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Chwin, Stefan
2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
The Nike literature prize goes to Dorota Maslowska
The 23-year-old novelist Dorota Maslowska has won Poland's most prestigious literature award, the "Nike 2006", with her second book "The Queen's Peacock" ('Paw Krolowej'). In an interview with Sebastian Lupak novelist Stefan Chwin distances himself from the jury's decision: "This was a somewhat surprising decision. Maslowska doesn't seem to have put much effort into her second book. The first ('The Polish-Russian War under the White-Red Flag) was something very unusual and original. The second seems to hark back to the first. There have been similar, if not even worse, episodes in the history of the Nike Award. It's very painful for the other writers. It's a tough game; a cruel one. But any form of hierarchy is an act of cruelty."
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The Günter Grass affair fuels debate
Fourteen Polish writers including Wislawa Szymborska, Stefan Chwin and Pawel Huelle have published an open letter in which they defend Günter Grass. "Grass's confession is a demonstration of courage, and illustrates the great tragedy of a person who admits that he has always perceived his guilt as a shameful thing. We are witnessing how his admission is being exploited by certain Polish politicians. We strongly object to the tragedy of this novelist being used for political games. We cannot allow politicians to play with people's destinies. We regard Grass's literary work and social commitment as efforts to compensate for his mistakes. We cannot and will not forget Günter Grass's friendship and the great services he has done Poland."
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