Wojciech Kuczok

Wojciech Kuczok in 2005

Wojciech Kuczok (born 18 October 1972 in Chorzów) - Polish novelist, poet, and screenwriter.

His novel Gnój won the prestigious Nike Award in 2004.[1] The book was filmed as Pręgi, with his script,[2] and the movie won the Gdynia Polish Film Festival, also in 2004.

The author is strongly connected with his home region of Silesia.

References

  1. Roman Pawłowski (3 October 2004). "NIKE dla Wojciecha Kuczoka za "Gnój"". Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish). Retrieved 18 November 2010.
  2. Ewa Mazierska (2008). Masculinities in Polish, Czech and Slovak cinema: Black Peters and men of marble. Berghahn Books. p. 127. ISBN 978-1-84545-540-8.