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Mariusz Szczygieł
Mariusz Adam Szczygieł (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmarjuʂ ˈadam ˈʂt͡ʂɨɡjɛw]; born 5 September 1966 Złotoryja, Poland) is a Polish journalist and writer. He is the winner of the 2009 European Book Prize for Gottland and the 2019 Nike Award, the most important prize in Polish literature. Life and careerHe graduated in journalism and political science from the University of Warsaw in 2000. At 16, he began writing for the weekly-paper Na przełaj. In spite of communist-era censorship, he published a shocking collection of reports titled The Shrift, which were about gay and lesbian youth in Poland.[1] As a TV presenter of the popular cultural and current affairs programme Na każdy temat (On Every Topic) Szczygieł became the first person to publicly speak the word "orgasm" on air. In 2002, he stopped working for TV Polsat and concentrated on writing for Gazeta Wyborcza. Presently, he is the senior deputy editor of the weekly supplement Duży Format and deputy editor of its reportage-section.[1] His work is cited in most anthologies of contemporary Polish journalism [citation needed]. Most notable are his studies of the Czechoslovak, and especially Czech, culture and life-style. His best-selling book Gottland (2006), was described by Adam Michnik, as the first cubistic reportage of the world. Gottland received the European Book Prize, the Polish Booksellers Prize.[1] and the Nike Audience Award. In 2019 he won Nike Award, for his reportage Nie ma, which won both the Jury Prize and the Audience Poll. His works have been translated into Czech, English, Estonian, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, and Ukrainian.[1] Personal lifeSzczygieł is an outspoken atheist.[2] In his 2022 book Fakty muszą zatańczyć (The Facts Must Dance) he came out as a gay man.[3] Awards and honours
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