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Marian Pilot

Born 1936 · Poland

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    Nike 2011 · Winner

    Pióropusz

    Title translated by AI:“The Plume”

    Marian Pilot · 74 when first published

    Novel · 317 pages · Coming of age, Family, Politics

    AI-generated summary:After the war, the son of poor village thieves sees his illiterate father jailed by the Stalinist regime as an 'enemy of the people'; writing petitions for his release, the boy discovers a reverence for the written word.