Marcin Wicha (born 1972, in

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, Poland) is a Polish graphic designer, children's author, and essayist.

Early life

Wicha was born in Warsaw in 1972, the son of Piotr Wicha, an architect, and his wife, Joanna Rabanowska-Wicha.

Career

He has been a cartoonist for the Catholic weekly magazine ''

Tygodnik Powszechny ''Tygodnik Powszechny'' (, ''The Common Weekly'') is a Polish Roman Catholic weekly magazine, published in Kraków, which focuses on social, cultural and political issues. It was established in 1945 under the auspices of Cardinal Adam Stefan Sa ...

'', and has contributed cartoons to the monthly magazine ''

Charaktery ''Charaktery'' (, ''Personalities'') is a monthly magazine published in Poland and covering psychology-related topics, such as relationships, mental health, the functioning of the brain, neuropsychology, emotions, overcoming addictions, depressio ...

'' and the daily newspaper ''

Gazeta Wyborcza ''Gazeta Wyborcza'' (; ''The Electoral Gazette'' in English) is a Polish daily newspaper based in Warsaw, Poland. It is the first Polish daily newspaper after the era of " real socialism" and one of Poland's newspapers of record, covering the ...

''. He has written a number of children's books. His 2017 book ''Rzeczy, których nie wyrzuciłem'' received the 2017 Polityka Passport for literature, the 2018

Nike Literary Award The Nike Literary Award ( pl, Nagroda Literacka „Nike") is a literary prize awarded each year for the best book of a single living author writing in Polish and published the previous year. It is widely considered the most important award fo ...

, and the Witold Gombrowicz Literary Award, and was shortlisted for the Gdynia Literary Prize. It was translated into English and published in 2021 under the title ''Things I Didn't Throw Out''. It is partly an autobiographical novel and partly a meditation on the loss of loved ones. In translation it was awarded a PEN Translates Award by

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in 2021.

Works (in English translation)

*''Things I Didn't Throw Out'' (2021: Daunt Books, translated by Marta Dziurosz), *''How I Stopped Loving Design'' (online excerpt
Public Seminar
translated by Marta Dziurosz)

References

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