Michał R. Wiśniewski
The Conrad Award nomination
Writer, author of the novel Jetlag. Publicist, former editor-in-chief of magazines Kawaii and Anime+, popularizer of Japanese pop culture and fantasy in Poland. He has been published in Gazeta Wyborcza, as well as magazines Pulp, Nowa Fantastyka, Kmag, Arigato, the portal next.gazeta.pl, as well as the books Bond. Leksykon, Seriale. Przewodnik Krytyki Politycznej and Berlin – Pascal Lajt. He runs the blog Pattern Recognition (mrw.blox.pl) and jetlag.com.pl.
Nominated for The Conrad Award
Jetlag 1. «fatigue, headache, problems with sleeping, etc., after a long plane trip, caused by the time zone change» 2. «a syndrome resulting from suddenly finding oneself in a different cultural occupation zone»
Jetlag 1. «novel, sitcom, generation of office middle class and fetishists, searching for meaning in meaninglessness and love in a time of hatred, the voice of those, who have nothing to say, your opinion that matters to no one» 2. «this is no my story, this is your story»