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(1936‒2024) – a writer of novels and novellas, film scriptwriter, author of radio plays, essayist and lexicographer. A journalist by education, he made his…
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(b. 1980) – prose writer, essayist, English translator, columnist.
He has published the short story collections “Wist” (Whist, 2014), “Drugie spotkanie” (The Second Encounter, 2017) and “Trzeci dzień świąt” (The Third Day of the Holidays, 2021), the novel “System Sulta” (Sult’s System, 2019), and the collection of literary essays “Anatomia opowiadania” (The Anatomy of a Short Story, 2024), in which he brilliantly analyses works by foreign classics of that genre. He teaches creative writing at the Jagiellonian University and works as a psychologist. He also translates from English, mainly historical literature and science books for a general readership.
Miłkowski’s prose writing has been widely acclaimed by literary critics. His short stories have been translated into English, Spanish and Dutch, and included in many anthologies.
Bibliography
short stories:
- Wist, Warsaw: Fundacja Zeszytów Literackich, 2014.
- Drugie spotkanie, 2017.
- Trzeci dzień świąt, Warsaw: Nisza, 2021.
novels:
- System Sulta, Warsaw: Nisza, 2019.
essays/literary drafts:
- Anatomia opowiadania, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Próby, 2024.
anthologies/collective works:
- Poczuliśmy prawo do spełniania marzeń. Rozmowy Iwony Lompart, Norymberga: Po Prostu AB polnischer Medien Verlag UG, 2011.
- W poszukiwaniu lepszego świata. 20 opowieści o postaciach nauki,Warsaw: Polska Akademia Nauk, 2022.
Translations
Dutch:
- Miłkowski, De tatoeage, trans. Ch. Pothuizen, Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Pegasus, 2024.
English:
- in anthology: The Penguin book of Polish short stories, ed. and introduced A. Lloyd-Jones, preface O. Tokarczuk, trans. T. Bhambry et al., London: Penguin Books, 2025
Spanish:
- in anthology: Animales de razas pequeñas. Antología de narrativa breve polaca, edit. X. Farré, trans. K. Mołoniewicz and others Valencia: La Caja Books, 2025.
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