Dmitroca Zbigniew

BIO

Born on 28 February 1962 in the Michałówka estate (now part of Poddąbrowa); son of the farmers Stanisław Dmitroca and Łucja, née Staszuk. He spent his childhood in the village of Niewirków, near Zamość. He wrote his first pieces of literature as a schoolboy. He was also interested in woodcarving as a boy. From 1977 he attended the State Secondary School of Fine Arts in Zamość (Państwowe Liceum Sztuk Plastycznych w Zamościu). He and his schoolmates for the Adup theatre group. From 1978 to 1983 he was a member of the "Zamoście" Literary Group that was based at the city's Korespondencyjny Klub Młodych Pisarzy (Correspondence Club for Young Writers – KKMP). He made his debut as a poet in 1980 with the poem Pejzaże Malczewskiego (Malczewski's Landscapes), which was published in the monthly "Odra" (no. 9). After completing his advanced secondary education in 1982, he studied Polish philology at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (UMCS) in Lublin before moving to the Adam Mickiewicz University (UAM) in Poznan in 1986. He was actively involved in cultural life as a student. He also worked as a labourer at the Poznan Trade Fairs. He was an unenrolled student at the Faculty of Library Studies at the University of Wroclaw in 1986 before studying sociology, briefly, at UAM in 1987. He spent the period from 1988 to 1990 in the Tricity area, occasionally producing literary work, before returning home to Niewirków. He was briefly employed as a journalist while also working as a physical labourer. He published his first translations of Russian poetry in the monthly "Literatura na świecie" in 1989 (no. 5/6), including pieces by the authors A. Achmatova, S. Gordetsky, M. Gumilov and O. Mandelstam. In 1990/91 he was a member of the editorial teams of the following periodicals published in the Lublin region: "Zamojski Kwartalnik Kulturalny", "Tygodnik Współczesny" and "Gazeta Domowa", Between 1991 and 1999 he was co-author of Radio Lublin's poetry programme for children, Jasiek. His first children's book appeared in 1992. From 1999 to 2000 he served on the editorial board of the monthly "Aktualności i Informacje Lubelskie". He and his wife also created artworks between 1999 and 2003. Dmitroca created plaster-casts and postcards bearing limericks, including some relating to the signs of the Zodiac. His poems, prose and translations, largely from Russian, and reviews appeared in the periodicals "Kresy" (1990, 1994–96, and intermittently between 1999 and 2010, likewise under the pen name Zygmunt Żwirkowski), "Literatura" (1996–99), "Odra" (1996 and intermittently between 2005 and 2017), "Zeszyty Literackie" (1997–98 and intermittently between 2005 and 2017), "Przekrój" (2003–08), "Europa" (2005–09), "Więź" (intermittently between 2005 and 2012), "Fraza" (2008–13), "Twórczość" (2010–11), and "Literatura na Świecie" (2011). Between 2003 and 2010, he collaborated with Polish Radio's II Programme on various series, including Sztuka przekładu (The Art of Translation), Sto lat poezji polskiej (100 years of Polish Poetry) and Czwartki literackie (Literary Thursdays). He has composed the lyrics to many songs, including some for the Lublin Hans Christian Andersen Puppet Theatre (Teatr Lalki i Aktora), and for cabarets, including those performed at Lublin's Biesy restaurant. His lyrics have also been used in pop songs and children's songs, such as those featuring on the album Nibylandia (Asifland). In 2003 he formed the children's theatre Jednoosobowa Trupa Walizkowa "Teatrzyk jak się patrzy" (One-man Suitcase Troop – Out of this World Theatre), where he was actor and author. Some poems written as part of this project appeared on the album Skąd się biorą bajki (Where Fairy Tales come from). In 2006 he became a member of the Association of Polish Writers (SPP). He has received several grants from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. In 2003 he received the W. Orkan Award of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship (Nagroda Województwa Małopolskiego im. W. Orkana), while in 2010 he was appointed Cultural Ambassador for Zamość by the president of the city. He received the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage Award in 2015 for his cultural work.

He married the artist Magdalena Józefczuk in 1997. She has also provided illustrations for Dmitroca's books. They have a daughter, Kalina. Since 2000 he has lived in the hamlet of Rożki, near Żółkiewka, in the Lublin voivodeship.

Twórczość

1. Rozbrykana bryczka. [Wiersze dla dzieci]. Lublin: Ex-libris 1992, 47 s.

BIO

Twórczość

Nagrody

Zawartość

Nagrody

Zawartość

Przekłady utworów literackich w antologiach zagranicznych

hiszpański

niemiecki

rosyjski

Przekłady

Zawartość

Inne formy wydań

Inne formy wydań

Prace redakcyjne

Omówienia i recenzje

Wywiady

Ogólne

Artykuły

Rozbrykana bryczka

Horror vacui

Baśnik

Namolny mol

Ballada bez sensu i morału; Skamieliny, otoczaki, samorodki

Kosy i kokosy

Niedoraj

Zagadki wesołej gromadki

Zakaz przekraczania granicy

Geoglify

Baba Jaga na deskorolce

Jonka, Jonek i Kleks

Ostatnia okazja

Lekcje (nie)obecności

A. Achmatowa: Milczenie było moim domem

Radio Swoboda

W. Chodasiewicz: Powrót Orfeusza

M. Cwietajewa: Hardość i słabość

B. Leśmian: Księżycowy żebrak i inne wiersze rosyjskie

W. Britaniszski: Krzyk duszy