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Adam Lizakowski

Bookstore owner, journalist, poet

Born Dec. 24, 1956, Dzierzoniow, Poland; came to U.S., 1982; son of Edward and Jadwiga (Naporska).

Career: in San Francisco (CA) - editor, Polonian, 1983-86, secretary, Solidarnosc - Mloda Polska, 1984-85, editor-in-chief, San Francisco Beacon, 1985; owner, Golden Bookstore, Chicago (IL).

Author: books of poems, Cannibalism, 1984, Anteroom, 1986, Wiersze amerykanskie, 1990, Zlodzieje czeresni, 1990, Wspolczesny prymitywizm. Wiersze i poematy, 1992.

Member of: leader, Unpaid Rent Poetry Group.

Honors: Golden Poetry Award, World of Poetry, 1987, 1990; M. Hlasko Award, Polish Writers Club, Vienna (Austria), 1990; 2nd award, Emigrant Poets' Contest, Horyzonty, 1990.

Languages: Polish, English, Russian.

Hobbies: food, animals.

Office: Golden Bookstore, 4224 S. Archer Ave., Chicago, IL 60632.

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996

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