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Piotr Gajda
(b. 1966) – poet, editor, reviewer of literature and music.
He has published eleven poetry collections: “Hostel” (2008), “Zwłoka” (Delay, 2010), “Demoludy” (The Eastern Bloc, 2013), “Golem” (The Golem, 2014), “Śruba Archimedesa” (Archimedes’ Screw, 2016), “To bruk” (2018), “Człowiek z halabardą” (The Man with the Halberd, 2020), “O włos” (By a Hair’s Breadth, 2022), “Goliat zwycięzca” (Goliath the Victor, 2023), “Małpa apokalipsa” (Ape-pocalypse, 2024), “Biuro straceń” (The Bureau of Executions, 2025), as well as the self-edited selection “Wiązania wodorowe” (Hydrogen Bonds, 2021). Laureate of the Otoczak (Pebble) Poetry Award. (2013). Writing about Hydrogen Bonds, Gajda’s selected poems from the years 2008–2020, Krzysztof Siwczyk commented that their author „has the courage to gaze into the world’s void […]. Here, language dreams black wakefulness”. The Tomaszów-born poet publishes his book reviews and reports from literary events on his blog, Hostel. As a music critic, he ran the column “Nóż w płycie” in the quarterly “Arterie”. Piotr Gajda’s poems have been translated into German, Romanian and Bulgarian, and included in many anthologies.
Bibliography
poetry:
- Hostel, Łódź–Tomaszów Mazowiecki: Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich Oddział w Łodzi, Miejska Biblioteka Publiczna w Tomaszowie Mazowieckim, 2008.
- Zwłoka, Łódź: Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich Oddział w Łodzi, Poleski Ośrodek Sztuki, 2010.
- Demoludy, Mikołów: Instytut Mikołowski, 2013.
- Golem, Mikołów: Instytut Mikołowski, 2014.
- Śruba Archimedesa, Łódź: Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich Oddział w Łodzi, Dom Literatury, 2016.
- To bruk, Łódź: Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich Oddział w Łodzi, Dom Literatury, 2018.
- Człowiek z halabardą, Łódź: Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich Oddział w Łodzi, Dom Literatury, 2020.
- Wiązania wodorowe, Mikołów: Instytut Mikołowski, 2021 (selected poetry).
- włos, Łódź: Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich Oddział w Łodzi, Dom Literatury, 2022.
- Goliat zwycięzca, Łódź: Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich Oddział w Łodzi, Dom Literatury, 2023.
- Małpa apokalipsa, Bukowno: Afront, 2024.
- Biuro straceń, Katowice: Biblioteka Śląska, 2025.
anthologies:
- Na grani. Antologia wierszy łódzkich debiutantów, Łódź: Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich, 2008.
- Ani ziemia jałowa, ani obiecana. Antologia łódzkich pisarzy / Weder wüstes Land noch gelobtes. Junge Literatur aus Lodz, B. Hartmann, R. Schmidgall, edit. M. Robert, Łódź: Dom Literatury, Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich, 2016 (bilingual edition, Polish and German).
- Antologia poezji, London: KaMpe grupa artystyczna przy Związku Pisarzy Polskich na Obczyźnie, 2016.
- Przewodnik po zaminowanym terenie. Helikopter: antologia tekstów z lat 2011–2015, K. Śliwka, M. Śnieciński, Wrocław: Ośrodek Postaw Twórczych, Biuro Festiwalowe Impart, 2016.
- Przewodnik po zaminowanym terenie 2. Helikopter: antologia tekstów z lat 2016–2020, K. Śliwka, M. Śnieciński, Wrocław: Ośrodek Postaw Twórczych, 2021.
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