The One Novel Competition is over!
On 19 April 2024 (online), under the patronage of the dean of the UWr Faculty of Letters, prof. UWr dr hab. Arkadiusz Lewicki, the eighth edition of the National One Novel Competition took place, this time devoted to the novel ‘War with the Newts’ by Karl Čapek. The event, chaired by dr Marcin Maksymilian Borowski, was organised by the Student Scientific Association of Russicists WroSlawians in cooperation with the Department of Russian Literature and Culture at the UWr Institute of Slavic Studies and the Department of Practical Russian Language Teaching at the UWr Institute of Slavic Studies and the Student Scientific Association Ljudi. The One Novel Competition has been held at the University of Wrocław for eight years and has become one of the hallmarks of the Institute of Slavic Studies.
The competition’s patrons and prize funders were:
Vice-Rector for student affairs dr hab. Maciej Cesarz, dean of the UWr Faculty of Letters dr hab. Arkadiusz Lewicki, prof. UWr; Institute of Slavic Studies; Gandalf.com.pl – Bookstore and online shop; Rita Baum, Czasoprzestrzeń, MakroMarket, SmoKot Publishing House and many others.
This year, 386 people took part in the competition. It was possible to score 40 points in the test.
Commission composed of:
- Dean of the Faculty of Letters dr hab. Arkadiusz Lewicki, prof. UWr;
- Director of the Institute of Slavic Studies dr hab. Oleh Beley, prof. UWr;
- prof. dr hab. Tadeusz Klimowicz;
- dr hab. Ewa Komisaruk, prof. UWr;
- dr Marcin Borowski;
- dr Katarzyna Kordas-Shaginyan;
- dr Katarzyna Martyniuk;
- Maciej Kanty
has selected the following winners:
LAUREATES (UWr students):
I place: MALWINA ROSIAK (36 points, Polish studies)
II place: OLIWIA MOSIEK (34 points, Bohemian studies)
III place (ex aequo): JAKUB BIERWIDIS (32 points, Russian studies) and NATALIA JANOWSKA (32 points, Bohemian studies)
DISTINCTIONS (REST OF THE WORLD)
I distinction (ex aequo): ELŻBIETA GUMUL-SACHAJKO (34 points, Wrocław) and MICHAŁ SACHAJKO (34 points, Wrocław)
II distinction (ex aequo): KAROLINA WERESZCZYŃSKA (32 points, Warszawa) and KLIM GROCHOWSKI (32 points, Wrocław)
Distinguished nicknames:
Kopniak nibynóżką – JAGODA WILCZYŃSKA (Gdańsk)
Cyklop z Monoklem – BARTOSZ KWIDZIŃSKI (Wejherowo)
Garnek żeliwny nienormatywny – KAROLINA WSTĘGA (Konin)
Jaszczur, Tyszczur, Onszczur…standard we Wrocławiu – RADOSŁAW KLUSEK (Wrocław)
Karel w Čapku urodzony – MAGDALENA WARZECHA (Wrocław, UWr)
jaszczur, tymysz, onchomik – JULIA KOŻUCHOWSKA (Wrocław, UWr)
dokąd tupta nocą jaszczur? – OLIWIA MOSIEK (Wrocław, UWr)
powinnam wysłać kolejny rozdział licencjatu, a tymczasem czytam o wielkich jaszczurach gotowych przejąć władzę nad światem – NATALIA SKAŁA (Wrocław, UWr)
Congratulations to the winners, and we look forward to seeing all of you next year!
On behalf of the organisers – Marcin M. Borowski
