Marek Jastrzębiec-Mosakowski Explained

Marek Jastrzębiec-Mosakowski (born 1962) is a Polish author. He became well known in the mid-1990s through his East Prussian historical novel Ślady na piasku (Footprints in the Sand, 1994).[1] He also wrote the epistolary novel Pory roku (1996).

Jastrzebiec-Mosakowski's Footprints in the Sand (Slady na piasku, 1994) and Four Seasons (Pory roku, 1996) are set in eastern Prussia and include homoerotic motifs. The books intermingle questions of sexual and national identities.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Makowiecka, Maria H. Redrawing the Borders of Polish Identity: Transnationalism in Marek Mosakowski's East Prussian novel "Footprints in the Sand"). 1999 AATSEEL National Meeting. [AATSEEL's Newsletter 1999 - Volumes 42-43 - Page 21]
  2. http://www.glbtq.com/literature/polish_lit.html Polish literature