Jacek Dehnel
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Gdansk
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, Poland
Poland
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) is a Polish poet
Poet
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, writer
Writer
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, translator and painter
Painting
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. Dehnel studied at Warsaw University in the MISH College (Interfacultative Individual Humanistic Studies) and graduated from the Polish Language and Literature department. Dehnel is openly gay
Gay
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and lives in Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
.
His first collection of poems was the last book recommended by Polish Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize
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Laureate, Czesław Miłosz.
Dehnel has published his poems in various literary magazines, including Kwartalnik Artystyczny, Studium, Przegląd Artystyczno-Literacki, Topos, Tytuł, Undergrunt. He works also for an internet literary portal Nieszuflada.
Dehnel has translated poetry of such poets as Osip Mandelshtam, W. H. Auden
W. H. Auden
Wystan Hugh Auden , who published as W. H. Auden, was an Anglo-American poet,The first definition of "Anglo-American" in the OED is: "Of, belonging to, or involving both England and America." See also the definition "English in origin or birth, American by settlement or citizenship" in See also...
, Mary Oliver
Mary Oliver
Mary Oliver is an American poet who has won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. The New York Times described her as "far and away, this country's [America's] best-selling poet".-Early life:...
- unpublished, and Philip Larkin
Philip Larkin
Philip Arthur Larkin, CH, CBE, FRSL is widely regarded as one of the great English poets of the latter half of the twentieth century...
, George Szirtes
George Szirtes
George Szirtes is a Hungarian-born British poet, writing in English, as well as a translator from the Hungarian language into English. He has lived in the United Kingdom for most of his life.-Life:...
- published. He has also rendered in Polish lyrics for songs by Ástor Piazzolla
Ástor Piazzolla
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.
He has been awarded literary prizes that include the Kościelski Award
Koscielski Award
The Kościelski Award is an independent Polish literary award, awarded since 1962 by the Geneva-based Kościelski Foundation. The jury issues annual awards to "promising writers" 40 years of age or younger...
in 2005 and the Paszport Polityki
Paszport Polityki
Paszport Polityki is an annual prestigious Polish award presented by the weekly magazine Polityka since 1993.It is presented in six categories: literature, film, theatre, classical music, visual arts and scene. In 2002 a new, seventh category was added: creator of culture.-External links:...
in 2007.
Books
Prose- Kolekcja (The Collection), 1999. Marpress, Gdansk (a collection of short stories)
- Rynek w Smyrnie, 2007. W.A.B., Warsaw (a collection of short stories)
- Lala, 2006. W.A.B., Warsaw (a novel)
- Balzakiana, 2008. W.A.B., Warsaw (a collection of four mininovels)
- Saturn. Czarne obrazy z życia mężczyzn z rodziny Goya, 2011,. W.A.B., Warsaw.
Poetry
- Żywoty równoległe (The Parallel Lives), 2004. Zielona Sowa, Cracow
- Wyprawa na południe (An Expedition Southwards), 2005. Teatr Mały w Tychach, Tychy
- Wiersze (Poems), 2006. Lampa i Iskra Boża, Warsaw
- Brzytwa okamgnienia, 2007. Biuro Literackie, Wrocław
- Ekran kontrolny, 2009. Biuro Literackie, Wrocław
- Rubryki strat i zysków, 2011. Biuro Literackie, Wrocław
Translations
- Philip LarkinPhilip LarkinPhilip Arthur Larkin, CH, CBE, FRSL is widely regarded as one of the great English poets of the latter half of the twentieth century...
Zebrane (Collected), 2008. Biuro Literackie, Wrocław
Other
- Six Polish Poets (as a poet and as an editor), 2009. Arc Publications, London.