birth_date: 1932-03-25 00:00:00
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name: Wiesław Myśliwski
about: Wiesław Myśliwski is a Polish novelist. In his novels and plays Myśliwski concentrates on life in the Polish countryside. He is twice the winner of the Nike Award (Polish equivalent of the Booker Prize) for Widnokrąg (1996) and Traktat o łuskaniu fasoli (2006).His first novel translated into English was The Palace, translated by Ursula Phillips. His novel Stone Upon Stone (Kamień na kamieniu), won the 2012 Best Translated Book Award, translated by Bill Johnston (Archipelago Books).