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name: Przemysław Semczuk
about: Przemysław Semczuk is an acclaimed Polish reporter, journalist, publicist, and writer specialising in criminal reportage and the history of Communist Poland.He is the author of a bestselling reportage ‘Wampir z Zagłębia’ (the story of Zdzisław Marchwicki, a notorious serial killer in Communist Poland), for which he was awarded a Crystal Reportage Card (Kryształowa Karta Reportażu) in 2017.He has published in major Polish newspapers and magazines such as "Wprost", "Focus Historia" and "Wysokie Obcasy Extra" as well as “Newsweek” and "Playboy".Semczuk has co-produced a TV series “Cienie PRL” (about uncovered crimes in the Communist Poland) for TVP (2008) and in 2022 he co-produced and presented true crime docuseries Polscy. Seryjni… for TVP H Przemysław Semczuk is an acclaimed Polish reporter, journalist, publicist, and writer specialising in criminal reportage and the history of Communist Poland.He is the author of a bestselling reportage ‘Wampir z Zagłębia’ (the story of Zdzisław Marchwicki, a notorious serial killer in Communist Poland), for which he was awarded a Crystal Reportage Card (Kryształowa Karta Reportażu) in 2017.He has published in major Polish newspapers and magazines such as "Wprost", "Focus Historia" and "Wysokie Obcasy Extra" as well as “Newsweek” and "Playboy".Semczuk has co-produced a TV series “Cienie PRL” (about uncovered crimes in the Communist Poland) for TVP (2008) and in 2022 he co-produced and presented true crime docuseries Polscy. Seryjni… for TVP Historia. (an 8-episode series about the most infamous killers of Communist Poland). His other ventures include guest appearances for major Polish Radio stations such as RMF FM. He is often invited to appear on TV as an expert speaker.Przemysław Semczuk is the author of the following reportage: Zatajone katastrofy PRL, Czarna wołga. Kryminalna historia PRL, Magiczne dwudziestolecie, Wampir z Zagłębia, Kryptonim Frankenstein, M jak morderca: Karol Kot - wampir z Krakowa, Wybrałem Pol(s)kę. Imigranci w PRL and crime novels: Tak będzie prościej, To nie przypadek, Cyklon.His latest book Maluch. Biografia is an illustrated history of life in Communist Poland seen through the prism of the most unique Polish car – The Fiat 126p. „I chose Poland. I chose a Pole” is a biography of a forgotten British-turned-Polish writer, George Bidwell who immigrated to Poland in the late 40s. Bidwell, a former officer of the British Army and a veteran of the campaign in Africa, came to Warsaw after the war, to take up a post of the British Council director. After a scandalous dissolution of his first marriage, Bidwell married a Pole, renounced his English citizenship, and became a Pole himself. He became a widely read writer, published nearly 50 titles. He wrote books in English, and his wife translated them into Polish. Bidwell was friends with a famous Polish author, Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, who introduced him to the Polish Writers' Association. “I chose Poland. I chose a Pole” is part of the British Library collection in London. Przemysław lives in Toruń, Poland. ...more