Death in Chicago. A Conversation with Grzegorz Dziedzic

Mon, Oct 23 2023
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Greenpoint Library

author talks book club

THE PROGRAM TAKES PLACE AT THE POLISH SLAVIC CENTER AT 176 JAVA STREET, BROOKLYN, NY

The Brooklyn Public Library and the Polish-Slavic Center invite you to a conversation with Grzegorz Dziedzic about his two books published recently: "Żadnych bogów, żadnych panów" and "Gangway". 

Both of Dziedzic's books are dark historical crime novels revealing fragments of the history of the Polish diaspora in Chicago - a city of hard work, corruption, and crime - forgotten and repressed by the Polish diaspora and practically unknown in Poland. That history is just like these books - brutal, raw, and ruthless.

Grzegorz Dziedzic has lived in Chicago since 1999. He is a psychotherapist by education and profession. In the US he took up many professions. He worked, among others, as a construction worker, tiler, and worker in a perfume and loudspeaker factory. Later he worked as an addiction therapist in the only Polish-language drug rehabilitation program for homeless Poles outside of Poland. From 2014, he wrote columns for "Dziennik Związkowy" - the oldest Polish-language newspaper in Chicago. "No Gods, No Masters" is his novel debut. The book received the 2022 Grand Caliber Award and won the Criminal Debut of the Year in Poland. The second part of the "Chicago Trilogy" with Teodor Rucki as the main character was released recently.

THIS PROGRAM IS CONDUCTED IN POLISH. 

 

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Add to My Calendar 10/23/2023 06:30 pm 10/23/2023 08:30 pm America/New_York Death in Chicago. A Conversation with Grzegorz Dziedzic <p><strong>THE PROGRAM TAKES PLACE AT THE POLISH SLAVIC CENTER AT 176 JAVA STREET, BROOKLYN,&nbsp;NY</strong></p> <p>The Brooklyn Public Library and the Polish-Slavic Center invite you to a conversation with Grzegorz Dziedzic about his two books published recently: "Żadnych bogów, żadnych panów" and "Gangway".&nbsp;</p> <p>Both of Dziedzic's books are&nbsp;dark historical crime novels revealing fragments of the history of the Polish diaspora in Chicago - a city of hard work, corruption, and crime - forgotten and repressed by the Polish diaspora and practically unknown in Poland.&nbsp;That&nbsp;history is&nbsp;just like these books - brutal, raw, and ruthless.</p> <p><em>Grzegorz Dziedzic has lived in Chicago since 1999. He is a psychotherapist by education and profession. In the US&nbsp;he took up many professions. He worked, among others, as a construction worker, tiler, and worker&nbsp;in a perfume and loudspeaker factory. Later he worked as an addiction therapist in the only Polish-language drug rehabilitation program for homeless Poles outside of Poland. From 2014, he wrote columns for "Dziennik Związkowy" - the oldest Polish-language newspaper in Chicago. "No Gods,… Brooklyn Public Library - Greenpoint Library MM/DD/YYYY 60