Zbigniew Batko

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Zbigniew Batko (born October 11, 1940 in Kamiona , † December 18, 2007 in Łódź ) was a Polish translator , writer and screenwriter .

Life

After World War II Batko lived with his mother and sisters in Porąbka near Sosnowiec and then in yrowa . Due to an illness of his mother, he spent part of his childhood in children's homes . He passed his Abitur in Gogolin and in 1958 began studying Polish studies with a focus on film theory and film history at the University of Łódź . There he obtained his master's degree in 1966 . He made his debut as a screenwriter in the cartoon series for children Zaczarowany ołówek (The Enchanted Pencil), on which he worked with Adam Ochocki from 1969 to 1971 . From 1990 onwards he devoted himself exclusively to writing and translation. His novel Oko was nominated for the Janusz A. Zajdel Prize in 1992 .

He has translated almost 50 English novels into Polish.

Scripts

  • Zaczarowany ołówek , 1969–1971
  • Marcel wyrusza w świat , 1990, together with Antoni Bańkowski , director: Krzysztof Rynkiewicz
  • Siedmiomilowe trampki , 1993, together with Antoni Bańkowski, director: Krzysztof Rynkiewicz
  • Deborah , 1995, directed by Ryszard Brylski

prose

  • Tony Richardson - klasyk gniewnego kina , 1984
  • Z powrotem, czyli fatalne skutki niewłaściwych lektur . NOWA, Warsaw 1984, ISBN 83-7054-030-9 .
  • Okay . Iskry, Warsaw 1992, ISBN 83-207-0612-2 .

Translations (selection)

Web links

  • Barbara Marzęcka: Zbigniew Batko. In: Polscy pisarze i badacze literatury przełomu XX i XXI wieku. Retrieved October 12, 2018 (Polish).
personal data
SURNAME Batko, Zbigniew
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish translator, writer and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Kamiona
DATE OF DEATH December 18, 2007
Place of death Łódź