Paszporty Polityki 2013 Winners, photo. Mateusz Jagielski / East News
The recipients were Dawid Ogrodnik, Jolanta Janiczak & Wiktor Rubin, Ziemowit Szczerek, Aneta Grzeszykowska, Apollon Musagète Quartett, and Marcin Masecki. A special award was also given to Tomasz Stańko under the category "Creator of Culture".
The annual culture award Paszporty Polityki grants symbolic passports which open international doors in each recipient's career. The winners are chosen by the most well versed critics of each of the evaluated fields.
Awards are given in 6 categories: film, theatre, visual arts, classical music, popular music, and literature. Here are the portraits of the winners:
FILM
Dawid Ogrodnik
Dawid Ogrodnik, credit: Forum
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LITERATURE
Ziemowit Szczerek
Ziemowit Szczerek, credit: courtesy of the author
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POPULAR MUSIC
Marcin Masecki
Marcin Masecki, credit: Tomasz Dubiel
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CLASSICAL MUSIC
Apollon Musagète Quartett
Apollon Musagète Quartett, photo credit: Marco Broggreve
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VISUAL ARTS
Anata Grzeszykowska
Aneta Grzeszykowska, photo credit: Marek Krzyżanek / Medium
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THEATRE
Jolanta Janiczak & Wiktor Rubin
Jolanta Janiczak and Wiktor Rubin, credit. Leszek Zych
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CREATOR OF CULTURE
Tomasz Stańko
Tomasz Stańko playing solo, credit. Marek Dusza
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See full list of nominees here.