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June 15, 2022 / 11:24

Nike Literary Award 2022 nominations – Stasiuk, Wicha and Domosławski long-listed

Nike Literary Award 2022 nominations – Stasiuk, Wicha and Domosławski long-listed

Who will win the Nike Literary Award this year? The best book 2022 will be chosen from novels, books of poetry, reportages, essays, biographies, and a memoir. Today, on Wednesday, 15 June 2022, “Gazeta Wyborcza” and Wyborcza.pl presented 20 works nominated for the 26th edition of the Nike literary award, organized by “Wyborcza” and the Nike Foundation, and sponsored by the Agora Foundation. We will learn the seven finalists at the beginning of September, and the winner will be announced on the first Sunday of October this year.

Here are 20 books nominated for the 2022 Nike Literary Award (alphabetical order according to the authors):

  • Anna Ciarkowska “Dewocje” (novel), W.A.B., Warsaw
  • Anna Cieplak “Rozpływaj się” (novel), Wydawnictwo Literackie, Krakow
  • Artur Domosławski “Wygnaniec. 21 scen z życia Zygmunta Baumana” (biography), Wielka Litera, Warsaw
  • Agnieszka Gajewska “Stanisław Lem. Wypędzony z wysokiego zamku” (biography), Wydawnictwo Literackie, Krakow
  • Magdalena Grzebałkowska “Wojenka. O dzieciach, które dorosły bez ostrzeżenia” (reportage), Agora, Warsaw
  • Jerzy Jarniewicz “Mondo cane” (poetry), Biuro Literackie, Stronie Śląskie
  • Justyna Kulikowska “Gift z Podlasia” (poetry), WBPiCAK, Poznań
  • Joanna Ostrowska “Oni. Homoseksualiści w czasie II wojny światowej” (historical reportage), Wyd. Krytyki Politycznej, Warsaw
  • Edward Pasewicz “Pulverkopf” (novel), Wielka Litera, Warsaw
  • Kira Pietrek “Czeski zeszyt” (poetry), Biuro Literackie, Stronie Śląskie
  • Maciej Płaza “Golem” (novel), W.A.B., Warsaw
  • Kacper Pobłocki “Chamstwo”(essay), Czarne, Wołowiec
  • Bartosz Sadulski “Rzeszot” (novel), Książkowe Klimaty, Wrocław
  • Andrzej Stasiuk “Przewóz” (novel), Czarne, Wołowiec
  • Leszek Szaruga “Mucha” (poetry), Convivo, Warsaw
  • Agnieszka Szpila “Heksy” (novel), W.A.B., Warsaw
  • Tymon Tymański “Sclavus” (memoir), Części Proste, Gdansk
  • Marcin Wicha “Kierunek zwiedzania” (novel), Karakter, Krakow
  • Przemysław Wielgosz “Gra w rasy” (essay), Karakter, Krakow
  • Aleksandra Zbroja “Mireczek. Patoopowieść o moim ojcu” (essay), Agora, Warsaw

More information about the Nike 2022 longlist can be found in today's “Gazeta Wyborcza” and on Wyborcza.pl.

The Nike Literary Award is awarded to the best book of the year. All literary genres can take part in the competition. The award cannot be divided or not awarded.

We will learn the seven finalists of the prestigious award at the beginning of September 2022 in “Wyborcza” and Wyborcza.pl.

The jury determines the laureate on the day of awarding, always on the first Sunday of October. The winner receives PLN 100 thousand and the statuette designed by Gustaw Zemła. The Award is organized by “Wyborcza” and the Nike Foundation, and sponsored by the Agora Foundation.

This year, the Nike Literary Award jury includes: Marek Beylin, Przemysław Czapliński (chairman), Inga Iwasiów, Iwona Kurz, Tadeusz Nyczek, Magdalena Piekara, Szymon Rudnicki, Maria Topczewska, and Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz.

In 2021, the jury awarded the Nike to Zbigniew Rokita for “Kajś”, a reportage on Silesia and the Silesian identity. Previous winners include, among others, Olga Tokarczuk, Joanna Bator, Wiesław Myśliwski, Mariusz Szczygieł and Andrzej Stasiuk.

More: Wyborcza.pl/nike

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