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Polish novelist and journalist
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Piotr Ibrahim Kalwas (born 4 November 1963) is a Polish novelist, journalist, and twice nominated for the Nike Literary Award.

Biography

Piotr Ibrahim Kalwas was born in 1963 in Powiśle, Warsaw to a family of Catholics in Poland. His father is a former Minister of Justice of Poland, Andrzej Kalwas. In his youth, Piotr Kalwas was a member of the youth punk subculture. He studied at a university, but was expelled, and earned a living by taking simple jobs, most notably when he worked as an illegal immigrant construction painter in Norway for 3 years and where he met his wife, Agata. Then he became involved in business, most notably as a restaurant manager in Warsaw, and he was among the writers of the popular Polish 1990s series "The World According to the Kiepski Family" (in his book, "Salam", Kalwas described "The World According to the Kiepski Family" as "the most intense show in the history of Polish television ").

In 2000, after long journeys to Asia and Africa, Kalwas converted to Islam and assumed the middle name of "Ibrahim". According to Kalwas himself, his religious views are close to Sufism, although he is not Sufi. In 2008, he moved to Egypt with his wife and son, and lived for 8 years in Alexandria from 2008 until 2016. Kalwas's life and work in Egypt became the main theme of his literary work – reportages for Polish media and several books. Kalwas lived in Egypt for eight years, but after publishing the book "Egypt: Haram, Halal" he left the country because of concerns about personal and family safety, considering the critical nature of his books and reports about Egyptian society, even the Egyptian government in some instances.

He currently lives in Gozo, Malta. He's married and has a son.

Novels

  • Salam, 2003
  • Czas, 2005 – nominated for the Nike Literary Award 2006, the action takes place in Eritrea
  • Drzwi, 2006
  • Rasa mystica: traktat około Indii, 2008
  • Dom, 2010
  • Tarika, 2012
  • Międzyrzecz, 2013
  • Egipt: Haram Halal, 2015 (reportage) – nominated for the Nike Literary Award 2016
  • Archipelag Islam, 2018
  • Gozo. Radosna siostra Malty, 2020
  • Dziecko Księżyca, 2021
  • Marhaba, 2022

References

  1. "Instytut Książki". instytutksiazki.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  2. "Piotr Ibrahim KALWAS – Polscy pisarze i badacze literatury przełomu XX i XXI wieku". ppibl.ibl.waw.pl. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  3. "Сам собі чужий: розмова з Пьотром Ібрагімом Кальвасом". ЛітАкцент – світ сучасної літератури (in Ukrainian). 24 July 2018. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  4. "Czas, Kalwas, Piotr, Ibrahim". Gazeta Wyborcza. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  5. "Сам собі чужий: розмова з Пьотром Ібрагімом Кальвасом". ЛітАкцент – світ сучасної літератури (in Ukrainian). 24 July 2018. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  6. ""Коли боїшся життя, шукаєш порятунку в релігійних цінностях" — автор книжки про Єгипет". hromadske.ua. 28 July 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  7. "Сам собі чужий: розмова з Пьотром Ібрагімом Кальвасом". ЛітАкцент – світ сучасної літератури (in Ukrainian). 24 July 2018. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  8. "Czas, Kalwas, Piotr, Ibrahim". Gazeta Wyborcza. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  9. "Nagroda Nike 2016 - nominacje. Oto 20 książek roku". Gazeta Wyborcza. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  10. ""Egypt: Haram, Halal" by Piotr Ibrahim Kalwas – on the shelves of Ukrainian bookstores from January". Choven – Publishing House. 20 November 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  11. "'Na jedną rodzinę przypadają tu nawet trzy auta. Nikt tu nie chodzi na piechotę, nawet jeśli trzeba przejść 100 metrów'". gazetapl (in Polish). 26 June 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  12. "Gozo. Radosna siostra Malty". Lubimyczytać.pl. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  13. "Wyborcza.pl". wyborcza.pl. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  14. "Dziecko Księżyca". Wielka Litera (in Polish). Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  15. "Świat od kuchni. Podróże kulinarne Piotra Ibrahima Kalwasa". PolskieRadio.pl. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
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