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    Jerzy Pilch

    Born()10 August

    Wisła, Poland

    Died29 May () (aged 67)

    Kielce, Poland

    Alma materJagiellonian University
    OccupationWriter, journalist
    AwardsNike Award ()
    Paszport Polityki Award ()
    Kościelski Award ()

    Jerzy Pilch (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjɛʐɨ ˈpilx]; 10 August – 29 May ) was a Polish writer, columnist, and journalist. Critics have compared Pilch's style to Witold Gombrowicz, Milan Kundera, or Bohumil Hrabal.

    Early life and education

    Jerzy Pilch at the Kraków Book Fair in

    Born and raised in the small town of Wisła in the Beskids in southern Poland, Pilch studied Polish philology at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków and became active in the city's underground literary scene in the late s. He began making his name under the martial law in the s, by writing and reading essays for the "spoken magazine" Na Głos ("Out loud"), a regular spoken-word event organised by the op