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Piotr Paziński

ピオトル・パジンスキ

Piotr Paziński

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1973-07-09
Nationality
Poland
Languages
Polish
Residence History
Warsaw

Career

Occupations
Writer, Philosopher, Essayist, Literary historian, Literary critic, Translator
Active Years
2000-
Influenced By
James Joyce

Awards

Paszport Polityki
2009
Work: Pensjonat (The Boarding House)
Organization: Polityka (magazine)
Result: 受賞
European Union Prize for Literature
2012
Work: Pensjonat (The Boarding House)
Organization: European Union Prize for Literature
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Pensjonat (The Boarding House)

2009 Novel

A novel set in Warsaw that explores personal and place memory. It received the Paszport Polityki and the European Union Prize for Literature.

memoryurban spaceidentity
Translations
  • English translation: translated by Tusia Dabrowska as The Boarding House (2018)

Ptasie ulice (Bird Streets)

2013 Collection of interconnected novellas

Consists of four interconnected novellas referring to pre‑World War II street names in Muranów (northern district of Warsaw). The narrators convey wistfulness, reflection, irony and gentle humor.

history and memoryJewish heritageurban topography
Translations
  • English translation: translated by Ursula Phillips as Bird Streets (2022)

Labirynt i drzewo. Studies on James Joyce's Ulysses

2005 Scholarly study / criticism

A scholarly study on James Joyce's Ulysses.

literary studiesmodernism

Dublin with Ulysses: with a dictionary of characters of Ulysses

2008 Guide / companion

A guide/companion to James Joyce's Ulysses, co-created with photographer Jacek Marczewski.

literary guidecharacter dictionary

Bibliography

  • Labirynt i drzewo. Studies on James Joyce's Ulysses (2005)
  • Dublin z Ulissesem: with a dictionary of characters of Ulysses (2008, with Jacek Marczewski)
  • Pensjonat (2009)
  • Ptasie ulice (2013)

Translations of Works

  • Pensjonat → English: The Boarding House (translated by Tusia Dabrowska, 2018)
  • Ptasie ulice → English: Bird Streets (translated by Ursula Phillips, 2022)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
influences of modernismintrospective and observational proseintertextuality (references to other works)
Recurring Motifs
memory and forgettingurban landscapes of WarsawJewish community and its heritagestreets and place‑names

Legacy

Piotr Paziński is a contemporary Polish writer noted for exploring Jewish heritage and urban memory in Warsaw. He has also produced literary scholarship and his work has been translated internationally.

Trivia

  • Has worked at the Warsaw-based Jewish magazine Midrash.
  • The novel Pensjonat won the Paszport Polityki and the European Union Prize for Literature.
  • Has written scholarly works on James Joyce.