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Maciej Płaza

マチェイ・プワザ

Maciej Plaza

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1976-12-16 (Opinogóra Górna, Poland)
国籍
Poland
言語
Polish, English

経歴

職業
Writer, Translator, Literary scholar
活動期間
2000年〜
影響を受けた人物
H.P. Lovecraft, Arthur Machen, Stanisław Lem
ノミネート
Nike Award nomination (for Skoruń), Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński Translation Work Award nomination (Arthur Machen translation)

学歴

Maria Curie-Skłodowska University
Literary Studies
学位: PhD
国: Poland
Holds a PhD in literary studies

受賞歴

Kościelski Award
2016
主催: Kościelski Foundation
結果: 受賞
Gdynia Literary Prize
2016
主催: Gdynia Literary Prize
結果: 受賞
Angelus Award
2018
対象作品: Robinson in Bolechów
主催: Angelus Award
結果: 受賞
Literature in the World (award)
対象作品: Translation of H.P. Lovecraft (collection)
主催: Polish Book Institute (related)
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Skoruń

2015年 Short story collection (fantastic fiction / contemporary)

A collection of short stories mixing the uncanny and the everyday, exploring memory, loneliness and suburban landscapes.

lonelinessmemorythe uncanny

Robinson in Bolechów

2017年 Novel (contemporary / fantastic)

A novel about isolation and renewal, where a protagonist's inner life intertwines with strange occurrences, questioning memory and the meaning of place.

isolationrenewalmemory of place

Golem

2021年 Novel (fantastic / philosophical)

Using the golem motif from folklore, the novel explores identity and questions of creation in a philosophically inflected narrative.

creationidentityfolklore and the modern

全著作

  • On Cognition in the Work of Stanisław Lem
  • Skoruń
  • Robinson in Bolechów
  • Golem
  • The Dunwich Horror and Other Frightful Tales (translation)
  • Frankenstein (translation)

作家による翻訳

  • Translation of H.P. Lovecraft's The Dunwich Horror and Other Frightful Tales
  • Translation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
  • Translation of Arthur Machen's The Hill of Dreams

作風・主題

文体
lyrical yet taut prosedescriptions that blur the fantastic and the real
頻出モチーフ
lonelinessmemorysuburban landscapes and the uncanny

評価・遺産

An important contemporary Polish writer and translator. Praised for blending the fantastic with subtle psychological depiction, he has gained international attention through awards such as the Angelus.

豆知識

  • In 2018 he won the Angelus Award for Robinson in Bolechów, becoming the first Polish writer to receive the prize.
  • As a translator, he has translated English-language authors such as H.P. Lovecraft and Mary Shelley into Polish.