Jakobe Mansztajn (born February 10, 1982, in Gdańsk) is a Polish poet and blogger.
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Born | (1982-02-10) 10 February 1982 (age 40) Gdańsk, Poland |
Nationality | Polish |
Alma mater | University of Gdańsk |
Occupation | poet, blogger |
He studied psychology at the University of Gdańsk. He works as deputy editor of the literary quarterly Korespondencja z ojcem. He is the author of the poetry collection Vienna High Life (2009) for which he has received many awards, including the prestigious 2010 Wroclaw Silesius Poetry Award in the Best Debut category,[1] the 2010 Sztorm Roku Award founded by Gazeta Wyborcza,[2] and has also been nominated for the Gdynia Literary Prize.[3] He was one of the initiators of the Zjednoczenie czytelnicze social campaign aimed at promoting reading books in Poland. His debut collection has been described as "one of the most distinctive in the past years in Polish literature" and gained wide critical acclaim. His works have been translated into many languages including German, Hebrew, English,[4] Belarusian, and Norwegian.
He is a co-host of the satirical Internet TV programme Make Poland Great Again.[5]
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