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Jerzy Pilch

イェジー・ピルフ

Jerzy Pilch

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1952-08-10 （Wisła, Poland）
死没
2020-05-29 （Kielce, Poland） 67歳
国籍
Poland
言語
Polish
宗教
Lutheran (Protestant)
居住地歴
Wisła (birthplace) → Kraków (study and early literary activity) → Warsaw (later residence)

経歴

職業
Writer, Journalist, Columnist
活動期間
1977年〜2020年
影響を受けた人物
Witold Gombrowicz, Milan Kundera, Bohumil Hrabal

学歴

Jagiellonian University
Faculty of Polish Philology / Department of Polish Language and Literature
国: Poland
Studied Polish philology in Kraków; active in the underground literary scene from the late 1970s.

受賞歴

Kościelski Award
1989
対象作品: Wyznania twórcy pokątnej literatury erotycznej
主催: Kościelski Foundation
結果: 受賞
Paszport Polityki Award
1998
主催: Polityka (weekly)
結果: 受賞
Nike Award
2001
対象作品: Pod Mocnym Aniołem (The Mighty Angel)
主催: Nike Award committee
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Wyznania twórcy pokątnej literatury erotycznej

1988年 Novel

A debut novel offering an ironic insider's account of the Kraków art scene; recognized in the underground literary context.

SatireInsider view of literary circlesHumor

Spis cudzołożnic (List of Adulteresses)

1993年 Novel / Travel prose

Tells of a failed eccentric writer guiding a foreign guest through Kraków and a collection of national myths and absurd socialist realities of the 1980s.

KrakówSocial satireMemory and myths
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] List of Lovers / Jerzy Stuhr (1995)

Inne rozkosze (Other Pleasures)

1995年 Novel

Explores private desires and relationships with wit and irony; translated into English as His Current Woman.

DesireRelationshipsHumor
翻訳
  • His Current Woman (English translation)

Pod Mocnym Aniołem (The Mighty Angel)

2000年 Novel (a satirical take on the 'drinking novel')

A satirical take on the 'drinking novel' genre and Pilch's most acclaimed book; winner of the 2001 Nike Award.

Addiction and self-deprecationSatireSelf-reference
翻訳
  • The Mighty Angel (English translation, 2009)

Tysiąc spokojnych miast (A Thousand Peaceful Cities)

1997年 Novel

A novel themed around stillness and memory; translated into English in 2010.

StillnessCities and memory
翻訳
  • A Thousand Peaceful Cities (English translation, 2010)

全著作

  • Wyznania twórcy pokątnej literatury erotycznej (1988)
  • Spis cudzołożnic. Proza podróżna (1993)
  • Rozpacz z powodu utraty furmanki (1994)
  • Inne rozkosze (1995)
  • Monolog z lisiej jamy (1996)
  • Tezy o głupocie, piciu i umieraniu (1997)
  • Tysiąc spokojnych miast (1997)
  • Bezpowrotnie utracona leworęczność (1998)
  • Opowieści wigilijne (with Olga Tokarczuk and Andrzej Stasiuk, 2000)
  • Pod Mocnym Aniołem (2000)
  • Miasto utrapienia (2004)
  • Narty Ojca Świętego (2004)
  • Moje pierwsze samobójstwo (2006)

翻案

  • Spis cudzołożnic was adapted into a film directed by Jerzy Stuhr in 1995 (international title: List of Lovers)

作品の翻訳

  • Inne rozkosze → His Current Woman (English translation, 2002)
  • Pod Mocnym Aniołem → The Mighty Angel (English translation, 2009)
  • Tysiąc spokojnych miast → A Thousand Peaceful Cities (English translation, 2010)

作風・主題

文体
SatiricalWitty, essayistic proseSelf-referential humor
頻出モチーフ
Drinking and addictionKraków and urban landscapesMemory and national mythsReligious motifs (often ironic)

健康

  • Parkinson's disease
    2010年代–2020
    Caused complications in later years and led to his death in 2020.

評価・遺産

Pilch is regarded as one of the notable voices of post-socialist Polish literature, praised for his satirical, witty prose and social critique. He received the 2001 Nike Award and his work has been translated internationally.

大衆文化への影響

  • Film adaptation of Spis cudzołożnic (1995) and other cultural references to his work.

豆知識

  • Rose to prominence in Kraków's underground literary scene.
  • Was Lutheran but participated in events organised by Catholic intellectual circles.
  • Left Tygodnik Powszechny in 1999 and moved to Warsaw.
  • Won the 2001 Nike Award for Pod Mocnym Aniołem.
  • Died in 2020 from complications of Parkinson's disease.