 1969 in Żyrardów) is a Polish bohemist, journalist, editor, writer and translator.
Life
Kaczorowski has been studying at the Institute of Sociology of the University of Warsaw. In 1998, he graduated from Czech studies at the University of Warsaw.
Until 2002, he worked as a head of section for Gazeta Wyborcza, the biggest Polish newspaper. Later, he was deputy editor-in-chief of Newsweek Polska and Forum biweekly. Since 2012, he is editor-in-chief of Aspen Review Central Europe quarterly.[1] He lectures at the University of Warsaw Institute of Western and Southern Slavic Studies.[2]
He authored novels: Praskie łowy (Hunting in Prague) and collections of essays Praski elementarz (The Prague Reader), Ballada o kapciach (The Ballad of Slippers), as well as interviews Europa z płaskostopiem (Europe's Flat Feet).[3] He wrote also biographies of Václav Havel Havel. Zemsta bezsilnych (Havel. The Revenge of the Powerless), Bohumil Hrabal Gra w życie (Playing at Life), and Ota Pavel Ota Pavel: pod powierzchnią (Ota Pavel: Beneath the Surface). Kaczorowski has translated books of such Czech authors as Bohumil Hrabal, Egon Bondy, and Josef Škvorecký, among others. He is member of Polish Writers' Association.[4]
In 2015, Kaczorowski was nominated for Teresa Torańska Prize of Newsweek for his book on Havel.[5] That year he was named by European Solidarity Centre and College of Eastern Europe the Ambassador of New Europe. He won Václav Burian Prize for cultural contribution to the Central European dialogue (2016).[2] In 2019, he was awarded Upper Silesian Literary Award "Juliusz"[6] and nominated for Nike Literary Award for the book about Ota Pavel.[7]
Works
Books
- Praskie łowy, Warszawa: Świat Książki, 2007, ISBN 978-83-247-0835-2.
- Praski elementarz, Wołowiec: Czarne 2001, 2012, ISBN 978-83-7536-277-0.
- Gra w życie. Opowieść o Bohumilu Hrabalu, Wołowiec: Czarne 2004, ISBN 838739198-0.
- Életjáték – Történet Bohumil Hrabalról, Budapest: Európa Könyvkiadó, 2006, ISBN 978-963-07-8131-2.
- Il gioco della vita. La storia di Bohumil Hrabal, Rome: Edizioni E/O 2007, ISBN 978-8876417559.
- Europa z płaskostopiem, Wołowiec: Czarne 2006, ISBN 83-89755-64-5.
- Ballada o kapciach, Wołowiec: Czarne 2012, ISBN 978-83-7536-350-0.
- Havel. Zemsta bezsilnych, Wołowiec: Czarne 2014, ISBN 978-83-7536-557-3.
- Hrabal. Słodka apokalipsa, Wołowiec: Czarne 2016, ISBN 978-83-8049-221-9.
- Ota Pavel: pod powierzchnią, Wołowiec: Czarne 2018 ISBN 978-83-8049-677-4.
Translations
- Egon Bondy, Noga świętego Patryka, Izabelin: Świat Literacki 1995, ISBN 978-83-86646-11-1.
- Bohumil Hrabal, Czuły barbarzyńca, Izabelin: Świat Literacki 1997, ISBN 978-83-626-7607-1.
- Josef Škvorecký, Przypadki niefortunnego saksofonisty tenorowego, Izabelin: Świat Literacki, 1999, ISBN 83-86646-87-X.
- László Szigeti, Drybling Hidegkutiego, czyli rozmowy z Hrabalem, Izabelin: Świat Literacki, 2002, ISBN 83-88612-23-9.
- Bohumil Hrabal, Piękna rupieciarnia, Wołowiec: Czarne, 2006, ISBN 978-83-8049-787-0 (with Jan Stachowski).
- Helga Weissová, Dziennik Helgi: świadectwo dziewczynki o życiu w obozach koncentracyjnych, Kraków: Insignis Media, 2013, ISBN 978-83-63944-04-9.
- Josef Pazderka (ed.), Inwazja na Czechosłowację 1968. Perspektywa rosyjska, Instytut Pamięci Narodowej 2015, ISBN 978-83-7629-818-4.
- Jiří Pelán, Hrabal w lustrze krytyki, [in:] W poszukiwaniu przerw w zabudowie. W stulecie urodzin Bohumila Hrabala, (ed. J. Goszczyńska), Warszawa 2015.
- Jakub Češka, Nic, tylko strach, czyli ironiczna spowiedź, [in:] W poszukiwaniu przerw w zabudowie. W stulecie urodzin Bohumila Hrabala, (ed. J. Goszczyńska), Warszawa 2015.
References
- ^ "Aleksander Kaczorowski". Aspen Institute Central Europe. n.d. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Aleksander Kaczorowski – Instytut Slawistyki Zachodniej i Południowej". slawistyka.uw.edu.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ "Central European Forum – Central European Forum". Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ "Aleksander KACZOROWSKI | Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich". sppwarszawa.pl (in Polish). n.d. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Znamy nominowanych w konkursie o Nagrodę "Newsweeka" im. Teresy Torańskiej | Fundacja Torańskiej" (in Polish). Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ "Aleksander Kaczorowski – Wydawnictwo Czarne". czarne.com.pl (in Polish). n.d. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Znamy nominowanych do Nagrody Literackiej Nike 2019". Onet Kultura (in Polish). 23 May 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- 1969 births
- 21st-century Polish male writers
- 21st-century Polish non-fiction writers
- Polish male non-fiction writers
- 21st-century Polish novelists
- Czech-Polish translators
- Living people
- People from Żyrardów
- Polish essayists
- Male essayists
- Polish opinion journalists
- Polish philologists
- University of Warsaw alumni
- University of Warsaw faculty
- 21st-century translators