Remigiusz Mróz
Remigiusz Mróz (born January 15, 1987.[1] in Opole, Poland) is a popular and prolific[2] Polish writer, and also a lawyer. He has already published 40 novels since his first books appeared in 2013.[3] As of early 2019, none of his works have been published in an English translation.
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Remigiusz Mróz in 2019 | |
Born | Opole, Poland | January 15, 1987
Pen name | Ove Løgmansbø |
Occupation | Novelist |
Nationality | Polish |
Period | 2013-present |
Life
Remigiusz Mróz went to high school in Opole and attended college at Leon Kozminski University in Warsaw, where he studied law.[4] He is also the author of numerous research studies.[5]
Works
Mróz has written in different genres including crime, legal thrillers, and science fiction. He was recognized as the most popular contemporary Polish author[6] by the 2017 and 2018 National Reading Survey.[7][8] In 2019 he became the most popular author in Poland, surpassing Stephen King and Polish Nobel Prize winners[9]. His books are bestsellers in the Polish publishing market, and his suspenseful work gets compared to Stephen King and Alfred Hitchcock.[10]
He has written a number of book series, including the series featuring Joanna Chyłka, Police Chief – Forst, Parabellum, W kręgach władzy, which has been made into a TV show starring Magdalena Cielecka on TVN.[11] Other series are also in development for screen adaptation.[12]
Mróz was the first Polish writer to receive two nominations for the Great Caliber Award at the International Detective Story Festival for Kasacja (Final Appeal) and Zaginięcie (Disappearance). The first won the Reader's Choice Award.[13] This series of novels focused on police detective Joanna Chyłka have sold over 1.5 million copies in Poland.[14]
He has also written three novels set in the Faroe Islands under the pen name Ove Løgmansbø.[15]
Joanna Chyłka series
- Kasacja (Final Appeal), Wydawnictwo Czwarta Strona, Poznań 2015
- Zaginięcie (Disappearance), Wydawnictwo Czwarta Strona, Poznań 2015
- Rewizja (Revision), Wydawnictwo Czwarta Strona, Poznań 2016
- Immunitet (Immunity), Wydawnictwo Czwarta Strona, Poznań 2016
- Inwigilacja (Invigilation), Wydawnictwo Czwarta Strona, Poznań 2017
- Oskarżenie (Accusation), Wydawnictwo Czwarta Strona, Poznań 2017
- Testament (Last Will), Wydawnictwo Czwarta Strona, Poznań 2018
- Kontratyp (Justification), Wydawnictwo Czwarta Strona, Poznań 2018
- Umorzenie (Remission), Wydawnictwo Czwarta Strona, Poznań 2019
- Wyrok (Verdict), Wydawnictwo Czwarta Strona, Poznań 2019
- Ekstradycja (Extradition), Wydawnictwo Czwarta Strona, Poznań 2020
Forst series
- Ekspozycja (Exposure), Wydawnictwo Filia, Poznań 2015
- Przewieszenie (Overhang), Wydawnictwo Filia, Poznań 2016
- Trawers (Traverse), Wydawnictwo Filia, Poznań 2016
- Deniwelacja (Denivelation), Wydawnictwo Filia, Poznań 2017
- Zerwa (Rockslide), Wydawnictwo Filia, Poznań 2018
Parabellum trilogy
- Prędkość ucieczki (Escape Velocity), Instytut Wydawniczy Erica, Warszawa 2013
- Horyzont zdarzeń (Event Horizon), Instytut Wydawniczy Erica, Warszawa 2014
- Głębia osobliwości (Depth of Singularity), Wydawnictwo Czwarta Strona, Poznań 2016
W kręgach władzy (In the Circles of Power) series
- Wotum nieufności (Vote of no Confidence), Wydawnictwo Filia, Poznań 2017
- Większość bezwzględna (Absolute Majority), Wydawnictwo Filia, Poznań 2017
- Władza absolutna (Absolute Power), Wydawnictwo Filia, Poznań 2018
Damian Werner series
- Nieodnaleziona (The Girl Who Was Never Found), Wydawnictwo Filia, Poznań 2018
- Nieodgadniona (The Inscrutable Girl), Wydawnictwo Filia, Poznań 2019
Seweryn Zaorski series
- Listy zza grobu (Letters from Beyond the Grave), Wydawnictwo Filia, Poznań 2019
- Głosy z zaświatów (The Voices from the Nether World), Wydawnictwo Filia, Poznań 2020
Gerard Edling series
- Behawiorysta (The Behaviorist), Wydawnictwo Filia, Poznań 2016
- Iluzjonista (The Illusionist), Wydawnictwo Filia, Poznań 2019
Chór zapomnianych głosów (The Choir of Forgotten Voices) series
- Chór zapomnianych głosów (The Choir of Forgotten Voices), Wydawnictwo Genius Creations, Bydgoszcz 2014
- Echo z otchłani (The Echo from the Abyss), Wydawnictwo Czwarta Strona, Poznań 2020
Novels published as Ove Løgmansbø – Trilogy from the Faroe Islands
- Enklawa (The Enclave), Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, 2016
- Połów (The Haul), Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, 2016
- Prom (The Ferry), Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, 2017
Other novels
- Wieża milczenia (The Tower of Silence), Wydawnictwo Damidos, Katowice 2013
- Turkusowe szale (Turquoise Shawls), Wydawnictwo Bellona, Warszawa 2014
- W cieniu prawa (In the Shadow of the Law), Wydawnictwo Czwarta Strona, Poznań 2016
- Świt, który nie nadejdzie (The Dawn That Will Never Come), Wydawnictwo Czwarta Strona, Poznań 2016
- Czarna Madonna (Black Madonna), Wydawnictwo Czwarta Strona, Poznań 2017
- Hashtag, Wydawnictwo Czwarta Strona, Poznań 2018
- O pisaniu na chłodno (Coldly About Writing), Wydawnictwo Czwarta Strona, Poznań 2018
References
- "Remigiusz Mróz".
- (2 November 2018) Remigiusz Mróz odpowie na Wasze pytania, LubimyCzytać (in Polish; article notes at start that Mroz needs no introduction because he "writes more books a year than the average Pole reads")
- "Teksty redakcyjne Remigiusz - Lubimyczytać.pl". lubimyczytac.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-01-06.
- "Obrony rozpraw doktorskich".
- "Artykuły naukowe".
- "Weekly Highlights: 23rd-29th June 2018 - Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency".
- "Stan czytelnictwa w Polsce – pełny raport do pobrania". Biblioteka Narodowa (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-01-06.
- "Najpopularniejszy żyjący pisarz w Polsce. Kulisy Sławy Remigiusza Mroza". uwaga.tvn.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-01-06.
- The National Library of Poland (April 23, 2020). "National Reading Survey" (PDF).
- "Remigiusz Mróz - Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency".
- (4 January 2019). Hity biblioteki wojewódzkiej. Remigiusz Mróz i reszta (Hits of the Provincial Library: Remigiusz Mróz and the Rest), Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish)
- "Wywiad z Remigiuszem Mrozem – "Chyłka: Zaginięcie"". Wielki Buk (in Polish). 2018-12-26. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
- "Nagroda Wielkiego Kalibru - Międzynarodowy Festiwal Kryminału". festiwal.portalkryminalny.pl. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
- "Remigiusz Mróz - Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency".
- "Ove Løgmansbø".