SOLILOQUY – ANDRZEJ STASIUK
Andrzej Stasiuk’s prose, maintained in constant hesitation between truth and fiction, is a testimony of consecutive introvert journeys, where ones made in the geographical dimension become inspirations for spiritual journeys that explore memories, individual and mass memory. The writer studies the behaviours of his own consciousness in different circumstances, developing a monologue on the world with all its events, phenomena, details. In October 2015 “Kucając,” another book by Stasiuk, will be published. Fragments of prose collected in this work, full of careful thought, show us the world, in which man is only one of the many inhabitants.
Andrzej Stasiuk | Author, essayist, co-founder of the Czarne Publishing House, Artistic Director of the Zygmunt Haupt Festival. Writes for “Tygodnik Powszechny.” Has been living in the Lower Beskids since the late 80s. Has received numerous awards, including the Culture Foundation Prize, the Kościelski Foundation award, the Beata Pawlak Award, the Nike Literary Award, the Vilenica International Literary Prize, Gdynia Literary Award, the yearly literary award of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. His works have been translated to all European languages (nearly 130 translations altogether).