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Wacław Grabkowski (born 28 March 1953, in Wrocław) is a Polish multi-prize winning novelist, short story writer and poet. He is an author of books for adults and teenagers. He has been a member of the Association of Polish Writers (Stowarzyszenia Pisarzy Polskich) since 2000.[1]Grabkowski's first published work was a collection of poems published in Sigma magazine in 1979. In 2000, his short story Wypalacz drutu ("A Man Who Burns Wire") won the First Prize from the Association of Polish Writers (Stowarzyszenia Pisarzy Polskich) and monthly magazine Odra (magazine). Another short story, Wrocław i trzy harmonie ojca ("Wroclaw and father's three harmonicas"), won the First Prize from the Wroclaw's Millennium Celebrations Office (Biuro Obchodów Milenium Wrocławia) and Odra (magazine). In 2003, his second novel Dzieci z Wilczego Kąta ("Children of Wolf's Corner"), won the First Prize in the competition for a contemporary novel, awarded and published by the publishing house ATUT. His third novel Park Wschodni ("The East Park"), won the Second Prize in a national competition for a Polish contemporary novel awarded and published by Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie (The Silesian Publishing) in 2006.[2] Published works Novels and short stories: - 1979: collection of poems published by Sigma magazine.
- 1993: Szczupaczek i inne opowiadania ("Pike and other stories"), self-published
- 1998: Wchodzisz Gdy Świt ("You enter when the dawn"), published by the publishing house ATUT, is a collection of poems written between 1978-1982.
- 1998: Guz w Fiołkach ("Iron in the Violets"), self-published, a story about young Poles, Jews, Greeks and Germans living in the vicinity of Wolf Street in 1960's Wrocław (Breslau), which has become their own little homeland.
- 2000: Wypalacz Drutu ("A Man Who Burns Wire"), published by the Library of the Association of Polish Writers (Biblioteka Stowarzyszenia Pisarzy Polskich), won the First Prize from the Association of Polish Writers (Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich) and monthly magazine Odra (magazine). It is a collection of short stories, which take place in a city struck by a great flood. It portrays a tramp-philosopher who fears for the future of a consumer driven world.
- 2002: Dziewczyna Kosmity i inne opowiadania ("Alien's Girlfriend and other stories"), published by Swiadectwo, is a collection of stories spanning 30 years of Communist Poland, and the formation of a new democracy. One of the stories, Wrocław i trzy harmonie ojca ("Wroclaw and father's three harmonicas"), won the First Prize from the Wroclaw's Millennium Celebrations Office (Biuro Obchodów Milenium Wrocławia) and Odra (magazine).
- 2003: Dzieci z Wilczego Kąta ("Children of Wolf's Corner"), won the First Prize in the competition for a contemporary novel, awarded and published by the publishing house ATUT. The story portrays a boy of Russian and German descent, who is born after the conquest of the Fortress Breslau (Festung Breslau) by the Russians. After the death of his parents, he is raised by a Pole, and no longer sees himself as either Russian or German.
- 2006: Park Wschodni ("The East Park"), won the Second Prize in a national competition for a Polish contemporary novel awarded by Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie (The Silesian Publishing) and was published in 2006. The novel is about an impending global catastrophe, predicted by ordinary people.
- 2007: Kapelusz i Bandana ("Hat and a Bandana"), published by the Library of the Association of Polish Writers (Biblioteka Stowarzyszenia Pisarzy Polskich), consists of four stories in which the author portrays two contrasting characters of a thinker and a rebel, questioning the traditions that suppress spiritual development in the Christian faith.
- 2007: Mało im naszych łez? Dziennik z czasów powolnego upadku komunizmu 1980-2007 ("Haven't we shed enough tears? Journal from the time of the slow collapse of Communism, 1980-2007"), self-published.
External links - The Association of Polish Writers - main webpage
- The Association of Polish Writers - Wrocław branch webpage
- Meeting with Wacław Grabkowski in Kawiarnia Literatka, 26 May 2011
References 1. ^{{cite web|url=http://pomosty-dolnyslask.pl/?page_id=624|title=About Wacław Grabkowski|publisher=Annual literary magazine Pomosty|accessdate=24 November 2011}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wd.wroc.pl/index.php?id=134&page=3|title=Park Wschodni|publisher=Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, 2006 |isbn=83-7384-484-8 |accessdate=24 November 2011}}
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