Ignacy Karpowicz

Ignacy Karpowicz (2007)

Ignacy Karpowicz (born July 26, 1976 in Białystok ) is a Polish prose writer and literary critic . He is counted among the best writers of his generation.

Life

Karpowicz spent his childhood in the village of Słuczanka and then moved to Białystok with his family . There he attended high school. After graduating from high school, he moved to Warsaw , where he studied at the University of Warsaw from 1995 to 1998 . He also worked as a high school teacher. He spent a long time in Ethiopia in 2000 and traveled to Central America and East Africa from 2002 to 2006 . He made his debut in 2002 with a fragment of the narrative geometry. Commentary tłumacza Roberta Cionglera , which was published in FA-art magazine . He received a scholarship in 2007 and moved to Krakow for two years in 2008 .

He lives in Słuczanka.

Publications

• Niehalo. 2006
• Cud. 2007
• Nowy kwiat cesarza (i pszczoły). 2007
• Gesty. 2008
• Balladyny i romanse. 2010
• Ości. 2013
• Sońka. 2014
  • Sońka. Translation Katharina Kowarczyk. Berlin Verlag, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-8270-1343-9 .
• Miłość. 2017

Nominations and Awards

• 2009: Finalist of the Nike Literature Prize with Gesty
• 2010: Paszport Polityki in the literature category
• 2011: Finalist of the Nike Literature Prize with Balladyny i romanse
• 2014: Audience Award of the Nike Literature Award for Ości
• 2015: Finalist of the Nike Literature Prize with Sońka

Web links

• Katarzyna Batora: Ignacy Karpowicz. In: Polscy pisarze i badacze literatury przełomu XX i XXI wieku. Retrieved October 10, 2018 (Polish). 
• Bartosz Staszczyszyn: Ignacy Karpowicz. In: culture.pl . June 7, 2013, accessed October 10, 2018 (Polish, last updated February 2018). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bartosz Staszczyszyn: Ignacy Karpowicz. In: culture.pl . June 7, 2013, accessed October 10, 2018 (Polish, last updated February 2018).