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Mariusz Grzebalski Foto: Maciej Fiszer
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Mariusz Grzebalski (born1969, Łódź, Poland), studied philosophy at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, and has worked as a postman, museum attendant, court stenographer, and as head of an electrical goods wholesaler. In the 1990s he edited the magazine “Nowy Nurt” (New Current) and “Już Jest Jutro” (It is Already Tomorrow). He currently works with the publishing house of the Cultural Centre in Poznań, as well as with the “Dodatek LITERAcki” publications series, as part of the Gdynia Literary Prize.
Grzebalski made his debut in 1994 with the book “Negatyw” (Negative), which received the Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna Prize for the best debut of the year. His poems are unpretentious and exciting at the same time. Like small stories, they come from a world which almost no one else seems to see. Grzebalski’s poems, writes Alfred Kolleritsch, “puff and pant and are at the same time joyous. They fight in the mud, breathe the stink of an abattoir, rummage in the barbarity of death. Full of strength, they run riot in an inarticulate world.”
Up till now, Grzebalski has published seven books of poetry, a collected poems, and a book of short stories. Among other awards, he received a Hubert Burda Scholarship in 2001, and has been translated into English, Czech, Slovenian and German. Grzebalski lives in Dąbrówka, near Poznań.
Publications
Negatyw (Negative)
Ulica gnostycka (Gnostic Street), Obserwator 1997
Drugie dotknięcie (Second Touch), Biuro Literackie 2001
Słynne i świetne (Famous and Fabulous), Biuro Literackie 2004
Człowiek, który biegnie przez las (The person who runs through the forest – Stories), W.A.B. 2006
Pocałunek na wstecznym (Kiss in Reverse), Biuro Literackie 2007
Niepiosenki (Not-songs), Biuro Literackie 2009
Kronika zakłóceń (Chronicle of Disturbance – collected poems 1994-2010), Biuro Literackie 2010
W innych okolicznościach (Under Other Circumstances), Wydawnictwo EMG 2013