Darek Foks (born in 1966) is a poet, prose writer and screenwriter. Studied at the Aleksander Zelwerowicz State Theatre Academy in Warsaw, holds a degree in script writing from and the Leon Schiller National University of Film, Television and Theater in Lodz. He published the following poem collections „Wiersze o fryzjerach” [Poems about Barbers] (1994), „Misterny tren” [Mystery Threnody] (1997), „Sonet drogi” [Road Sonnet] (2000), „Przecena map. Wiersze z lat 1987-1997” [Map Sale. Poems 1987-1997] (2005) and „Ustalenia z Maastricht” [Findings from Maastricht] (2006). His prose works include „Orcio” (1998), „Pizza weselna” [Wedding Pizza] (2000) and „Mer Betlejem” [The Mayor of Bethlehem] (2003). Awarded with the first prize in the literary competition of “bruLion” (1993) and Natalia Gall Prize (1999). Nominated (twice) for the “Passports” prize of the “Polityka” weekly. In 2005, „Co robi łączniczka” [What is a Messenger Girl Doing], a book co-written with Zbigniew Libera, was awarded the TVP Kultura Prize and nominated for the Gdynia Literary Award. The book was translated into French by Erik Veaux. Foks’s poems and short stories have been translated into several languages. He is a member of the editorial staff of the literary periodical „Twórczość”. He lives in Skierniewice. He was a guest of the 2008 edition of the festival.
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