Things I Didn't Throw Out

Things I Didn't Throw Out (Polish: Rzeczy, których nie wyrzuciłem) is a 2017 Polish essay collection and memoir by Polish writer and graphic designer Marcin Wicha.

The book won the Nike Literary Award in 2018,[1] and it was also associated with major Polish literary honours including the Paszport Polityki for literature and the Witold Gombrowicz Literary Award.[2]

Review and reception

Reviewing the English translation, The Arts Desk described the book as making sense of personal and political history through the material remnants of everyday life.[3]

The Big Issue characterised the memoir as both humorous and serious in its portrait of Wicha's mother and the social history surrounding her life.[4]

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b "Nike 2018 dla Marcina Wichy za "Rzeczy, których nie wyrzuciłem"". Culture.pl (in Polish). 7 October 2018. Retrieved 2026-02-14.
  2. ^ a b "Marcin Wicha laureatem Paszportów Polityki w kategorii Literatura". www.polityka.pl (in Polish). 2018-01-09. Retrieved 2026-02-14.
  3. ^ Parker, Anna (12 October 2021). "Marcin Wicha: Things I Didn't Throw Out review – the stories told by stacks of stuff". The Arts Desk. Retrieved 2026-02-14.
  4. ^ Graham, Jane (6 November 2021). "Book reviews: Oh William! and Things I Didn't Throw Out". The Big Issue. Retrieved 2026-02-14.
  5. ^ "Marcin Wicha laureatem Paszportów POLITYKI w kategorii Literatura". Polityka.pl (in Polish). Polityka. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 2026-02-14.
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