Michał Witkowski is a Polish gay

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 novelist.

His first book, Copyright, published in 2001, was a collection of short stories. On December 17, 2004, Lubiewo was published — a radically queer novel that sold an estimated 15,000 copies. The novel has been translated into German

German language

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, English

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, Spanish

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, Dutch, Finnish

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 (2007), French

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, Russian

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, Czech

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, Lithuanian

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, Ukrainian

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 and Hungarian

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 (2010). His next collection of stories Fototapeta (Photo-wallpaper) was published in 2006 by W.A.B.

He is a permanent contributor of Ha!art, a Polish cultural magazine.

Works

• Copyright (2001). Wydawnictwo Zielona Sowa. ISBN 8372202478
• Lubiewo (2005). Korporacja ha!art. ISBN 8389911043
• Fototapeta (2006). Wydawn. W.A.B. ISBN 837414159X
• Barbara Radziwiłłówna z Jaworzna-Szczakowej (2007) Wydawn. "W.A.B." ISBN 978-83-7414-372-1
• Margot (2009) Wydawnictwo: "Świat Książki", ISBN 978-83-247-1745-3

External links

• Michał Witkowski (Polish
  Polish language
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  website, with some content in English)