Jakobe Mansztajn

Jakobe Mansztajn

Jakobe Mansztajn (born 1982 in Gdańsk) is an award-winning Polish poet and blogger. Deputy editor of the literary quarterly Korespondencja z ojcem. Author of the poetry collection Vienna High Life (2009) for which he has received many awards, including the prestigious 2010 Wroclaw Silesius Poetry Award in the Best Debut category,[1] the 2010 Sztorm Roku Award founded by Gazeta Wyborcza,[2] and has also been nominated for the Gdynia Literary Prize.[3] His debut collection has been described as :"one of the most distinctive in the past years in Polish literature" and gained wide critical acclaim. His works have been translated into many languages including Hebrew, English,[4] Belarusian, and Norwegian.

Works

  • Vienna high life (2009) ISBN 978-83-60477-19-9

References

  1. ↑ "Wrocławska Nagroda Poetycka Silesius 2010" (in Polish). www.culture.pl (Instytut Adama Mickiewicza). Archived from the original on 15 November 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
  2. ↑ "Sztormy Roku 2010" (in Polish). www.gazeta.pl (Gazeta Wyborcza). Retrieved 13 April 2011.
  3. ↑ "Nagroda Literacka Gdynia 2010" (in Polish). www.kulturaonline.pl (Kultura Online). Retrieved 13 April 2011.
  4. ↑ "OFF_Press publications". www.off-press.org (OFF_Press Publishing House). Retrieved 13 April 2011.


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