CONTEMPORARY HISTORY – PAWEŁ SMOLEŃSKI
Poland, Ukraine, Israel, Iraq. Paweł Smoleński writes down history that is happening “now,” in front of our eyes. In his reportage books he takes on difficult topics and gives voice to those who are not afraid to talk about them out loud. To paint the picture of a nation, the author reaches into the fate of specific people, to the individual – often painful – experience: the meeting of man and History.
Paweł Smoleński | Reporter, journalist, since 1989 has been writing for “Gazeta Wyborcza,” before that has cooperated with samizdat magazines. Winner of the Polish-Ukrainian Reconciliation Award 2003 for his book “Pochówek dla rezuna,” and of the Kurt Schork Award for his pieces on Iraq. In 2006 also received the Beata Pawlak Award for his collection of reportages “Izrael już nie frunie.” In 2012 he received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.