Jakub Żulczyk (born 12 August 1983) is a Polish writer and journalist who writes for ''
Elle
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'', ''Machina'', ''
Przekrój
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Warsaw
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.
Life and career
Żulczyk was born in
Szczytno
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Olsztyn-Mazury Regional Airport, located nearby, is the m ...
, Poland. He graduated in journalism from the
Jagiellonian University
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. He publishes articles in such literary magazines as ''Lampa'' and ''Machina''. He has also worked as a
columnist
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Tygodnik Powszechny
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'' and ''
Wprost
''Wprost'' (, meaning "Directly") is a Polish weekly news magazine published in Poznań, Poland.
In 2011, he was a co-host of the ''Redakcja kultury'' programme broadcast on
TVP2
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channel. He also worked as a host together with rapper
Sokół
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of the ''Instytut prosto'' programme on Roxy Radio.
Żulczyk and Monika Powalisz wrote the script to the popular crime
TV series
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'' Belfer''.
His first book ''Zrób mi jakąś krzywdę...'' was published in 2006. He was nominated to the
Paszport Polityki
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Award in 2014 for '' Ślepnąc od świateł'' ("Blinded by the Lights") and to the Literary Award of Warmia and Masuria in 2017. He is the winner of the 2018 Literary Award of the Capital City of Warsaw.
His 2022 novel ''Informacja zwrotna'' was adapted into a
Netflix
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television series called ''
Feedback
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''.
Legal case
On 23 March 2021, Żulczyk was charged under the Polish ''lèse-majesté'' law, Article 135 of the Penal Code, for referring to Polish president
Andrzej Duda
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Joe Biden
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. Żulczyk risked three years' imprisonment under the law, which the Polish Constitutional Tribunal judged to be constitutionally and internationally valid, arguing that the effective carrying out of the duties of the president requires having authority and being especially respected. On 10 January 2022 the District Court in Warsaw discontinued the proceedings, arguing its decision with "negligible social harmfulness of the act".
See also
*
Polish literature
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Bibliography
* 2006 – ''Zrób mi jakąś krzywdę... czyli wszystkie gry video są o miłości''
* 2008 – ''Radio Armageddon''
* 2010 – ''Instytut''
* 2011 – ''Zmorojewo''
* 2011 – ''Świątynia''
* 2014 – ''Ślepnąc od świateł''
* 2017 – ''Wzgórze psów''
* 2019 – ''Czarne Słońce''
* 2021 – ''Informacja zwrotna''