Pilch built up a reputation as one of the country’s foremost columnists after he started publishing his work in the Tygodnik Powszechny weekly in the early 1980s.
In 1999, he moved to the Polityka weekly and thereafter worked for several other well-known publications.
He penned four books which were nominated for Poland’s prestigious Nike literary prize.
He won the award in 2001 for his book Pod Mocnym Aniołem, charting the alcoholic misadventures of a writer. It was translated into English as The Mighty Angel in 2009.
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Source: PAP