Nike Award
| Nike Award | |
|---|---|
 2005 Nike Award ceremony with former Polish president Aleksander Kwaśniewski | |
| Awarded for | best book of a single living author writing in the Polish language published the previous year |
| Country | Poland |
| Presented by | Gazeta Wyborcza and Agora Foundation |
| Reward(s) | PLN 100,000 ($25,000) |
| First awarded | 1997 |
The Nike Literary Award (Nagroda Literacka Nike) is one of the most prestigious awards for Polish literature. Established in 1997 and funded by Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland's second largest daily paper, and the consulting company NICOM, it is conferred annually in October for the best book of a single living author writing in Polish published the previous year. It is open for nominees from all literary genres, including non-fiction essays and autobiographies. Each year, a nine-member jury selects the laureate in a three-stage process. Twenty official nominees are accepted in May, out of which seven finalists are declared in September. The final decision does not take place until the day of the award ceremony in October. The award consists of a statuette referring to the Greek goddess Nike, designed by the prominent Polish sculptor Kazimierz Gustaw Zemła, and a cash prize of currently PLN 100,000 (ca. $25,000).
In addition to the main jury award, there is an audience award based on the outcome of a vote on the seven official finalists conducted by Gazeta Wyborcza. The verdicts of the audience and jury have converged only occasionally (2000, 2001, 2004, 2015, 2018 and 2019).
Laureates
Title and details of English translation stated where available.
Jury award
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| Year | Author | Title | English title | Genre(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Radek Rak | Baśń o wężowym sercu | The Snake Heart Fairy Tale | Fantasy novel |
| 2019 | Mariusz Szczygieł | Nie ma | No There | Reportage |
| 2018 | Marcin Wicha | Rzeczy, których nie wyrzuciłem | The Things I Didn't Throw Away | Collection of essays |
| 2017 | Cezary Łazarewicz | Żeby nie było śladów. Sprawa Grzegorza Przemyka | So There'll Be No Traces. Grzegorz Przemyk's Case | Reportage |
| 2016 | Bronka Nowicka | Nakarmić kamień | To Feed a Stone | Poetry |
| 2015 | Olga Tokarczuk | Księgi Jakubowe | The Books of Jacob | Novel |
| 2014 | Karol Modzelewski | Zajeździmy kobyłę historii. Wyznania poobijanego jeźdźca[1] | We'll Ride the Mare of History to the Ground: Confessions of a Bruised Rider | Autobiography |
| 2013 | Joanna Bator | Ciemno, prawie noc [2] | Dark, Almost Night | Novel |
| 2012 | Marek Bieńczyk | Książka twarzy | Book of Faces | Collection of essays |
| 2011 | Marian Pilot | Pióropusz | Quill Feathers | Novel |
| 2010 | Tadeusz Słobodzianek | Nasza klasa | Our Class | Play |
| 2009 | Eugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-Dycki | Piosenka o zależnościach i uzależnieniach | A Song of Dependencies and Addictions | Poetry |
| 2008 | Olga Tokarczuk | Bieguni | Flights | Novel |
| 2007 | Wiesław Myśliwski | Traktat o łuskaniu fasoli | Treatise on Shelling Beans | Novel |
| 2006 | Dorota Masłowska | Paw królowej | The Queen's Peacock | Novel |
| 2005 | Andrzej Stasiuk | Jadąc do Babadag | Travelling to Babadag | Novel |
| 2004 | Wojciech Kuczok | Gnój | Muck | Novel |
| 2003 | Jarosław Marek Rymkiewicz | Zachód słońca w Milanówku | Sunset in Milanówek | Poetry |
| 2002 | Joanna Olczak-Roniker | W ogrodzie pamięci | In the Garden of Memory | Novel |
| 2001 | Jerzy Pilch | Pod Mocnym Aniołem | The Strong Angel Inn | Novel |
| 2000 | Tadeusz Różewicz | Matka odchodzi | Mother Is Leaving | Poetry |
| 1999 | Stanisław Barańczak | Z chirurgiczną precyzją | Surgical Precision | Poetry |
| 1998 | Czesław Miłosz | Piesek przydrożny | Road-side Dog | Poetry |
| 1997 | Wiesław Myśliwski | Widnokrąg | Horizon | Novel |
Audience award
| Year | Author | Title | English title | Genre(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Joanna Gierak-Onoszko | 27 śmierci Toby'ego Obeda | 27 Deaths of Toby Obed | Collection of reportages |
| 2019 | Mariusz Szczygieł | Nie ma | No There | Reportage |
| 2018 | Marcin Wicha | Rzeczy, których nie wyrzuciłem | The Things I Didn't Throw Away | Collection of essays |
| 2017 | Stanisław Łubieński | Dwanaście srok za ogon | The Birds They Sang | Collection of essays |
| 2016 | Magdalena Grzebałkowska | 1945. Wojna i pokój | 1945. War and Peace | Reportage |
| 2015 | Olga Tokarczuk | Ksiegi Jakubowe | The Books of Jacob | Novel |
| 2014 | Ignacy Karpowicz | Ości[3][4] | Bones | Novel |
| 2013 | Szczepan Twardoch | Morfina | Morphine | Novel |
| 2012 | Andrzej Franaszek | Miłosz: biografia | Mołosz: A Biography | Biography |
| 2011 | Sławomir Mrożek | Dziennik 1962-1969 | Journals 1962-1969 | Diary |
| 2010 | Magdalena Grochowska | Jerzy Giedroyc. Do Polski ze snu | Jerzy Giedroyc. To Poland from Dream | Biography |
| 2009 | Krzysztof Varga | Gulasz z turula | Turul Goulash | Collection of essays |
| 2008 | Olga Tokarczuk | Bieguni | Flights | Novel |
| 2007 | Mariusz Szczygieł | Gottland | Gottland | Collection of reportages |
| 2006 | Wisława Szymborska | Dwukropek | Colon | Poetry |
| 2005 | Ryszard Kapuściński | Podróże z Herodotem | Journeys with Herodotus | Autobiography |
| 2004 | Wojciech Kuczok | Gnój | Muck | Novel |
| 2003 | Dorota Masłowska | Wojna polsko-ruska pod flagą biało-czerwoną | Snow White and Russian Red | Novel |
| 2002 | Olga Tokarczuk | Gra na wielu bębenkach | Playing on Many Drums | Collection of short stories |
| 2001 | Jerzy Pilch | Pod Mocnym Aniołem | The Strong Angel Inn | Novel |
| 2000 | Tadeusz Różewicz | Matka odchodzi | Mother Is Leaving | Poetry |
| 1999 | Olga Tokarczuk | Dom dzienny, don nocny | House of Day, House of Night | Novel |
| 1998 | Zygmunt Kubiak | Mitologia Greków i Rzymian | The Mythology of the Greeks and Romans | History |
| 1997 | Olga Tokarczuk | Prawiek i inne czasy | Primeval and Other Times | Novel |
Most nominations
- 10 nominations – Jerzy Pilch
- 8 nominations – Andrzej Stasiuk
- 7 nominations – Tadeusz Różewicz
- 6 nominations – Julia Hartwig, Ewa Lipska, Olga Tokarczuk
- 5 nominations – Jacek Dehnel, Piotr Matywiecki, Czesław Miłosz, Jacek Podsiadło, Ryszard Przybylski, Jarosław Marek Rymkiewicz, Magdalena Tulli
- 4 nominations – Marek Bieńczyk, Michał Głowiński, Henryk Grynberg, Ignacy Karpowicz, Urszula Kozioł, Marcin Świetlicki, Eugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-Dycki, Krzysztof Varga, Adam Zagajewski
- 3 nominations – Justyna Bargielska, Joanna Bator, Wojciech Bonowicz, Sylwia Chutnik, Włodzimierz Kowalewski, Zbigniew Kruszyński, Dorota Masłowska, Wiesław Myśliwski, Joanna Olczak-Roniker, Tomasz Różycki, Małgorzata Szejnert, Wisława Szymborska, Adam Wiedemann, Michał Witkowski
References
- ^ "Nagroda Nike 2014". Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish). May 14, 2015. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
- ^ Tadeusz Sobolewski, Michał Wybieralski (6 October 2013). "Nike 2013 dla Joanny Bator za książkę "Ciemno, prawie noc"". Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish). Retrieved October 17, 2013.
- ^ Bialystokonline.pl: Kultura i Rozrywka - Nike 2014. Nagroda Czytelników dla Ignacego Karpowicza
- ^ Wyborcza.pl: NIKE 2014: Śmierć, seks, rodzinne kłamstwa, sztuka latania... Fragmenty wszystkich nominowanych książek
External links
- Some information in English
- Official site (Polish)