Things I Didn't Throw Out
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Things I Didn't Throw Out (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.) is a 2017 Polish essay collection and memoir by Polish writer and graphic designer Marcin Wicha.
The book won the Nike Literary Award in 2018,[1] and it was also associated with major Polish literary honours including the Paszport Polityki for literature and the Witold Gombrowicz Literary Award.[2]
Review and reception
Reviewing the English translation, The Arts Desk described the book as making sense of personal and political history through the material remnants of everyday life.[3]
The Big Issue characterised the memoir as both humorous and serious in its portrait of Wicha's mother and the social history surrounding her life.[4]
Awards
- 2018 Paszport Polityki (Literature).[5]
- 2018 Nike Literary Award.[1]
- 2018 Witold Gombrowicz Literary Award.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Nike 2018 dla Marcina Wichy za "Rzeczy, których nie wyrzuciłem"". Culture.pl (in polski). 7 October 2018. Retrieved 2026-02-14.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Marcin Wicha laureatem Paszportów Polityki w kategorii Literatura". www.polityka.pl (in polski). 2018-01-09. Retrieved 2026-02-14.
- ↑ Parker, Anna (12 October 2021). "Marcin Wicha: Things I Didn't Throw Out review – the stories told by stacks of stuff". The Arts Desk. Retrieved 2026-02-14.
- ↑ Graham, Jane (6 November 2021). "Book reviews: Oh William! and Things I Didn't Throw Out". The Big Issue. Retrieved 2026-02-14.
- ↑ "Marcin Wicha laureatem Paszportów POLITYKI w kategorii Literatura". Polityka.pl (in polski). Polityka. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 2026-02-14.
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