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About the authors |
Marek Bieńczyk was born in 1956. After completing a M. A. in
French literature at the Warsaw University he focused on Polish literature at
the Institute of Literary Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, where he
obtained a Ph. D. for his work on Zygmunt Krasiński and a habilitation for
essays on melancholy. One of the most esteemed contemporary Polish novelists
(Terminal and Tworki, translated into German and French), he also
pursues a career as a translator of Cioran and Kundera and as a literary critic,
where his books include Melancholy. On
Those Who Will Never Regain Their Loss, Dürer's Eyes.
Essays on Romantic Melancholy, and Transparency. A pioneer of wine critique in Poland, he has
held a weekly column in the country's most popular daily Gazeta Wyborcza and later for weekly Przekrój. His columns have been gathered in the
popular Wine Chronicles. He has been a regular contributor to Polish WINO Magazine. He focuses mainly on France, with particular interest for the Rhône,
Loire and Languedoc.
Wojciech Bońkowski was born in 1976. He has two M. A. in musicology and Italian
literature, and has recently completed a Ph. D. on editions of Chopin’s music
at the Institute of Musicology of the Warsaw University. He has translated
Italian poetry and prose for several art reviews in Poland, and is active as
a music critic. He is the deputy editor of the leading Polish wine publication WINO
Magazine, and has contributed to Wine
Business International, Enotime and Porthos. His main areas of wine interest are Italy,
Eastern Europe, Greece and Portugal. Read Wojciech’s Blog here. |
