Jerzy Pilch (born 1952) - prose writer and journalist. A many years collaborator with the newspaper 'Tygodnik Powszechny' and weekly 'Polityka' (1999-2005) and 'Dziennik' (2006-2009) and later in 'Przekrój'. His story 'Under the Mighty Angel' won the Nike prize for the best novel in 2001. Other novels include: 'The Adulteress' Register' (1993), 'Monologue from the fox's lair' (1996), 'The irreversible loss of left-handedness' (1998). Pilch received many awards e.g. the Kościelski Foundation Award (1989).
