Gdynia Literary Prize
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Edition 7 (2012) Winner
Magdalena Tulli
マグダレナ・トゥッリ
Magdalena Tulli
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1955-10-20 （Warsaw, Poland）
- Nationality
- Poland
- Languages
- Polish, Italian, English
- Residence History
- Warsaw (birthplace, upbringing) → Italy (partly raised)
Career
- Occupations
- writer, translator
- Active Years
- 1995-
- Affiliations
- Polish Writers' Association (Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich)
- Memberships
- Polish Writers' Association
- Influenced By
- Marcel Proust (has translated), Italo Calvino (has translated), Fleur Jaeggy (has translated)
- Nominations
- Shortlisted for the Nike Award 5 times
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Warsaw | Faculty of Science | Department of Biology | 修士（生物学） | 1974-1979 | Poland |
| Institute of Biology and Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences | — | Biology | 博士（生物学） | 1979-1983 | Poland |
University of Warsaw
Faculty of Science
/ Department of Biology
Degree:
修士（生物学）
Period:
1974-1979
Year of Graduation:
1979
Country:
Poland
Received master's degree in 1979
Institute of Biology and Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences
Biology
Degree:
博士（生物学）
Period:
1979-1983
Year of Graduation:
1983
Country:
Poland
Earned a PhD in 1983
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Gdynia Literary Prize | Włoskie szpilki (Italian High Heels) | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2012 | Best Translated Book Award | In Red (translated by Bill Johnston) | — | — | ショートリスト（ノミネート） |
| — | Nike Award | — | — | — | ノミネート（合計5回） |
Gdynia Literary Prize
2012
Work:
Włoskie szpilki (Italian High Heels)
Result:
受賞
Best Translated Book Award
2012
Work:
In Red (translated by Bill Johnston)
Result:
ショートリスト（ノミネート）
Nike Award
Result:
ノミネート（合計5回）
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Dreams and Stones
1995 prose poem / experimental fictionA debut composed of prose poems using fragmented images and linguistic play to explore memory and existence.
memoryexistencelanguage
Translations
- English: Dreams and Stones (Archipelago Books, 2004)
In Red
1998 novel / postmodernA novel that experiments with perspective and narration, offering metafictional questions about language and narrative structure.
narrativitylanguageidentity
Translations
- English: In Red (Archipelago Books, 2011)
Moving Parts
2003 novel / experimentalComposed of fragmented chapters, containing allegorical elements about mechanical and human structures and relationships.
structurerelationshipsmetafiction
Translations
- English: Moving Parts (Archipelago Books, 2005)
Flaw
2006 novelA work centered on absence and distortion, portraying humans and memory through narrative discontinuities and imperfections.
absencememoryimperfection
Translations
- English: Flaw (Archipelago Books, 2007)
Kontroler snów
2007 novelA work addressing the boundary between dreams and reality, characterized by narratives where memory and imagination intersect.
dreamsrealityimagination
Włoskie szpilki (Italian High Heels)
2011 novelDeals with family, migration, and generational rupture, weaving personal memory with questions of borders.
migrationfamilymemory
Szum
2014 novelAn experimental novel exploring linguistic noise and layered narration.
languagenoiselayered narration
Ten i tamten las
2017 novelA work containing short, story-like elements that focus on nature, memory, and the position of the narrator.
naturememorynarration
Bibliography
- Sny i kamienie (1995)
- W czerwieni (1998)
- Tryby (2003)
- Skaza (2006)
- Kontroler snów (2007)
- Włoskie szpilki (2011)
- Szum (2014)
- Ten i tamten las (2017)
- Jaka piękna iluzja. W rozmowie z Justyną Dąbrowską (2017)
Translations by Author
- Marcel Proust — La Fugitive (translator)
- Italo Calvino — The Watcher (translator)
- Fleur Jaeggy — La paura del cielo (translator)
Translations of Works
- Sny i kamienie → Dreams and Stones (English, Archipelago Books 2004)
- W czerwieni → In Red (English, Archipelago Books 2011)
- Tryby → Moving Parts (English, Archipelago Books 2005)
- Skaza → Flaw (English, Archipelago Books 2007)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- postmodernmetafictionalexperimental and fragmentary narration
- Recurring Motifs
- memorystructures of language and narrationinstability of identitydisjunction and fragmentation
Legacy
Magdalena Tulli is one of Poland's leading contemporary writers, internationally recognized for postmodern and metafictional experiments. Her works have been translated into many languages and have attracted attention in international literary awards.
Academic Societies
- Polish Writers' Association
Trivia
- She has an Italian father and a Polish-Jewish mother and was partly raised in Italy.
- She studied biology, obtaining a master's degree in 1979 and a PhD in 1983.
- She worked for six months at the Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station early in her career.