Radek Rak

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Radek Rak (born 1987) is a Polish veterinarian best known as a writer of fantasy literature. [1]

He authored both novels and short stories. His novels are winners of several Polish literary awards. With the 2015 short story Kwiaty paproci ["Fern flowers" he took part in the project Polish Legends .

Baśń o wężowym sercu was adapted to an opera by Aleksander Nowak  [ pl ] [2] and for stage by Beniamin Maria Bukowski  [ pl ] [3] .

He is married [4] and a resident of Krakow. [1]

Novels

Robert Z., a patient of a sanatorium is involved with "demonic painter Iwona" and the "intriguing doctor Małgorzata". But suddenly Iwona disappears and it turns out that nobody but Robert ever saw her... The novel, starting realistrically, gradually turns out into a dreamlike, illogical, fantastic tale... Eventually the titular Lilith appears as well... [5] [6]
From publisher's review: "The novel was created out of longing for times gone by, a city that never existed and a history that could not have happened. Puste niebo tells the story of magical Lublin, extraordinary inhabitants of the former Kresy ["Eastern Borderlands"] and strange creatures from the borderlands of the afterlife. Radek Rak's novel is magical realism in its original Polish edition". The protagonist, Tołpi, a naive youth, smashes the Moon and has to make a new one, because the life without the Moon is disrupted. [7]
It was nominated for the Janusz A. Zajdel Award and won the Gold Distinction of the Jerzy Żuławski Literary Award. [1]
The novel is loosely based on the legends about Jakub Szela, the leader of a 1846 peasant uprising known as the Galician slaughter. [8]
The novel won several Polish literary awards, including the Janusz A. Zajdel Award, [9] the Nike Award, [10] the Nowa Fantastyka Award  [ pl ] [11] and the Jerzy Żuławski Literary Award. [12]
From publisher's summary: "Agla is a daring adventure story, but also an insightful and moving psychological novel about growing up and changing, about love and discovering one's physicality, about disappointed friendships, exclusion and loneliness, about finding oneself and becoming a human being in the full sense of the word." [13]
Winner of the Janusz A. Zajdel Award, Jerzy Żuławski Literary Award, Nowa Fantastyka Award (Polish Book of the Year category)
From publisher's summary: "Agla. Aurora is a book about how good people accidentally build totalitarianism. And about how the answers to our questions often sound different than we would like them to." [14]
Nominated for Zajdel Award . [15] Nominated for Nowa Fantastyka, [16] but did not win. [17]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Baśń o wężowym sercu albo wtóre słowo o Jakóbie Szeli
  2. ↑ „Baśń o sercu” – premiera wspólnego dzieła Aleksandra Nowaka i Radka Raka na tegorocznym AUKSODRONE
  3. ↑ Baśń o wężowym sercu, Helena Modrzejewska National Old Theatre
  4. ↑ Radek Rak, publisher's webpage
  5. ↑ Kocham cię, Lilith, Lubimyczytać.pl  [ pl ]
  6. ↑ Victoria Ziegler, Kobiece demony – Radek Rak – „Kocham cię, Lilith” [recenzja]
  7. ↑ Puste niebo, publisher's review
  8. ↑ Radek Rak i Marta Potocka laureatami Nagrody im. Janusza A. Zajdla za 2019 rok
  9. ↑ "Radek Rak i Marta Potocka laureatami Nagrody im. Janusza A. Zajdla za 2019 rok - Booklips.pl". Booklips.pl - Serwis literacki. Newsy, recenzje, artykuły, wywiady. Książki i popkultura. (in Polish). 2020-11-21. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  10. ↑ "Wyborcza.pl". wyborcza.pl. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  11. ↑ A.Mason. "Ogłoszono wyniki Nagrody Nowej Fantastyki 2020". Fahrenheit (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  12. ↑ "OGŁOSZENIE LAUREATÓW NAGRODY LITERACKIEJ IM. JERZEGO ŻUŁAWSKIEGO '2020 – Nagroda Literacka im. Jerzego Żuławskiego". www.nagroda-zulawskiego.pl. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  13. ↑ Agla. Aleph, publisher's summary
  14. ↑ Agla. Aurora, publisher's summary
  15. ↑ Nominacje do Nagrody im. Janusza A. Zajdla 2024
  16. ↑ Ogłoszono nominacje do Nagród „Nowej Fantastyki”
  17. ↑ Nagrody „Nowej Fantastyki” przyznane
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