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NIKE 2008 Literary Award
Warsaw, book-laureate: October 5, 2008
languages: Polski  / English 
 

The NIKE Literary Award is a prize for the best book of the year published in Polish. It has been presented since 1997, always for a book published in the previous year. A list of 20 books nominated in 2008 and 7 finalists. The NIKE 2008 has been awarded to Olga Tokarczuk for her book "Bieguni"

The NIKE 2008 has been awarded to Olga Tokarczuk for her book "Bieguni". In the run-up to the announcement of this year's winner, readers of the "Gazeta Wyborcza" daily also awarded, as the best book, the Olga Tokarczuk's book.


Seven final books were announced on September 1, 2008. A list of finalists:
  • "Asystent śmierci" - Bronisław Świderski; WAB
  • "Bieguni" - Olga Tokarczuk, Wydawnictwo Literackie
  • "Czarny ogród" - Małgorzata Szejnert; SIW "Znak"
  • "Nagrobek z lastryko" - Krzysztof Varga; Czarne
  • "Obwód głowy" - Włodzimierz Nowak; Czarne
  • "Przelotem" - Urszula Kozioł; Wydawnictwo Literackie
  • "Twarz Tuwima" - Piotr Matywiecki; Wydawnictwo W.A.B.
The winner of the Award will be chosen on October 5, 2008. The event will take place at the Warsaw University Library and will be broadcast on TVP 2 starting at 7:00 pm.


Nominations for the NIKE LITERARY AWARD were announced for the 12th time. Twenty nominated books were presented on May 15, 2008, on the first day of the 53th WARSAW INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR. The seven final books will be known at the beginning of September and a book-laureate will be chosen on October 5, 2008.

The Jury of the NIKE 2008 LITERARY AWARD:
Tadeusz Bartoś, Tadeusz Bradecki, Tadeusz Drewnowski, Kinga Dunin, Marcin Król, Dariusz Nowacki, Marian Stala, Małgorzata Szpakowska (president), Marta Wyka.

A list of 20 nominees:
  • "Asystent śmierci" [An assistant to death] (novel) - Bronisław Świderski; WAB, Warszawa
  • "Bieguni" [Runners] (novel) - Olga Tokarczuk, Wydawnictwo Literackie, Kraków
  • "Chodźcie, idziemy" [Come on, let's go] (novel) - Janusz Rudnicki; WAB, Warszawa
  • "Czarny ogród" [Black garden] (reportage) - Małgorzata Szejnert; SIW "Znak", Kraków
  • "Katoniela" (novel) - Ewa Madeyska; Wydawnictwo Literackie, Kraków
  • "Kore. O chorych, chorobach i poszukiwaniu duszy medycyny" [Kore. About the sick, illnesses, and searching for the soul of medicine] (essay writing) - Andrzej Szczeklik; SIW "Znak", Kraków
  • "Lód" [Ice] (novel) - Jacek Dukaj; Wydawnictwo Literackie, Kraków
  • "Nagrobek z lastryko" [A terrazzo gravestone] (novel) - Krzysztof Varga; Czarne, Wołowiec
  • "Obwód głowy" [A circumference of head] (reportage) - Włodzimierz Nowak; Czarne, Wołowiec
  • "Ostatnia Wieczerza" [Last Supper] (novel) - Paweł Huelle; SIW "Znak", Kraków
  • "Pociąg do życia wiecznego" [A train to an eternal life] (feature) - Jerzy Pilch; Świat Książki, Warszawa
  • "Poemat odjazdu" [A poem for a departure] (poetry) - Andrzej Mandalian; Wydawnictwo Sic! Warszawa
  • "Pomarańcza Newtona" [Newton's orange] (poetry) - Ewa Lipska; Wydawnictwo Literackie, Kraków
  • "Po tęczy" [After the rainbow] (poetry) - Andrzej Sosnowski; Biuro Literackie, Wrocław
  • "Przelotem" [In passing] (poetry) - Urszula Kozioł; Wydawnictwo Literackie, Kraków
  • "Rebelia" [Rebellion] (novel) - Mariusz Sieniewicz; WAB, Warszawa
  • "Rubryka pod różą" [A column by the Rose] (essay writing) - Małgorzata Łukasiewicz; SIW "Znak", Kraków
  • "Twarz Tuwima" [Tuwim's face] (essay writing) - Piotr Matywiecki; Wydawnictwo W.A.B. Warszawa
  • "Znaki firmowe" [Trademarks] (essay writing) - Jerzy Jarniewicz; Wydawnictwo Literackie, Kraków
  • "Żywoty świętych osiedlowych" [Lives of local saints] (stories) - Lidia Amejko; Wydawnictwo W.A.B. Warszawa

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