Marcin Meller (born 23 October 1968) is a Polish historian, journalist and editor-in-chief of the Polish edition of
Playboy magazine
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. Former member of the
Independent Students' Union
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.
He was born on 23 October 1968 in
Warsaw
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as a son of Polish diplomat and academician
Stefan Meller
Stefan Meller (4 July 1942 in Lyon, France – 4 February 2008 in Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish diplomat and academician. He served as foreign minister of Poland from 31 October 2005, to 9 May 2006, in the cabinet of Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz.
He ...
. His grandfather, Adam Meller, was
Polish-Jewish
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communist politician. Marcin Meller graduated in history at
University of Warsaw
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in 1991, and then debuted as reporter in the
Polityka magazine. At present, Meller is columnist in the
Wprost magazine.
Wprost 24 - Felietoniści (Wprost 24 - Columnists)
; Polish He is also known for presenting in the TVN TVN may refer to:
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television.
References
1968 births
Living people
University of Warsaw alumni
Polish atheists
Polish male non-fiction writers
Polish journalists
Polish people of Jewish descent
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