Grzegorz Kwiatkowski
Grzegorz Kwiatkowski (born 1984 in Gdansk ) is a Polish poet and singer in the rock band Trupa Trupa .
Life
Grzegorz Kwiatkowski published his first volume of poetry Przeprawa in 2008 . With other books he was nominated twice, in 2009 and 2010, for a literature prize Paszport Polityki . Kwiatkowski plays guitar in the rock band Trupa Trupa . The lyrics of the rock music that he performs are different from those of his poetry.
Kwiatkowski's grandfather was a prisoner in the Stutthof concentration camp . During a visit to the concentration camp in 2015, Kwiatkowski found a half-forgotten shoe warehouse with prisoner shoes and suggested adding these shoes to the museum's collection without generating any particular interest.
Works (selection)
- Przeprawa . Gnesen: Zeszyty Poetyckie, 2008
- A little music of death . Nowa Ruda: Mamiko, 2009
- Osłabić . Poems. Nowa Ruda: Mamiko, 2010
- Powinni się nie urodzić / Should not have been born . Poems. London: OFF Press, 2011
- Radosci . Poems. Wroclaw: Biuro Literackie, 2013
- Spalanie . Poems. Wroclaw: Biuro Literackie, 2016
- Sową . Poems. Wroclaw: Biuro Literackie, 2017
Web links
- Literature by and about Grzegorz Kwiatkowski in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Trupa Trupa , website
- Mikołaj Gliński: Grzegorz Kwiatkowski , at Culture.pl , 2016 (2013) (pl)
- Karol Maliszewski: Grzegorz Kwiatkowski , translated from Polish into English, at versopolis-poetry
- Marek Kazmierski: Grzegorz Kwiatkowski , interview, at Off Press, December 19, 2010 (en)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The unburied shoes of Stutthof , reportage in Germany Funk, 20 July 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kwiatkowski, Grzegorz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish poet and rock musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1984 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Danzig |