Jacek Dehnel
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Jacek Dehnel (b. 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.
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, Philip Larkin, George Szirtes, Mary Oliver; and lyrics for songs by Ástor Piazzolla.
He has been awarded literary prizes that include the Nagroda Kościelskich in 2005 and the Paszport Polityki in 2007.
[edit] Books
- Kolekcja (The Collection), 1999. Marpress Publishing House, Gdansk (a collection of short stories)
- Żywoty równoległe (The Parallel Lives), 2004. Zielona Sowa Publishing House, Cracow (a collection of poems)
- Wyprawa na południe (An Expedition Southwards), 2005. Teatr Mały w Tychach, Tychy (a collection of poems)
- Wiersze (Poems), 2006. Lampa i Iskra Boża Publishing House, Warsaw (selected poems)
- Lala, 2006. W.A.B. Publishing House, Warsaw (a novel)
- Brzytwa okamgnienia, 2007. Biuro Literackie, Wroclaw (a collection of poems)
- Rynek w Smyrnie, 2007. W.A.B. Publishing House, Warsaw (a collection of short stories)
[edit] References
- ^ Larkin, Philip. The Whitsun Weddings, translated by St. Baranczak.
- ^ Cioch, Adam (2007-02-13). Un jeune écrivain gay polonais recompensé (French). Retrieved on 2007-06-02.
