Włodzimierz Antkowiak
Włodzimierz Antkowiak (born October 30, 1946 in Grudziądz ) is a Polish poet and non-fiction author .
Life
Antkowiak attended high school in Grudziądz. After graduating from high school in 1965, he worked as a primary school teacher in Breń . He then studied from 1966 to 1967 at the Pedagogical University ( Studium Nauczycielskie ) in Ełk , and he also studied painting for a year at the State University of Fine Arts in Gdansk . Then he worked at a primary school in Łasin . He completed compulsory military service in 1969. As a poet, he made his debut in 1972 with the poem Pies , which was published in the monthly Radar . He was awarded prizes at several poetry competitions between 1973 and 1975. He joined the Association of Polish Writers in 1980. Antkowiak is co-founder and chairman of the International Treasure Hunt Agency ( Międzynarodowa Agencja Poszukiwawcza ), which is engaged in the search for lost and hidden treasures.
He lives in Toruń .
Publications
Poetry
- Przechodzę na stadion tych, którzy cię kochali , 1975
- Po co te gwizdy , 1980
prose
- Pewnego dnia na wysokościach , 1979
- Brat wszystkich , 1983
Non-fiction
- Monstra Świata , 1989
- Never odkryte skarby: przewodnik dla poszukiwaczy , 1991; 2nd edition: 1993
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Zamki i strażnice krzyżackie ziemi chełmińskiej (historia, plany, tajemnice) , 1999
- The castles of the Teutonic Knight Order in the Kulmer Land: history, plans, secrets , translated by Tomasz Waszak, 1999
- Poszukiwanie skarbów ukrytych w Polsce , 2000
- Podziemia i wody kryją skarby , 2002
- Skarby. Poszukiwania i poszukiwacze , 2004
- Vamos, Peregrino! Droga do Santiago de Compostela , 2005
literature
- Joanna Zawadzka: Włodzimierz Antkowiak . In: Współcześni polscy pisarze i badacze literatury . Tom pierwszy: A – B. Wydawnictwo Szkolne i Pedagogiczne Spółka Akcyjna, Warsaw 1994, ISBN 83-02-05445-3 , p. 50-51 .
- Joanna Zawadzka: Włodzimierz Antkowiak . In: Współcześni polscy pisarze i badacze literatury . Tom dziesiąty: Ż i uzupełnienia do tomów 1–9. Fundacja Akademia Humanistyczna, Warsaw 2007, ISBN 978-83-8934894-4 , p. 107-108 .
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SURNAME | Antkowiak, Włodzimierz |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish poet and non-fiction author |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 30, 1946 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Grudziądz |