Mamiko Explained

MaMiKo is a Polish publisher located in Nowa Ruda, a medieval town. The town has a strong literary tradition, and hosts the “Góry Literatury” annually.^[1]

MaMiKo was founded in 2000 by Apolonia Maliszewska. The name MaMiKo is a combination of the first two letters of Magda, Milena, and Kornel; which are the names of her children. Since 2000 over 300 books have been published by MaMiKo. The publishing house specializes in poetry and fiction.^[2]

Poets and Authors

Selected poets and authors published by MaMiKo include: Wojciech Giedrys, Tomasz Pułka, Elżbieta Lipińska, Grzegorz Mucha, Szymon Bira, Dagmara Babiarz, Hubert Klimko-Dobrzaniecki, Piotr Florczyk, Samantha Kitsch, Grzegorz Kwiatkowski, Michał Sobol, Marta Fox and Jakub Tabaczek.

Books

While MaMiKo specializes in poetry and fiction it also publishes nonfiction. Some notable nonfiction works published by MaMiKo are: Polish: Poza kadrem by Feliks Netz,^[3] Polish: Otwórz oczy by Dagmara Babiarz,^[4] Polish: Znad Niemna przez Odrę nad Sekwanę by Marian Dziwniel,^[5] and the Polish translation of Jogging by Ukrainian author Andrij Bondar, which was translated by Bohdan Zadura and Adam Wiedemann.^[6]

Literary awards

Authors that were published by MaMiKo who were either nominated for or won literary awards can be listed as:^[7]

• Wojciech Giedrys was the first-prize winner of the National Literary Contest Polish: Złoty Środek Poezji 2005 for Best Poetic Debut in 2004 for his volume of poetry Polish: Ścielenie i grzebanie.^[8]
• Dawid Majer was the first-prize winner of the National Literary Contest Polish: Złoty Środek Poezji 2010 for Best Poetic Debut in 2009 for his volume of poetry Polish: Księga grawitacji.^[9]
• Dawid Majer was nominated for the Silesius Literary Award 2010 in the category Debut of the Year for his volume of poetry Polish: Księga grawitacji.
• Maciej Bieszczad was the third-prize winner of the National Literary Contest Polish: Złoty Środek Poezji 2011 for Best Poetic Debut in 2010 for his volume of poetry Polish: Elipsa.
• Tomasz Pietrzak was nominated for the Nike Literary Award 2013 for his volume of poetry Polish: Rekordy.
• Piotr Tomczak got an honourable mention of the National Literary Contest Polish: Złoty Środek Poezji 2014 for Best Poetic Debut in 2013 for his volume of poetry Polish: Miłość, miłość, zapałki, książkii ikra.
• Zyta Bętkowska was the first-prize winner of the National Literary Contest Polish: Złoty Środek Poezji 2017 for Best Poetic Debut in 2016 for her volume of poetry Polish: Dwa chutory.
• Jakub Domoradzki was nominated for the Polish: Orfeusz K. I. Gałczyński Literary Award 2017 for his volume of poetry Polish: Wiersze, których nie lubii mój tata.
• Jakub Tabaczek was nominated for the Witold Gombrowicz Literary Award 2019 for his short story collection Polish: Czytajcie, co jest wam pisane.
• Robert Jóźwik was the third-prize winner of the XV Artur Fryz National Literary Contest 2019 for Best Debut in 2018 for his volume of poetry Polish: Obiecuję ci niewidzialność.

External links

• Mamiko - Publisher's official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2024 . 2024-06-20 . Fundacja Olgi Tokarczuk . pl-PL.
2. Web site: O nas . 2024-06-20 . Wydawnictwo Mamiko . pl-PL.
3. Web site: 2006-04-20 . Feliks Netz - Poza kadrem . 2024-06-20 . Wydawnictwo Mamiko . pl-PL.
4. Web site: 2008-04-28 . Dagmara Babiarz - Podróż za kilka zielonych . 2024-06-20 . Wydawnictwo Mamiko . pl-PL.
5. Web site: 2007-04-26 . Marian Dziwniel - Znad Niemna przez Odrę nad Sekwanę . 2024-06-20 . Wydawnictwo Mamiko . pl-PL.
6. Web site: 2005-04-19 . Andrij Bondar - "Jogging . 2024-06-20 . Wydawnictwo Mamiko . pl-PL.
7. Web site: Nagrodzone książki . 2024-06-20 . Wydawnictwo Mamiko . pl-PL.
8. Web site: 2018-06-24 . Festiwal Złoty Środek Poezji konkurs literacki 2005 . 2024-06-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180624010803/http://www.zlotysrodekpoezji.pl/konkurs-literacki-2005 . 2018-06-24 .
9. Web site: 2017-06-27 . Festiwal Złoty Środek Poezji konkurs literacki 2010 . 2024-06-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170627225227/http://www.zlotysrodekpoezji.pl/konkurs-literacki-2010 . 2017-06-27 .