Janusz Rudnicki
Janusz Rudnicki (born November 13, 1956 in Kędzierzyn-Koźle ) is a Polish writer and essayist who has worked in Hamburg since 1983.
Rudnicki was involved in the Solidarność movement in the early 1980s . After the introduction of martial law , he was interned on December 13, 1981. In 1983 he left Poland as a political emigrant and settled in Hamburg , where he studied Slavic and German at the University of Hamburg .
Rudnicki publishes works in German and Polish, lives permanently in Hamburg and often visits Poland. His “Listy z Hamburga” (letters from Hamburg) appear in the Polish monthly “Twórczość”.
Janusz Rudnicki was awarded the Samuel Bogumil Linde Prize in 2014.
Works (in German)
- “My adventures with people or how I worked as an extra and reviewer” (Moje przygody z ludźmi, czyli jak statystowałem i recenzowałem). In: After the thunderstorms. A Polish-German reading book, Göttingen: Steidl Verlag 1995.
- “Me, the hairdresser and the others” (Yes, łebski fryzjer i inni). In: Between the lines. A Polish anthology, Hanover: Postscriptum Verlag 1996.
- “The homecoming” (Powrót). In: Landscapes and Air Islands, Munich: dtv 2000. pp. 57–82.
- "The water level in Zawichost". In: Somewhere near Kattowitz, Die Horen. Journal for literature, art and criticism, 2/2000, pp. 158–160.
- Der Grenzgänger, Herne: Schäfer Verlag 2002.
- "Potato torture". In: At the bay window. Journal for Literature Issue 46, Münster 2004.
Web links
Commons : Janusz Rudnicki - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rudnicki, Janusz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 13, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kędzierzyn-Koźle |