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Jerzy Pilch

February 22, 2023

Jerzy Pilch (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjɛʐɨ ˈpilx]; 10 August 1952 – 29 May 2020)[1] was a Polish writer, columnist, and journalist. Critics have compared Pilch's style to Witold Gombrowicz, Milan Kundera, or Bohumil Hrabal.

Jerzy Pilch
Born(1952-08-10)10 August 1952
Wisła, Poland
Died29 May 2020(2020-05-29) (aged 67)
Kielce, Poland
Alma materJagiellonian University
Occupation(s)Writer, journalist
AwardsNike Award (2001)
Paszport Polityki Award (1998)
Kościelski Award (1989)

Early life and education

 
Jerzy Pilch at the Kraków Book Fair in 2009
 
Jerzy Pilch (left) with president Aleksander Kwaśniewski

Born and raised in the small town of Wisła in the Beskids in southern Poland, Pilch studied Polish philology at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków and became active in the city's underground literary scene in the late 1970s.[2] He began making his name under the martial law in the 1980s, by writing and reading essays for the "spoken magazine" Na Głos ("Out loud"), a regular spoken-word event organised by the oppositional Klub Inteligencji Katolickiej ("Club of Polish Catholic Intellectuals") (even though Pilch himself was Lutheran).[3][4]

Career

In 1989, Pilch began to contribute popular satirical essays for the Kraków-based liberal Catholic weekly Tygodnik Powszechny, which established him as a public intellectual. Pilch's best essays from his column in Tygodnik Powszechny appeared in three collections entitled Rozpacz z powodu utraty furmanki ("Despair caused by the loss of a wagon", 1994), Tezy o głupocie, piciu i umieraniu ("Theses On Stupidity, Drinking and Dying", 1995), and Bezpowrotnie utracona leworęczność ("The Irreversible Loss of Left-handedness", 1998).[5]

Also in 1989, he was conferred the Kościelski Award for his debut novel Wyznania twórcy pokątnej literatury erotycznej ("Confessions of an Author of Illicit Erotic Literature"), an ironic insider's account of the Kraków art scene.[6]

Pilch's second novel, Spis cudzołożnic ("List of Adulteresses", 1993), tells the story of a failed eccentric writer guiding a foreign guest on a tour of Kraków and through a curio collection of national myths and the absurd socialist realities of the 1980s. In 1995, actor Jerzy Stuhr made the novel into a film as his directing debut (under the international title List of Lovers).[7]

The same year, Pilch published his third novel Inne rozkosze ("Other Pleasures"), the first to appear in English (as His Current Woman, 2002).[8]

Pilch quit his work for Tygodnik Powszechny in 1999, left Kraków entirely, and settled in Warsaw, where he began to write a column for the weekly Polityka. A collection of texts from this series was published as Upadek człowieka pod Dworcem Centralnym ("The Fall of Man in Front of the Central Station") in 2002.[9]

Pilch's most successful book so far is his fourth novel Pod Mocnym Aniołem ("The Mighty Angel", 2000), a satirical take on the "drinking novel" genre, which was awarded a Nike Award, the prestigious Polish literary award, the following year.[10] In 2009, it was translated into English as The Mighty Angel, and in 2010, Tysiąc spokojnych miast was also translated as A Thousand Peaceful Cities.[11]

Several of Pilch's books have been translated into Bulgarian, Dutch, English, Estonian, French, Lithuanian, Russian, Slovak, and Spanish.[12]

Death

Pilch died on 29 May 2020 from complications from Parkinson's disease.[13]

Books

  • 1988: Wyznania twórcy pokątnej literatury erotycznej, Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie. ISBN 83-08-03379-2 ("Confessions of an author of illicit erotic literature")
  • 1993: Spis cudzołożnic. Proza podróżna, Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie. ISBN 83-08-03193-5 ("List of adulteresses. Travel prose"; screen version under the international title List of Lovers, 1995).
  • 1994: Rozpacz z powodu utraty furmanki, Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie. ISBN 83-08-03457-8 ("Despair caused by the loss of a wagon")
  • 1995: Inne rozkosze, Kraków: Wydawnictwo "a5". ISBN 83-85568-44-1 ("Other pleasures"; translated as His Current Woman, Evanston, Ill.: Northwestern University Press/Hydra Books 2002, ISBN 0-8101-1918-8).
  • 1996: Monolog z lisiej jamy, Kraków: Universitas. ISBN 83-7052-365-X ("Monologue from a foxhole")
  • 1997: Tezy o głupocie, piciu i umieraniu, Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie. ISBN 83-08-03424-1 ("Theses on stupidity, drinking and dying")
  • 1997: Tysiąc spokojnych miast, Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie. ISBN 83-08-03243-5 ("Thousand silent cities"; translated as A Thousand Peaceful Cities, Rochester, NY: Open Letter Books 2010, ISBN 978-1-934824-27-6).
  • 1998: Bezpowrotnie utracona leworęczność, Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie. ISBN 83-08-02909-4 ("The irreversible loss of left-handedness")
  • 2000 (with Olga Tokarczuk and Andrzej Stasiuk): Opowieści wigilijne, Wałbrzych: Ruta. ISBN 83-912865-7-6 ("Christmas tales")
  • 2000: Pod Mocnym Aniołem, Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie. ISBN 83-08-03072-6 ("The Strong Angel Inn"; translated as The Mighty Angel, Rochester, NY: Open Letter Books 2009, ISBN 978-1-934824-08-5).
  • 2004: Miasto utrapienia, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Świat Książki. ISBN 83-7391-370-X ("City of Woe")
  • 2004: Narty Ojca Świętego, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Świat Książki. ISBN 83-7391-728-4 ("The Holy Father's Skis")
  • 2006: Moje pierwsze samobójstwo, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Świat Książki. ISBN 83-247-0473-6 ("My First Suicide")

See also

References

  1. ^ Nogaś, Michał (29 May 2020). "Nie żyje Jerzy Pilch. Pisarz, laureat Nagrody Literackiej "Nike", miał 67 lat". wyborcza.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Jerzy Pilch". Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Głos wolnych poetów. Pismo mówione "NaGłos"". Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Pilch: Luter wśród katolików". Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  5. ^ "UPDATE: Polish writer Jerzy Pilch dies at 67". Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Jerzy Pilch". Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  7. ^ Woodward, Steven (2009). "After Kieślowski: The Legacy of Krzysztof Kieślowski". ISBN 978-0814333266. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  8. ^ "His Current Woman". Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Jerzy Pilch, "Upadek człowieka pod Dworcem Centralnym"". Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Nagroda Nike 2001". Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  11. ^ "Jerzy Pilch's "A Thousand Peaceful Cities"". Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  12. ^ "Jerzy Pilch". Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  13. ^ "Jerzy Pilch nie żyje". Onet.pl (in Polish). 29 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.

External links

  • Review of The Holy Father's Skis[dead link] in The Daily Telegraph
  • Jerzy Pilch at Culture.pl
  • Excerpt from His Current Woman at polishwriting.net

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Jerzy Pilch Polish pronunciation ˈjɛʐɨ ˈpilx 10 August 1952 29 May 2020 1 was a Polish writer columnist and journalist Critics have compared Pilch s style to Witold Gombrowicz Milan Kundera or Bohumil Hrabal Jerzy PilchBorn 1952 08 10 10 August 1952Wisla PolandDied29 May 2020 2020 05 29 aged 67 Kielce PolandAlma materJagiellonian UniversityOccupation s Writer journalistAwardsNike Award 2001 Paszport Polityki Award 1998 Koscielski Award 1989 Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 3 Death 4 Books 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksEarly life and education Edit Jerzy Pilch at the Krakow Book Fair in 2009 Jerzy Pilch left with president Aleksander Kwasniewski Born and raised in the small town of Wisla in the Beskids in southern Poland Pilch studied Polish philology at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow and became active in the city s underground literary scene in the late 1970s 2 He began making his name under the martial law in the 1980s by writing and reading essays for the spoken magazine Na Glos Out loud a regular spoken word event organised by the oppositional Klub Inteligencji Katolickiej Club of Polish Catholic Intellectuals even though Pilch himself was Lutheran 3 4 Career EditIn 1989 Pilch began to contribute popular satirical essays for the Krakow based liberal Catholic weekly Tygodnik Powszechny which established him as a public intellectual Pilch s best essays from his column in Tygodnik Powszechny appeared in three collections entitled Rozpacz z powodu utraty furmanki Despair caused by the loss of a wagon 1994 Tezy o glupocie piciu i umieraniu Theses On Stupidity Drinking and Dying 1995 and Bezpowrotnie utracona leworecznosc The Irreversible Loss of Left handedness 1998 5 Also in 1989 he was conferred the Koscielski Award for his debut novel Wyznania tworcy pokatnej literatury erotycznej Confessions of an Author of Illicit Erotic Literature an ironic insider s account of the Krakow art scene 6 Pilch s second novel Spis cudzoloznic List of Adulteresses 1993 tells the story of a failed eccentric writer guiding a foreign guest on a tour of Krakow and through a curio collection of national myths and the absurd socialist realities of the 1980s In 1995 actor Jerzy Stuhr made the novel into a film as his directing debut under the international title List of Lovers 7 The same year Pilch published his third novel Inne rozkosze Other Pleasures the first to appear in English as His Current Woman 2002 8 Pilch quit his work for Tygodnik Powszechny in 1999 left Krakow entirely and settled in Warsaw where he began to write a column for the weekly Polityka A collection of texts from this series was published as Upadek czlowieka pod Dworcem Centralnym The Fall of Man in Front of the Central Station in 2002 9 Pilch s most successful book so far is his fourth novel Pod Mocnym Aniolem The Mighty Angel 2000 a satirical take on the drinking novel genre which was awarded a Nike Award the prestigious Polish literary award the following year 10 In 2009 it was translated into English as The Mighty Angel and in 2010 Tysiac spokojnych miast was also translated as A Thousand Peaceful Cities 11 Several of Pilch s books have been translated into Bulgarian Dutch English Estonian French Lithuanian Russian Slovak and Spanish 12 Death EditPilch died on 29 May 2020 from complications from Parkinson s disease 13 Books Edit1988 Wyznania tworcy pokatnej literatury erotycznej Krakow Wydawnictwo Literackie ISBN 83 08 03379 2 Confessions of an author of illicit erotic literature 1993 Spis cudzoloznic Proza podrozna Krakow Wydawnictwo Literackie ISBN 83 08 03193 5 List of adulteresses Travel prose screen version under the international title List of Lovers 1995 1994 Rozpacz z powodu utraty furmanki Krakow Wydawnictwo Literackie ISBN 83 08 03457 8 Despair caused by the loss of a wagon 1995 Inne rozkosze Krakow Wydawnictwo a5 ISBN 83 85568 44 1 Other pleasures translated as His Current Woman Evanston Ill Northwestern University Press Hydra Books 2002 ISBN 0 8101 1918 8 1996 Monolog z lisiej jamy Krakow Universitas ISBN 83 7052 365 X Monologue from a foxhole 1997 Tezy o glupocie piciu i umieraniu Krakow Wydawnictwo Literackie ISBN 83 08 03424 1 Theses on stupidity drinking and dying 1997 Tysiac spokojnych miast Krakow Wydawnictwo Literackie ISBN 83 08 03243 5 Thousand silent cities translated as A Thousand Peaceful Cities Rochester NY Open Letter Books 2010 ISBN 978 1 934824 27 6 1998 Bezpowrotnie utracona leworecznosc Krakow Wydawnictwo Literackie ISBN 83 08 02909 4 The irreversible loss of left handedness 2000 with Olga Tokarczuk and Andrzej Stasiuk Opowiesci wigilijne Walbrzych Ruta ISBN 83 912865 7 6 Christmas tales 2000 Pod Mocnym Aniolem Krakow Wydawnictwo Literackie ISBN 83 08 03072 6 The Strong Angel Inn translated as The Mighty Angel Rochester NY Open Letter Books 2009 ISBN 978 1 934824 08 5 2004 Miasto utrapienia Warszawa Wydawnictwo Swiat Ksiazki ISBN 83 7391 370 X City of Woe 2004 Narty Ojca Swietego Warszawa Wydawnictwo Swiat Ksiazki ISBN 83 7391 728 4 The Holy Father s Skis 2006 Moje pierwsze samobojstwo Warszawa Wydawnictwo Swiat Ksiazki ISBN 83 247 0473 6 My First Suicide See also EditAndrzej Stasiuk Polish literature List of Polish writersReferences Edit Nogas Michal 29 May 2020 Nie zyje Jerzy Pilch Pisarz laureat Nagrody Literackiej Nike mial 67 lat wyborcza pl in Polish Retrieved 29 May 2020 Jerzy Pilch Retrieved 30 May 2020 Glos wolnych poetow Pismo mowione NaGlos Retrieved 30 May 2020 Pilch Luter wsrod katolikow Retrieved 30 May 2020 UPDATE Polish writer Jerzy Pilch dies at 67 Retrieved 30 May 2020 Jerzy Pilch Retrieved 30 May 2020 Woodward Steven 2009 After Kieslowski The Legacy of Krzysztof Kieslowski ISBN 978 0814333266 Retrieved 30 May 2020 His Current Woman Retrieved 30 May 2020 Jerzy Pilch Upadek czlowieka pod Dworcem Centralnym Retrieved 30 May 2020 Nagroda Nike 2001 Retrieved 30 May 2020 Jerzy Pilch s A Thousand Peaceful Cities Retrieved 30 May 2020 Jerzy Pilch Retrieved 30 May 2020 Jerzy Pilch nie zyje Onet pl in Polish 29 May 2020 Retrieved 29 May 2020 External links EditReview of The Holy Father s Skis dead link in The Daily Telegraph Jerzy Pilch at Culture pl Excerpt from His Current Woman at polishwriting net Jerzy Pilch at Open Letter Books Excerpt from The Mighty Angel at Open Letter Books Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jerzy Pilch amp oldid 1106060098, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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