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Beata Pawlak Award
The Beata Pawlak Memorial Award (Polish: ''Nagroda im. Beaty Pawlak'') is an annual Polish literary prize founded in 2003 and awarded to authors publishing their works in the Polish language whose subject-matter concerns the themes of religion, culture and civilisation. The award was created to honour the last wish of a Polish award-winning writer and journalist Beata Pawlak who died in the 2002 Bali bombings in Indonesia. The winner of the award is selected by a jury which has included such members as Adam Szostkiewicz, Wojciech Tochman, Olga Stanisławska, and Wojciech Jagielski. Laureates * 2020 - Agnieszka Pajączkowska for ''Wędrowny Zakład Fotograficzny'' ("Wandering Photographic Institute") * 2019 - Mirosław Wlekły for ''Raban! O kościele nie z tej ziemi'' ('Raban! About a Church out of This World") * 2018 - Ewa Wanat for ''Deutsche nasz. Reportaże berlińskie'' ("Our Deutsche. Berlin Reports") * 2017 - Krzysztof Kopczyński and Anna Sajewicz for ''Dybuk. Opo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Batory Foundation
The Stefan Batory Foundation ( pl, Fundacja im. Stefana Batorego) is an independent Polish non-government organization established by American financier and philanthropist, George Soros, along with a group of Polish opposition leaders of 1980s, and registered in Poland since May 1988. It is named after Stephen Báthory, the 16th-century Polish king. The foundation's mission is to support the development of an open, democratic society in Poland along with other Central and East European countries. Foundation's activity is financed from income on endowment and grants from foreign institutions, from gifts of individual donors and 1% personal income tax designations. History and beginnings The Batory Foundation was founded in 1988 when the communist system in Central Europe was disintegrating. It was established by an American philanthropist of Hungarian extraction, George Soros, and Polish democratic opposition leaders of the 1980s. The mission of the foundation was to contribute to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarosław Mikołajewski
Jarosław Mikołajewski (born 20 March 1960 in Warsaw) is a Polish poet, writer and translator of the Italian language. He is also the author of children's books, essayist and journalist. Life and career Between 1983-1998, he worked at the Faculty of Italian Studies of the University of Warsaw. Since 1998, he has been working for the '' Gazeta Wyborcza'' daily newspaper. Between 2006-2012, he served as head of the Polish Institute in Rome. His books were published in Poland, Italy, the Netherlands, United States, Hungary, United Kingdom. His work is also translated to following languages: Albanian, German, Spanish, Croatian, Bulgarian, Czech, Ukrainian, Greek. He translated among others: Dante, Petrarch, Michelangelo, Leopardi, Montale, Ungaretti, Luzi, Penna, Pavese, Pasolini. He also translated children's classic to Polish - among others: Carlo Collodi's '' Pinocchio'' (Polish title ''Pinokio: historia pajacyka'', 2011) and some works of Gianni Rodari. In several volumes, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cezary Michalski
Cezary is the Polish version of the given name Caesar. Notable people with the name include: * Cezary Balicki (born 1958), Polish bridge player *Cezary Czpak (born 1982), Polish footballer, playing as a midfielder *Cezary Geroń (1960–1998), Polish poet, journalist, translator and teacher * Cezary Grabarczyk (born 1960), Polish politician * Cezary Kucharski (born 1972), Polish football player *Cezary Ostrowski (born 1962), Polish composer, musician, songwriter, author, visual artist and journalist * Cezary Pazura (born 1962), Polish actor known for comedy roles in movies such as ''Kiler'', ''Chłopaki nie płaczą'', etc. * Cezary Skubiszewski (born 1949), Poland-born Australian composer for film, television and orchestra *Cezary Trybański (born 1979), Polish basketball player *Cezary Wilk Cezary Stefan Wilk (born 12 February 1986) is a Polish retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Club career Wilk was born in Warsaw. He played in hometown's Polonia Warsaw' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artur Domosławski
Artur Domosławski (born 1967) is a Polish journalist and writer. Life Artur Domosławski graduated from the Theatre Studies Department at the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw. Between 1991 and 2011, he worked as a journalist for the daily ''Gazeta Wyborcza''. Since 2011, he has written for the weekly ''Polityka'', and also for the Polish edition of the monthly ''Le Monde diplomatique''. As a writer Domosławski covers mostly topics related to Latin America, devoting two books to it: ''Latin American Fever'' ('' pl, label=none, Gorączka latynoamerykańska'', 2004) and ''Death in Amazonia'' ('' pl, label=none, Śmierć w Amazonii'', 2013). He has also covered the alter-globalization movement and North-South relations in ''The World is Not For Sale'' ('' pl, label=none, Świat nie na sprzedaż, Rozmowy o globalizacji i kontestacji'', 2002) and ''Rebellious America: Seventeen Dialogues on the Dark Sides of the Freedom Empire'' ('' pl, label=none, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Cegielski
Max or MAX may refer to: Animals * Max (dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported to be the world's oldest living dog * Max (English Springer Spaniel), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of OBE) * Max (gorilla) (1971–2004), a western lowland gorilla at the Johannesburg Zoo who was shot by a criminal in 1997 Brands and enterprises * Australian Max Beer * Max Hamburgers, a fast-food corporation * MAX Index, a Hungarian domestic government bond index * Max Fashion, an Indian clothing brand Computing * MAX (operating system), a Spanish-language Linux version * Max (software), a music programming language * Commodore MAX Machine * Multimedia Acceleration eXtensions, extensions for HP PA-RISC Films * ''Max'' (1994 film), a Canadian film by Charles Wilkinson * ''Max'' (2002 film), a film about Adolf Hitler * ''Max'' (2015 film), an American war drama film Games * ''Dancing Stage Max'', a 2005 game in the ''Dance Dance Revolution'' series * ''DDR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacek Milewski
Jacek is a Polish given name of Greek origin related Hyacinth, through the archaic form of ''Jacenty''. Its closely related equivalents are: Jacinto ( Spanish and Portuguese), Giacinto ( Italian), Jácint ( Hungarian) and Jacint (Catalan, shortened to ''Cint'' or ''Cinto'' following the Catalan tradition of hypocorising through apheresis). The name Jacek might refer to: * Saint Hyacinth (Święty Jacek, Jacek Odrowąż), Dominican friar and saint *Jacek Andrzej Rossakiewicz *Jacek Bąk, footballer * Jacek Bednarek, racewalker * Jacek Bogucki, politician *Jacek Bury, Senator *Jacek Cichocki, politician * Jacek Dehnel, poet and writer *Jacek Dukaj, science fiction writer *Jacek Falfus, politician *Jacek Gmoch, footballer * Jacek "Tede" Graniecki, rapper *Jacek Huchwajda, fencer *Jacek Jezierski, writer and businessmen * Jacek Jędruch, Polish-American nuclear engineer and historian *Jacek Kaczmarski, singer, songwriter, dissident *Jacek Karpiński, computer scientist and engine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marek Kęskrawiec , also spelled Merek, a village in Iran
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Marek is the West Slavic (Czech, Polish and Slovak) masculine equivalent of Marcus, Marc or Mark. The name may refer to: * Marek (given name) * Marek (surname) * Marek, the pseudonym of Bulgarian communist Stanke Dimitrov (1889–1944) * The title character of '' Oberinspektor Marek'', an Austrian television series See also * * Marek's disease * VC Marek Union-Ivkoni, Bulgarian professional men's volleyball team, based in Dupnitsa * Marek i Wacek (meaning Marek and Wacek), a musical duo of Polish pianists Marek Tomaszewski and Wacław "Wacek" Kisielewski * Marrick * Merrick (other) * Mereg Mereg ( fa, مرگ; also known as Mark, Merek, Merk, and Mirg) is a village in Sarkal Rural District, in the Central District of Marivan County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. As of the 2006 census, it had a population of 372, distributed among 80 fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Witold Szabłowski
Witold Szabłowski () (born 1980, in Ostrów Mazowiecka) is a Polish journalist and author. Biography Witold Szablowski was born in Ostrów Mazowiecka. He graduated from the Department of Journalism and Political Science at Warsaw University. Additionally, he pursued studies in political science in Istanbul. While working as an intern at CNN Türk, he traveled throughout Turkey. He initiated his journalistic career with TVN24, one of Poland's premier news channels. In 2006, he began working for ”Gazeta Wyborcza” and its weekly supplement “ Duży Format”, becoming the youngest reporter on its team. He remained there until 2016. Since 2018, he has been affiliated with "Dzień dobry TVN," a Polish morning show broadcast. Starting from April 2019, he has hosted his radio show about traveling on Newonce Radio. In 2006, while in Malatya, he became the first Pole to interview Mehmet Ali Ağca's family, the Turkish gunman who attempted to assassinate Pope John Paul II. Additi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jędrzej Morawiecki
Jędrzej is a variant Polish form of the given name Andrzej (Andrew). Notable individuals with the given name Jędrzej *Jędrzej Śniadecki *Jędrzej Moraczewski *Jędrzej Gruszczyński *Jędrzej Maćkowiak *Jędrzej Giertych *Jędrzej Kitowicz *Jędrzej Jędrych Jędrzej Jędrych (born 11 August 1967 in Kolbuszowa) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 13791 votes in 29 Gliwice district as a candidate from Law and Justice Law and Justice ( pl, Prawo i Sprawied ... {{given name, nocat Polish masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bartosz Jastrzębski
Bartosz is a Polish given name and a surname derived from Bartłomiej, the Polish cognate of Bartholomew. People with the given name * Bartosz Beda, Polish contemporary artist * Bartosz Bereszyński (born 1992), Polish footballer * Bartosz Białkowski (born 1987), Polish footballer * Bartosz Bosacki (born 1975), Polish footballer * Bartosz Brenes (born 1989), house DJ, producer, remixer and record label owner * Bartosz Broniszewski (born 1988), German footballer * Bartosz Chajdecki (born 1980), Polish composer *Bartosz Krzyżaniak-Gumowski (born 1977) founder, product director, product designer * Bartosz Cichocki (born 1976), Polish political scientist, historian and ambassador to Ukraine * Bartosz Domański (born 1980), Polish figure skater * Bartosz Fabiniak (born 1982), Polish footballer * Wojciech Bartosz Głowacki (1758–1794), Polish peasant and a member of the peasant volunteer infantry during the Kościuszko Uprising in 1794 * Bartosz Huzarski (born 1980), Polish road bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wojciech Górecki
Wojciech () is a Polish name, equivalent to Czech Vojtěch , Slovak Vojtech, and German Woitke. The name is formed from two components in archaic Polish: * ''wój'' (Slavic: ''voj''), a root pertaining to war. It also forms words like ''wojownik'' ("warrior") and ''wojna'' ("war"). * ''ciech'' (from an earlier form, ''tech''), meaning "joy". The resulting combination means "he who enjoys war" or "joyous warrior". Its Polish diminutive forms include ''Wojtek'' , ''Wojtuś'' , ''Wojtas'', ''Wojcio'', ''Wojteczek'', ''Wojcieszek'', ''Wojtaszka'', ''Wojtaszek'', ''Wojan'' (noted already in 1136), ''Wojko'', and variants noted as early as 1400, including ''Woytko'', ''Woythko'', and ''Voytko''. The feminine form is Wojciecha (). Related names in South Slavic languages include ''Vojko'', ''Vojislav'', and ''Vojteh''. The name has been rendered into German in several different variations, including: ''Woitke'', ''Witke'', ''Voitke'', ''Voytke'', ''Woytke'', ''Vogtke'', ''Woytegk'', '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Lach
Adam Lach (born in 1983 in Poznan) is a Polish photographer based in Warsaw. He is the co-founder of Napo Images and vice president of the Napo Foundation. He photographed for ''The New York Times'', "Le Monde", "GEO", "The New Yorker , "And Vice". He is the winner of photo contests including Pictures of the Year International and International Photography Awards. His photo essays were shown at international exhibitions, including Polka Galerie at HSBC in Paris, the Prague Biennale, and the World Photojournalism Festival in Beijing. Between 2010-2012, he taught two subjects ("Press Photography" and "Reportage and New Media") at the Institute of Journalism at the University of Warsaw. Lach concentrated primarily on long-term documentary projects. Lach's photographs focus on people, relationships, emotions, and intimacy. He aims to create a genuine story, unaffected by artificial peripeteia but marked by his interpretation of the portrayed reality. Books * ''Neverland'' - * ''St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |