A graduate of Warsaw University’s Department of Slavic Studies,
Leszek Adamczyk worked as a journalist in Polish Radio and TV in the Section of Literature and Culture covering cultural events in Poland and abroad, writing plays for radio-theater, book reviews and essays. After emigrating to Canada, he worked as translator for the Government of Canada, as a lecturer (language instructor) at McGill University, and as a correspondent for the Warsaw daily " Życie." He currently works for the Government of Québec.
2013 Vol. 5 No. 3 — Fall / Books
The trial of Melchior Wańkowicz in 1960s communist Poland was a cause célèbre. Today, a new biography brings a captivating portrait of a “great humanist with a pragmatic approach to life, a prolific hard working writer, bon vivant, thinker, husband, father and most of all a fabulous reporter and storyteller.”