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Zbigniew Jankowski (26 December 1931 – 6 July 2024) was a Polish poet, writer, essayist, literary critic.
Life and career
Zbigniew Jankowski was born in Bydgoszcz, in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland on 26 December 1931. He made his debut as a poet in 1956. He was the organizer and the first president of the Literary Club "Kontakty" in Rybnik, the creator of the poetic and artistic group "Reda" in Kołobrzeg, the organizer and president of the Lower Silesian Branch of the Association of Polish Mariners, animator Of the Academic Literary Circle formed at Basilica of St. St. Nicholas in Gdańsk. Member PEN Club, founding member Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich, ("Association of Polish Writers"). From 1975 he lived in Sopot. Three times nominated for Orpheus - Poetic Award of K.I. Gałczyński. Poet's husband Teresa Ferenc, father of the poet Anna Janko.
In 2016, Zbigniew Jankowski was awarded the silver "Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis".
Zbigniew Jankowski's work has been translated into English, German, Russian, Swedish, Greek, French, Czech, Serbian
Jankowski died on 6 July 2024, at the age of 92.
Selected works
Dotyk popiołu. Miniatury liryczne (1959) ("A touch of ash. Lyrical miniatures")
Żar. Poemat (1966) ("Heat. Poem")
Ciążenie morza (1970) ("Gravity of the sea")
Psałterz bałtycki. Wiersze wybrane i nowe (1974) ("Baltic Psalter. Selected and new poems")
Kto żyje (1980) ("Who is alive")
Zanurzenie. Modlitwy poetyckie (1980, 1981) ("Dipping. Poetic Prayers")
Żegluga. Poemat (1983) ("Shipping. Poem")
Pełne morze. Wybór wierszy (1987) ("High sea. Selection of poems")
Spokojnie, wodo (1991) ("Relax, water")
Cztery twarze domu. Antologia rodzinna (1991) - wspólnie z Teresa Ferenc, Anna Janko i Mileną Wieczorek (""Four Faces of the House. Family Anthology" (1991) - together with Teresa Ferenc, Anna Janko and Milena Wieczorek")
Port macierzysty (1995) ("Home port")
Morze przybywa z daleka. Modlitwy i inne wiersze (1997) ("The sea comes from afar. Prayers and other poems")
Powiedz, Rabbi (1999) ("Say, Rabbi")
Słowo ostatnie i wciąż pierwsze. Wiersze wybrane i nowe (2000) ("The last word and still the first. Selected and new poems")
Wielkie tło. Wiersze nowe 1999-2001 (2001) ("Great background. New poems 1999-2001")
Ciernie wody (2003) ("Water thorns")
Odpływ. Sztuka ubywania (2005) ("Outflow. The art of declining")
Biały delfin. Nowy wybór wierszy (2009) ("White dolphin. New selection of poems")
Zaraz przyjdzie (2011) ("Coming soon")
Biała przędza (2014) ("White yarn")
Selected awards and nominations
1979 – Gdańska Książka Roku 1978 za tom Żywioł wszelki. Wiersze wybrane i nowe ("1978 Gdańsk Book of the Year for the volume "All element. Selected and new poems"")
2012 – nominacja do Nagrody Poetyckiej "Orfeusz" za tom Zaraz przyjdzie ("nomination for the "Orpheus" Poetic Award for the volume "Coming soon"")
2015 – finał Nagrody Poetyckiej Orfeusz za tom Biała przędza ("final of the "Orpheus" Poetic Award for the volume "White yarn"")
2016 – silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis
2017 – nominacja do Nagrody Poetyckiej Orfeusz za tom Wolne miejsce ("nomination for the "Orpheus" Poetic Award for the volume "Free Place"")
See also
Anna Janko
Teresa Ferenc
Sochy massacre
List of Polish-language authors
List of Polish-language poets
List of Poles
References
External links
Dąbrowska-Czoch, Maria (1 September 2014). "Poezja w małżeństwie, małżeństwo w poezji (Teresa Ferenc i Zbigniew Jankowski)" [Poetry in marriage, marriage in poetry (Teresa Ferenc and Zbigniew Jankowski)] (in Polish). Retrieved 31 January 2020.
"Promocja książki Zbigniewa Jankowskiego "Biały Delfin"" [Promotion of Zbigniew Jankowski's book "White Delfin"] (in Polish). 28 September 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
"Zbigniew Jankowski" [Zbigniew Jankowski] (in Polish). Retrieved 11 February 2020.
Gruszka-Zych, Barbara (27 September 2010). "Miłość nie mija" [Love doesn't go by] (in Polish). Retrieved 12 February 2020.
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- Krzysztof Gonciarz
- Zbigniew Przybyszewski
- List of European Athletics Indoor Championships medalists (men)
- List of Recipients of the Order of the Smile
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