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JOSEF ©KVORECKY LAUREATE OF THE ANGELUS CENTRAL EUROPEAN LITERATURE AWARD FOR 2008

Josef ©kvorecký - the laureate of the Angelus Central European Literature Award

Verdict of the Jury of the Angelus Central European Literature Award

Jury of the Angelus Central European Literature Award including Natalia Gorbaniewska – Chairwoman, Professor Stanisław Bere¶, Piotr Kępiński, Professor Julian Kornhauser, Ryszard Krynicki, Tomasz Łubieński, Krzysztof Masłoń, Justyna Sobolewska, Mirosław Spychalski and Professor Andrzej Zawada, decided to grant the Angelus 2009, for the best prose fiction published in Poland last year, to Mr. Josef ©kvorecký for his novel 'Przypadki inżyniera ludzkich dusz'.

Wrocław, 5 December 2009

Author: Josef ©kvorecký
Title: Przypadki inżyniera ludzkich dusz
Publisher: Pogranicze
Translator: Andrzej Jagodziński

7 books nominated for the award for 2008


1. Babkou Ihar, Adam Kłakocki i jego cienie /OFICYNA 21/ Białoru¶
2. Filip Ota, S±siedzi i ci inni /ATUT/ Czechy
3. Iwasiów Inga, Bambino /¦WIAT KSIˇŻKI/ Polska
4. Jergović Miljenko, Ruta Tannenbaum /CZARNE/ Bo¶nia
5. Schlink Bernhard, Powrót do domu /¦WIAT KSIˇŻKI/ Niemcy
6. ©kvorecký Josef, Przypadki inżyniera ludzkich dusz /POGRANICZE/ Czechy
7. Varga Krzysztof, Gulasz z turula / CZARNE/ Polska

PETER ESTERHAZY LAUREATE OF THE ANGELUS CENTRAL EUROPEAN LITERATURE AWARD FOR 2007

Péter Esterházy - the third laureate of the Angelus Central European Literature Award

Verdict of the Jury of the Angelus Central European Literature Award

Jury of the Angelus Central European Literature Award including Natalia Gorbaniewska – Chairwoman, Professor Stanisław Bere¶, Piotr Kępiński, Professor Julian Kornhauser, Ryszard Krynicki, Tomasz Łubieński, Krzysztof Masłoń, Justyna Sobolewska and Professor Andrzej Zawada, decided to grant the Angelus 2008, for the best prose fiction published in Poland last year, to Mr. Péter Esterházy for his novel "Harmonia cælestis".

Wrocław, 6 December 2008

Author: Péter Esterházy
Title: Harmonia cælestis
Publisher: Czytelnik
Translator: Teresa Worowska

7 books nominated for the award

1. Esterházy Péter — Harmonia cælestis /Czytelnik/ - Węgry

2. Grass Gunter — Przy obieraniu cebuli /Polnord-Oskar/ - Niemcy

3. Krasznahorkai Laszlo — Melancholia sprzeciwu /W.A.B./ - Węgry

4. Szejnert Małgorzata — Czarny ogród /Znak/ - Polska

5. Tokarczuk Olga — Bieguni /Wydawnictwo Literackie/ - Polska

6. Wasilenko Swietłana — Głuptaska /Czarne/ - Rosja

7. Zeh Juli — Instynkt gry /W.A.B./ - Niemcy

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MARTIN POLLACK LAUREATE OF THE ANGELUS CENTRAL EUROPEAN LITERATURE AWARD FOR 2006

Martin Pollack, the second laureate of the Angelus Central European Literature Award

Verdict of the Jury of the Angelus Central European Literature Award

Jury of the Angelus Central European Literature Award including Natalia Gorbaniewska – Chairwoman, Professor Stanisław Bere¶, Piotr Kępiński, Professor Julian Kornhauser, Ryszard Krynicki, Tomasz Łubieński, Krzysztof Masłoń and Professor Andrzej Zawada, decided to grant the Angelus 2007, for the best prose fiction published in Poland last year, to Mr. Martin Pollack, for his novel "Death in a Bunker. About my Father".

Wrocław, 1 December 2007

Author: Martin Pollack
Title: Death in a Bunker. About my Father
Published in Polish by: Czarne