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Radek Rak

ラデク・ラク

Radek Rak

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1987
国籍
Poland
言語
Polish
居住地歴
Resident of Kraków

経歴

職業
Veterinarian, Writer
活動期間
2014年〜
ノミネート
Puste niebo — nominated for Janusz A. Zajdel Award, Agla. Aurora — nominated for Janusz A. Zajdel Award (2024), Agla. Aurora — nominated for Nowa Fantastyka Award

学歴

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国: Poland

受賞歴

Janusz A. Zajdel Award
2019
対象作品: Baśń o wężowym sercu albo wtóre słowo o Jakóbie Szeli (Fairytale about Snake's Heart, or Second Word about Jakob Szela)
主催: Janusz A. Zajdel Award
結果: 受賞
Nike Award
2020
対象作品: Baśń o wężowym sercu albo wtóre słowo o Jakóbie Szeli (Fairytale about Snake's Heart, or Second Word about Jakob Szela)
主催: Nike Award
結果: 受賞
Nowa Fantastyka Award
2020
対象作品: Baśń o wężowym sercu albo wtóre słowo o Jakóbie Szeli (Fairytale about Snake's Heart, or Second Word about Jakob Szela)
部門: Polish Book of the Year
主催: Nowa Fantastyka
結果: 受賞
Jerzy Żuławski Literary Award
2020
対象作品: Baśń o wężowym sercu albo wtóre słowo o Jakóbie Szeli (Fairytale about Snake's Heart, or Second Word about Jakob Szela)
主催: Jerzy Żuławski Literary Award
結果: 受賞
Jerzy Żuławski Literary Award (Gold Distinction)
2016
対象作品: Puste niebo (Empty Sky)
部門: Gold Distinction
主催: Jerzy Żuławski Literary Award
結果: 受賞（ゴールドディスティンクション）
Janusz A. Zajdel Award (for Agla. Alef)
2022
対象作品: Agla. Alef
主催: Janusz A. Zajdel Award
結果: 受賞
Nowa Fantastyka Award (for Agla. Alef)
2022
対象作品: Agla. Alef
部門: Polish Book of the Year
主催: Nowa Fantastyka
結果: 受賞
Jerzy Żuławski Literary Award (for Agla. Alef)
2022
対象作品: Agla. Alef
主催: Jerzy Żuławski Literary Award
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Kocham cię, Lilith (I love you, Lilith)

2014年 Fantasy, Speculative fiction

Follows Robert, a sanatorium patient, and his involvement with the demonic painter Iwona and the intriguing doctor Małgorzata. The novel begins realistically and gradually becomes a dreamlike, illogical fantastic tale culminating with the appearance of Lilith.

illusion vs. realityfemale archetypesmind and fantasy

Puste niebo (Empty Sky)

2016年 Magic realism, Fantasy

A novel born of longing for a city that never existed and an impossible history. It tells of a magical Lublin, extraordinary inhabitants of the former Kresy, and strange creatures from the borderlands of the afterlife. The protagonist Tołpi smashes the Moon and must make a new one.

nostalgiafolklore and legendworld rebuilding

Baśń o wężowym sercu albo wtóre słowo o Jakóbie Szeli (Fairytale about Snake's Heart, or Second Word about Jakob Szela)

2019年 Folklore reworking, Historical fantasy

Loosely based on legends about Jakub Szela and the 1846 peasant uprising known as the Galician slaughter. Through a mix of folklore and history the novel reconsiders violence, memory, and communal narratives.

violence and memorypeople's historyreinterpretation of legend
映像化・舞台化
  • [Opera] Baśń o wężowym sercu (opera adaptation) / Aleksander Nowak (2024)
  • [Stage play] Baśń o wężowym sercu (stage adaptation) / Beniamin Maria Bukowski (2024)

Agla. Alef

2022年 Psychological novel, Adventure

A daring adventure story and an insightful, moving psychological novel about growing up, transformation, love, discovering one's physicality, disappointed friendships, exclusion and loneliness.

coming of ageisolation and fellowshipself-discovery

Agla. Aurora

2023年 Social allegory, Dystopian elements

A book about how good people accidentally build totalitarianism, and about how answers to our questions often sound different than we'd like.

totalitarianismethics and responsibilityformation of society

全著作

  • Kocham cię, Lilith (2014)
  • Puste niebo (2016)
  • Baśń o wężowym sercu albo wtóre słowo o Jakóbie Szeli (2019)
  • Agla. Alef (2022)
  • Agla. Aurora (2023)

翻案

  • Baśń o wężowym sercu — adapted as an opera and a stage play

作風・主題

文体
folklore reworkingmagic realismfantastical imagerypsychologically focused prose
頻出モチーフ
folklore and legendtransformationmemory and violencethe moon and the night sky

評価・遺産

Radek Rak is regarded as a leading contemporary Polish writer of fantasy and magic realism. His award-winning Baśń o wężowym sercu and other works have drawn attention for their distinctive reworkings of folklore and history.

大衆文化への影響

  • Baśń o wężowym sercu — staged as an opera and a theater production

豆知識

  • He works as a veterinarian and is also known as a writer.
  • Resident of Kraków and married.
  • Participated in the Polish Legends project with the short story "Kwiaty paproci (Fern Flowers)".
  • Baśń o wężowym sercu has been adapted into an opera and stage productions.
  • Awards include the Nike Award, Janusz A. Zajdel Award, Jerzy Żuławski Literary Award, and Nowa Fantastyka Award.