Born in a peasant family near Białystok in 1940 and a graduate of Warsaw Polytechnic and the School of Journalism, Redliński is a journalist and novelist with emotional and artistic ties to his native region.
His best works are about the villages near Białystok: the stories Letters from a Rhubarb, which won the Piętak Prize; Konopielka, a phenomenal novel about the confrontation between the peasant mentality and urban civilization; Upward Mobility, (also in a stage version), which deals with a similar theme; and the play Rectangle, 1976. Redliński was in New York from 1981-1991. He did not find American culture congenial. His bitter emigré experiences are described in the novels Dolorado and Szczuropolacy / Rat-Poles (filmed by Janusz Zaorski as Szczęśliwgo Nowego Jorku, 1997).
Redliński's strong points are his excellent ear, his style, his sense of humour, his unembarrassed eroticism, his "peasant" and "masculine" identity, his straightforwardness and honesty.
Bibliography:
- Listy z rabarbaru (Letters from a Rhubarb), Ludowa Spółdzielnia Wydawnicza, Warszawa 1967;
- Konopielka. Ludowa Spółdzielnia Wydawnicza, Warszawa 1973;
- Awans (Upward Mobility). Czytelnik, Warszawa 1973;
- Dolorado, Contemporary Images INT'L, Chicago 1984 oraz Niezależna Oficyna Wydawnicza, Warszawa 1985;
- Szczuropolacy (Rat-Poles), BGW, Warszawa 1994 (also under the title Szczurojorczycy – Rat-Yorkers);
- Krfotok (Hammer/Rage). Muza, Warszawa 1998;
- Transformejszen, czyli jak golonka z hamburgerem tańcowała (Transformation, or, the Dance of a Pork Knuckle and a Hamburger), Muza, Warszawa 2003;
- Bumtarara. Szkice z wyprawy antyamerykańskiej (Sketches from an Antiamerican Journey), Prószyński i S-ka, Warszawa 2006;
- Telefrenia (Telephrenia), Świat Książki - Bertelsmann Media, 2006;
- Bzik prezydencki (Presidential Mania), Prószyński i S-ka, Warszawa 2008.
Reportages:
- Ja w nerwowej sprawie (Nervous Problem), Iskry, Warszawa 1969;
- Zgrzyt (Hiccup), Iskry, Warszawa 1971;
- Nikiformy, Czytelnik, Warszawa 1982.
Plays:
- Pustaki (Airbrick), 1980, Czytelnik, Warszawa 1985;
- Czworokąt (Quadrangle), 1976;
- Wcześniak (Preemie), 1977, Czytelnik, Warszawa 1985;
- Awans. Jubileusz (Upward Mobility. Jubilee), Czytelnik, Warszawa 1979;
- Cud na Greenpoincie (Greenpoint Dream), Dialog 12/95.
Selected translations:
- German: Aufschwung oder Das Paradies (Dolorado). Berlin: Henschel, 1995.
Source: www.polska2000.pl, Copyright: Stowarzyszenie Willa Decjusza; update: AP, February 2019.