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Maciej Płaza

b. 1976

Polish writer and literary scholar

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Born 1976. Maciej Płaza is a translator and writer.

Maciej Płaza (born 16 December 1976, in Opinogóra) is a Polish writer, literary scholar and translator of English literature.

Life and career He has a PhD in literary studies from Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin. He is a laureate of the Literature in the World Award for his translation of H.P. Lovecraft's collection of short stories The Dunwich Horror and Other Frightful Tales and was nominated for The Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński Translation Work Award for his translation of Arthur Machen's novel The Hill of Dreams.

In 2016, he became the recipient of the Gdynia Literary Prize as well as the Kościelski Award and was also nominated for Poland's top literary prize Nike Award for his collection of stories entitled Skoruń. In 2018, he won the Angelus Award for his novel Robinson in Bolechów becoming the first Polish writer to do so.

Works Scholarly works O poznaniu w twórczości Stanisława Lema, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego, Wrocław, 2006

Novels Skoruń, Wydawnictwo W.A.B., Warsaw, 2015 Robinson w Bolechowie, Wydawnictwo W.A.B., Warsaw, 2017 Golem, Wydawnictwo W.A.B., Warsaw 2021 (English translation by Antonia Lloyd-Jones: Golem, Pushkin Press, November 2026 )

Translations Christos Tsiolkas, Martwa Europa, Replika, Poznań, 2010 Fredric Jameson, Archeologie przyszłości: pragnienie zwane utopią i inne fantazje naukowe, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Kraków, 2011 (co-author) Fredric Jameson, Postmodernizm czyli Logika kulturowa późnego kapitalizmu, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Kraków, 2011 Brian McHale, Powieść postmodernistyczna, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Kraków, 2011 H.P. Lovecraft, Zgroza w Dunwich i inne przerażające opowieści, Vesper, Poznań, 2012 H.P. Lovecraft, Przyszła na Sarnath zagłada: opowieści niesamowite i fantastyczne, Vesper, Czerwonak, 2016 Mary Shelley, Frankenstein czyli Współczesny Prometeusz, Vesper, Czerwonak, 2013 Jenny Diski, Lata sześćdziesiąte, Officyna, Łódź, 2013 Kenneth Grahame, O czym szumią wierzby, Vesper, Poznań, 2014 Mark Helprin, Zimowa opowieść, Wydawnictwo Otwarte, Kraków, 2014, (co-author) Mark Helprin, Pamiętnik z mrówkoszczelnej kasety, Wydawnictwo Otwarte, Kraków, 2014 Marjorie Perloff, Ostrze ironii: modernizm w cieniu monarchii habsburskiej, Ossolineum, Wrocław, 2018 DeSales Harrison, Zostaw ten świat pełen płaczu, Marginesy, Warszawa, 2019 Arthur Machen, Wzgórze przyśnień, PIW, Warszawa, 2020

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Maria Curie-Skłodowska University
Awards
Kościelski Award; Angelus Award; Gdynia Literary Prize

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Who is Maciej Płaza?

Polish writer and literary scholar

When was Maciej Płaza born?

Maciej Płaza was born on 16 December 1976 in Białystok.

What is Maciej Płaza's occupation?

Maciej Płaza is a translator and writer.

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