Paweł Huelle


Paweł Marek Huelle is a Polish prose writer.

Biography

Huelle studied Polish philology at Gdańsk University and, in 1980, participated in the efforts to establish an independent student organization. Later, he became a journalist and worked for the press service of Solidarność. After the declaration of martial law, he cooperated with the samizdat movement. He has also taught literature, philosophy, and history. He was the director of TVP3 Gdańsk from 1994 to 1999 and has served as the literary manager for the.
His literary debut came in 1987 with , which was made into a film by Wojciech Marczewski in 2000. He is also a member of the Polish PEN Club.
In 2001, we won the Paszport Polityki Award for his book Mercedes-Benz. Z listów do Hrabala, and in 2008 he was nominated to Nike Award for his novel Ostatnia wieczerza.
His wife is the painter,.