Kornel Filipowicz

was a poet and novelist, often considered the master of the short literary form. In private life, he was the long-term partner of Wisława Szymborska, as well as being a passionate fisherman. His work has only recently started to be translated into English; his short novel “The Memoir of an Anti-Hero” (translated by Anna Zaranko) was published by Penguin in 2019.