Jakobe Mansztajn is an award-winning young Polish

Poland

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 poet

Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

 and blog

Blog

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Editor

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 of the literary quarterly Korespondencja z ojcem. Author of the poetry collection Vienna high life (2009) for which he has received many awards, including the prestigious 2010 Wroclaw Silesius Award in the Début of the Year category, Sztorm Roku 2010 Award founded by Gazeta Wyborcza

Gazeta Wyborcza

Gazeta Wyborcza is a leading Polish newspaper. It covers the gamut of political, international and general news. Like all the Polish newspapers, it is printed on compact-sized paper, and is published by the multimedia corporation Agora SA...

, and has also been nominated for the Gdynia Literary Award. His debut collection has been described as :"one of the most distinctive in the past years in Polish literature" and gained wide critical acclaim. Translated into hebrew, english, belarussian, norwegian.