Krzysztof Varga

Krzysztof Varga (2018)

Krzysztof Varga (born March 21, 1968 in Warsaw ) is a Polish prose writer , literary critic and columnist .

Life

Varga, the son of a Hungarian engineer , attended high school in Warsaw and studied Polish language and literature at the University of Warsaw from 1987 to 1992 . In 1989 he made his debut with the short story Dzień , published by Staromiejski Dom Kultury in Warsaw. From 1991 to 1994 he worked as an editor for Staromiejski Dom Kultury. In 1992 he started working as a literary critic and columnist for Gazeta Wyborcza . In 1996 he worked for the music magazine XL. In the following years he traveled to Hungary several times and made trips to the Netherlands , Scotland , Ireland , Belgium , France , Romania , Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina .

He lives in Warsaw.

Publications

• Dzień , 1989
• Pijany anioł na skrzyżowaniu ulic i inne opowiadania , 1992
• Parnas bis , 1995
• Chłopaki never płaczą , 1996
• Bildungsroman , 1997
• 45 pomysłów na powieść , 1998
• Śmiertelność , 1998
• Tequila , 2001
• Karolina , 2002
• Nagrobek z latrysko , 2007
• Gulasz z turula , 2008
• Aleja Niepodległości , 2010
• Polska mistrzem Polski. Felietony , 2012
• Trociny , 2012
• Czardasz z mangalicą , 2014
• Masakra , 2015
• Langosz w jurcie , 2016
• Setka , 2016
• Egzorcyzmy księdza Wojciecha , 2017

Nominations and Awards

• 2002: Finalist of the Nike Literature Prize for Tequila
• 2008: Finalist of the Nike Literature Prize for Nagrobek z lastryko
• 2009: Audience award of the Nike Literature Prize for Gulasz z turula
• 2014: Order of Knights Polonia Restituta

Web links

• Marlena Sęczek: Krzysztof Varga. In: Polscy pisarze i badacze literatury przełomu XX i XXI wieku. Retrieved October 3, 2018 (Polish). 
• Paweł Kozioł: Krzysztof Varga. In: culture.pl . December 2008, accessed October 3, 2018 (Polish, last updated May 2016).