Mariusz Adam Szczygieł is a Polish journalist and writer. He is the winner of the 2009 European Book Prize for Gottland and the 2019 Nike Award, the most important prize in Polish literature, for his reportage Nie ma.
Szczygieł in 2019
Szczygieł and Olga Tokarczuk in 2017
Złotoryja is a historic town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship in southwestern Poland, the administrative seat of Złotoryja County, and of the smaller Gmina Złotoryja. Having been granted town privileges in 1211, Złotoryja is the oldest town in Poland. Since the Middle Ages, it was a centre of gold and copper mining. Złotoryja was also featured among the most beautiful towns in Poland due to its location and architectural heritage.
View of Old Town and marketplace
St. Mary's Church, founded by Duke Henry I the Bearded
Preserved tower (Baszta Kowalska) of the historic town fortifications
Construction of Saint Hedwig's Church initially began in 15th-century