I live in Katowice which is in the heart of Silesia, Poland. My work has been published in numerous places. My career path has been a winding road. At times the destination has been obvious and at other times unclear.
I truly believe there is a place in this world where philosophy, mythology and religion meet from ancient, Judeo-Christian, cultures in the Far East. This place is painted with a brush from one of the Dutch or Italian Masters. This place has been described by many people: Czesław Miłosz, Zbigniew Herbert, Julia Hartwig, Urszula Kozioł, Zygmunt Kubiak, Ryszard Przybylski and others.
Rilke, Kawafis and Seferis but also Larkin.
Marquez, Coetzee, Alice Munro.
I believe that modern man is more than just a lustful homo economicus.
In this world I like:
- Old forges; my grandfather Jan Lenc had one. His son and my uncle Polek also had one
- Foods including Russian dumplings, Italian pasta and Polish Christmas carp
- Evening scent in Kiczora, located in the Beskid Mountains, in a meadow near ones house
- Gin & Tonic and Caiprinha
- Tales and fairy tales of all sorts.
- Spring and warm autumn as described by Natalia de Barbaro:
Wczesna jesień: tkliwość. Jakbym się pochylała
nad ciałem jeszcze pięknym, ale już skazanym.
Jeszcze będziemy mrużyć oczy w słońcu,
kłaść się na trawie, udawać że nie
(in Polish)
I sense autumn at the beginning of June. Am I a Melancholic?
The volume of short stories Ja, Wittgenstein was my first book. Chimera is the second,
The last garden is the third
I am member of The Association of Polish Writers.
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