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Another meeting in the series ZAGADANI – ZASŁUCHANI, an author's meeting with Mariusz Szczygieł – a reporter, columnist, non-fiction writer. His books have been published in 21 countries. Winner of the European Book Award 2009 for "Gottland", which also won the Nike Readers' Award. Winner of the double Nike Literary Award 2019 for "Nie ma" (chosen by the jury and readers). Associated with "Gazeta Wyborcza" since 1990. Co-founder of the Wrzenie świata bookstore-cafe and the Dowody na Istnienie publishing house. Czechophile. Lives in Warsaw, but as he says - his soul lives in Prague. Author of the bestselling "Osobisty Przewodnik po Praga". Hosted by: Anna Sajnog Mariusz Szczygieł (born 1966) – reporter, writer. Associated with "Gazeta Wyborcza" since 1990. Apart from Hanna Krall, he is the most frequently translated living Polish reporter; his books have been published in 21 countries. He won the European Book Award 2009 for "Gottland", and the Nike Readers' Award in Poland. Winner of the Journalist of the Year 2013 title in the Grand Press competition. He won the Nike Award 2019 twice for "Nie ma" (jury and readers' choice). He made his debut at the age of 16 in the weekly "Na przełaj". In the 1990s, he was known for hosting the talk show "Na każdy temat". A Czechophile, author of several bestselling books about the Czech Republic ("Gottland", "Zrób sobie raj", "Laska nebeska"). Author of the monumental, three-volume anthology of Polish reportage of the 20th century "100/XX". Decorated by the President of the Republic of Poland with the Polonia Restituta order. A teacher of many young generation reporters, he conducts his own classes at the Polish School of Reportage. He won the 2015 Authority Award in the Mediator competition, awarded by students of all journalism schools in Poland. He is the president of the Reportage Institute Foundation, which runs the well-known Warsaw bookstore and café Wrzenie świata and the Dowody book publishing house. A fan of Czech Prague. He lives in Warsaw.