Aleksander Kaczorowski

Aleksander Kaczorowski
Kaczorowski in 2024
Born (1969-05-29) May 29, 1969 (age 57)
Żyrardów
Alma materUniversity of Warsaw
Employer(s)Gazeta Wyborcza, Newsweek Polska, Forum, University of Warsaw, Aspen Review Central Europe

Aleksander Kaczorowski (born 29 May 1969 in Żyrardów) is a Polish bohemist, journalist, editor, writer and translator.

Life

Kaczorowski has been studying at the Institute of Sociology of the University of Warsaw. In 1998, he graduated from Czech studies at the University of Warsaw.

Until 2002, he worked as a head of section for Gazeta Wyborcza, the biggest Polish newspaper. Later, he was deputy editor-in-chief of Newsweek Polska and Forum biweekly. Since 2012, he is editor-in-chief of Aspen Review Central Europe quarterly.[1] He lectures at the University of Warsaw Institute of Western and Southern Slavic Studies.[2]

He authored novels: Praskie łowy (Hunting in Prague) and collections of essays Praski elementarz (The Prague Reader), Ballada o kapciach (The Ballad of Slippers), as well as interviews Europa z płaskostopiem (Europe's Flat Feet).[3] He wrote also biographies of Václav Havel Havel. Zemsta bezsilnych (Havel. The Revenge of the Powerless), Bohumil Hrabal Gra w życie (Playing at Life), and Ota Pavel Ota Pavel: pod powierzchnią (Ota Pavel: Beneath the Surface). Kaczorowski has translated books of such Czech authors as Bohumil Hrabal, Egon Bondy, and Josef Škvorecký, among others. He is member of Polish Writers' Association.[4]

In 2015, Kaczorowski was nominated for Teresa Torańska Prize of Newsweek for his book on Havel.[5] That year he was named by European Solidarity Centre and College of Eastern Europe the Ambassador of New Europe. He won Václav Burian Prize for cultural contribution to the Central European dialogue (2016).[2] In 2019, he was awarded Upper Silesian Literary Award "Juliusz"[6] and nominated for Nike Literary Award for the book about Ota Pavel.[7]

Works

Books

  • Praski elementarz, Wołowiec: Czarne, 2001, 2012, ISBN 978-83-7536-277-0.
  • Gra w życie. Opowieść o Bohumilu Hrabalu, Wołowiec: Czarne, 2004, ISBN 838739198-0.
    • Életjáték – Történet Bohumil Hrabalról, Budapest: Európa Könyvkiadó, 2006, ISBN 978-963-07-8131-2.
    • Il gioco della vita. La storia di Bohumil Hrabal, Rome: Edizioni E/O, 2007, ISBN 978-8876417559.
  • Europa z płaskostopiem, Wołowiec: Czarne, 2006, ISBN 83-89755-64-5.
  • Praskie łowy, Warszawa: Świat Książki, 2007, ISBN 978-83-247-0835-2.
  • Ballada o kapciach, Wołowiec: Czarne, 2012, ISBN 978-83-7536-350-0.
  • Havel. Zemsta bezsilnych, Wołowiec: Czarne, 2014, ISBN 978-83-7536-557-3.
  • Hrabal. Słodka apokalipsa, Wołowiec: Czarne, 2016, ISBN 978-83-8049-221-9.
  • Ota Pavel: pod powierzchnią, Wołowiec: Czarne. 2018, ISBN 978-83-8049-677-4.
  • Czechy. To nevymyslíš, Warszawa: Muza, 2022, ISBN 978-83-287-2086-2.
  • Prezydent. Aleksander Kwaśniewski w rozmowie z Aleksandrem Kaczorowskim, Kraków: Znak Literanova, 2023, ISBN 9788324073979.
  • Babel. Człowiek bez losu, Wołowiec: Czarne 2023, ISBN 978-83-8191-777-3.

Translations

References

  1. ^ "Aleksander Kaczorowski". Aspen Institute Central Europe. n.d. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Aleksander Kaczorowski – Instytut Slawistyki Zachodniej i Południowej". slawistyka.uw.edu.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Central European Forum – Central European Forum". Archived from the original on 21 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Aleksander KACZOROWSKI | Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich". sppwarszawa.pl (in Polish). n.d. Archived from the original on 5 January 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Znamy nominowanych w konkursie o Nagrodę "Newsweeka" im. Teresy Torańskiej | Fundacja Torańskiej" (in Polish). Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Aleksander Kaczorowski – Wydawnictwo Czarne". czarne.com.pl (in Polish). n.d. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Znamy nominowanych do Nagrody Literackiej Nike 2019". Onet Kultura (in Polish). 23 May 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2020.

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