Zbigniew Janowski

Zbigniew Janowski is the author of Cartesian Theodicy: Descartes' Quest for Certitude, Index Augustino-Cartésien. Textes et Commentaire, Agamemnon’s Tomb: Polish Oresteia (with Catherine O’Neil).

Zbigniew Jankowski was born in Bydgoszcz, in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. He made his debut as a poet in 1956. He was the organizer and the first president of the Literary Club "Kontakty" in Rybnik, the creator of the poetic and artistic group "Reda" in Kołobrzeg, the organizer and president of the Lower Silesian Branch of the Association of Polish Mariners, animator Of the Academic Literary Circle formed at Basilica of St. St. Nicholas in Gdańsk. Member PEN Club, founding member Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich, ("Association of Polish Writers"). From 1975 he lives in Sopot. Three times nominated for Orpheus - Poetic Award of K.I. Gałczyński. Spouse Teresa Ferenc, father of the poet Anna Janko.

In 2016, Zbigniew Jankowski was awarded the silver "Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis".

Zbigniew Jankowski's work has been translated into English, German, Russian, Swedish, Greek, French, Czech, Serbian

Born 1931
Bydgoszcz, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Occupation poet
Spouse Teresa Ferenc

Selected awards and nominations:
1979 - Gdańska Książka Roku 1978 za tom Żywioł wszelki. Wiersze wybrane i nowe ("1978 Gdańsk Book of the Year for the volume "All element. Selected and new poems"")
2012 - nominacja do Nagrody Poetyckiej "Orfeusz" za tom Zaraz przyjdzie ("nomination for the "Orpheus" Poetic Award for the volume "Coming soon"")
2015 - finał Nagrody Poetyckiej Orfeusz za tom Biała przędza ("final of the "Orpheus" Poetic Award for the volume "White yarn"")
2016 - silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis
2017 - nominacja do Nagrody Poetyckiej Orfeusz za tom Wolne miejsce ("nomination for the "Orpheus" Poetic Award for the volume "Free Place"")