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Department
Direction
Direction
Bronka Nowicka, our direction graduate, screenwriter, poet, visual media artist receives the most important Polish literary award NIKE for the debut novel "Nakarmić kamień".
As a student of film direction Bronka Nowicka made a film "Tristis" under the artistic supervision of Mariusz Grzegorzek and Jolanta Dylewska in which the main roles were played by Krzysztof Majchrzak and Maria Ciunelis. For the film she got a distinction at the International Student Film Festival in Munich and the Best Film Prize at the Film Schools’ Festival in Bologna. She has worked as a theatre director at Jaracza Theatre in Olsztyn, Studio Theatre in Warsaw and Mickiewicza Theatre in Częstochowa.
Her literary debut, the book "Nakarmić kamień" is a collection of 40 short-stories about people and objects. "I don’t expect objects to be alive. I wish people were more alive than they are. That’s what the book’s about."
Among NIKE winners there are: Czesław Miłosz, Stanisław Barańczak, Tadeusz Różewicz, Jerzy Pilch, Andrzej Stasiuk and Olga Tokarczuk. Bronka Nowicka, has just joined the group of splendid names being the 20th person to win the prize.
Her literary debut, the book "Nakarmić kamień" is a collection of 40 short-stories about people and objects. "I don’t expect objects to be alive. I wish people were more alive than they are. That’s what the book’s about."
Among NIKE winners there are: Czesław Miłosz, Stanisław Barańczak, Tadeusz Różewicz, Jerzy Pilch, Andrzej Stasiuk and Olga Tokarczuk. Bronka Nowicka, has just joined the group of splendid names being the 20th person to win the prize.