Occupation Journalist, writer Nationality Polish Name Mariusz Szczygiel Books Gottland, Reality | Notable works Gottland Role Journalist | |
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Similar People Wojciech Tochman, Olga Tokarczuk, Jacek Hugo‑Bader, Adam Michnik, Szczepan Twardoch | ||
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Biography
Mariusz Szczygieł graduated in journalism and political science at the University of Warsaw in 2000. At 16, he began writing for the weekly-paper Na przełaj. In spite of communist-era censorship, he published a shocking collection of reportages titled The Shrift, which were about gay and lesbian youth in Poland.
As a TV presenter of the popular program Na każdy temat (On Every Topic), Szczygieł was the first person in Poland to publicly speak the word "orgasm" on screen.
In 2002, he stopped working for TV Polsat and concentrated on writing for Gazeta Wyborcza. Presently, he is the first assistant manager of the weekly supplement Duży Format and assistant manager of its reportage-section.
His work is cited in every anthology of contemporary Polish journalism. Most notable are his studies of the Czechoslovak, and especially Czech, culture and life-style. His popular book Gottland (2006), is - according to Adam Michnik - the first cubistic reportage of the world. It received the European Book Prize as well as Polish Booksellers prize as an extremely popular book on everything Czech.
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Works
In anthologies