Zygmunt Miłoszewski (born 8 May 1976) is an award-winning Polish writer. Previously he had been a journalist and editor for the Polish edition of Newsweek. He has had several novels published.
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Zygmunt Miłoszewski published his first novel Domofon (The Intercom) in 2005. It was a horror/mystery story about a group of people trapped in a haunted block of flats. Both critics and readers gave Domofon enthusiastic reviews and declared Miłoszewski to be the "Polish Stephen King". Film Studio Zebra and Juliusz Machulski bought the rights for a film adaptation of Domofon.
His second novel was The Adder Mountains, a fantasy for younger readers.
His third book, Entanglement (Uwikłanie), Miłoszewski's biggest success so far, is an award-winning crime novel for which Miłoszewski was awarded the Wielki Kaliber Prize for the Best Polish Crime Novel of 2007 (Nagroda Wielkiego Kalibru dla najlepszej polskiej powieści kryminalnej i sensacyjnej roku 2007). Entanglement was published in the UK in 2010 by Bitter Lemon Press.
The next instalments of the adventures of Entanglement's protagonist, prosecutor Teodor Szacki, "A Grain of Truth" ("Ziarno Prawdy"') will be published on 5th October 2011 and the next on in 2012.
All of Miłoszewski's books have been translated into a number of languages, including English and German.
Publishers Weekly (June 28, 2010) wrote about Miłoszewski's novel Entanglement and gave it a starred review:
Miloszewski takes an engaging look at modern Polish society in this stellar first in a new series starring Warsaw prosecutor Teodor Szacki. (...) Szacki, who's undergoing a midlife crisis and has ambivalent feelings about his wife, considers an affair with journalist hoping to get exclusive details on his inquiry. Readers will want to see more of the complex, sympathetic Szacki.
The third Miłoszewski novel, Entanglement was adapted for the big screen by film director Jacek Bromski (Love in the Year of the Tiger). It was released in Poland on 2011-06-03. Producers (Juliusz Machulski and Wojciech Danowski) assembled a first-rate cast, including Polish film stars Maja Ostaszewska (Katyń), Marek Bukowski (Nad rzeką, której nie ma), Andrzej Seweryn (Schindler's List), Piotr Adamczyk (Karol: A Man Who Became Pope) and Olgierd Łukaszewicz (Generał Nil).
Entanglement was produced by Studio Filmowe Zebra with the support of the Polish Film Institute. The film was shot by a talented cinematographer Marcin Koszałka (Rewers).[1]
Other books and screenplays, as well as a TV series, based on Miłoszewski's work are in pre-production.