| Xawery Stańczyk | |
| Occupation: | writer, poet, sociologist, researcher |
| Birth Date: | 1985 6, df=y |
| Nationality: | Polish |
| Awards: | Nike Award (2014) Nomination |
| Alma Mater: | University of Warsaw |
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Xawery Tadeusz Stańczyk is a Polish poet, sociologist and essayist.
Xawery Stańczyk was born in 1985 in Poland.His debut poetry book Skarb piratów (Pirate Treasure) was nominated to Nike Award.[1] The reviews of his work have been published in Newsweek,[2] Dwutygodnik[3] and Art Papier[4] amongst others.His main fields of interest are popular music, social movements, youth culture, and public spaces in socialist and post-socialist Eastern Europe.
Xawery Stańczyk graduated with M.A cultural studies (2009) as well as a Ph.D. (2015) from the Institute of Polish Culture, University of Warsaw, and an M.A. in sociology (2012) from the Institute of Applied Social Sciences, University of Warsaw.Currently Xawery Stańczyk works as researcher at Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences.[5] In 2016 his doctoral thesis "Macie swoją kulturę: Kultura alternatywna w Polsce 1978–1996"(2018) (You Have Your Own Culture: Alternative Culture in Poland 1978–1996) was recognized by The National Centre for Culture Poland as the best Ph.D. in cultural studies in Poland.[6]