Jakobe Mansztajn

Jakobe Mansztajn (born 1982, in Gdańsk) is an award-winning Polish poet and blogger.

Jakobe Mansztajn
Born1982
Gdańsk, Poland
NationalityPolish
Alma materUniversity of Gdańsk
Occupationpoet, blogger

Life and career

He studied psychology at the University of Gdańsk. He works as deputy editor of the literary quarterly Korespondencja z ojcem. He is the 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] He was one of the initiators of the Zjednoczenie czytelnicze social campaign aimed at promoting reading books in Poland. 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 German, Hebrew, English,[4] Belarusian, and Norwegian.

He is a co-host of the satirical Internet TV programme Make Poland Great Again.[5]

Works

Poetry:

  • Vienna High Life, Olsztyn, 2009 ISBN 978-83-60477-19-9
  • Studium przypadku, Poznań, 2014

Anthologies:

  • Six Poets: Twenty-eight Poems, Biblioteka Toposu, Sopot, 2011
  • Free over Blood, Zeszyty Poetyckie/OFF Press, London, 2011
  • Pociąg do poezji. Antologia wierszy współczesnych z motywem podróży, Kutnowski Dom Kultury, Kutno, 2011
  • Narracje. 6 opowiadań o Gdańsku, Biuro Gdańsk i Metropolia Europejska Stolica Kultury, Gdańsk, 2011
  • Zebrało się śliny, Biuro Literackie, Wrocław, 2016

Other publications:

  • Make Life Harder, Prószyński i S-ka, Warsaw, 2015 ISBN 978-83-7961-124-9
  • Make Life Harder. Przewodnik po polityce i nie tylko, ale też, Prószyński i S-ka, Warsaw, 2016 ISBN 978-83-8097-008-3

See also

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.
  5. "Make Poland Great Again". Retrieved 2019-05-06.


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