Jakobe Mansztajn

Jakobe Mansztajn (born 1982 in Gdańsk) is an award-winning young Polish poet and blogger. Deputy editor of the literary quarterly Korespondencja z ojcem. Author of the poetry collection Vienna high life (2009) for which he has received many awards, including the prestigious 2010 Wroclaw Silesius Award in the Début of the Year category,[1] Sztorm Roku 2010 Award founded by Gazeta Wyborcza,[2] and has also been nominated for the Gdynia Literary Award.[3] His debut collection has been described as :"one of the most distinctive in the past years in Polish literature" and gained wide critical acclaim. Translated into hebrew, english,[4] belarussian, norwegian.

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  1. ^ "Wrocławska Nagroda Poetycka Silesius 2010" (in Polish). www.culture.pl (Instytut Adama Mickiewicza). http://www.culture.pl/pl/culture/artykuly/wy_in_nagroda_silesius_2010. Retrieved 13 April 2011. 
  2. ^ "Sztormy Roku 2010" (in Polish). www.gazeta.pl (Gazeta Wyborcza). http://trojmiasto.gazeta.pl/trojmiasto/1,35636,9125200,Sztormy_Roku_2010_rozdane___laureaci_oraz_zdjecia.html. Retrieved 13 April 2011. 
  3. ^ "Nagroda Literacka Gdynia 2010" (in Polish). www.kulturaonline.pl (Kultura Online). http://kulturaonline.pl/nagroda,literacka,gdynia,nominacje,tytul,artykul,8924.html. Retrieved 13 April 2011. 
  4. ^ "OFF_Press publications". www.off-press.org (OFF_Press Publishing House). http://off-press.org/main/poetry/jakobe-mansztajn/. Retrieved 13 April 2011.