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Krzysztof Kąkolewski
Krzysztof Kąkolewski
Born	16 March 1930; Suchedniów near Warsaw
Died	24 May 2015 (aged 85); Warsaw, Poland
Occupation	Writer
Language	Polish
Alma mater	Warsaw University
Genre	Non-fiction, mystery
Subject	History, current events
Notable works	Umarły cmentarz (about the Kielce pogrom)
Notable awards	Order of Polonia Restituta;

Krzysztof Kąkolewski (16 March 1930 – 24 May 2015) was a Polish book author, life-long scholar,^[1] investigative journalist considered the pillar of the Polish school of reportage,^[2] as well as dramatist and screenwriter.^[2] He graduated from the Faculty of Journalism in the Warsaw University in 1954 and continued his studies at the University of Strasbourg in 1961. For some 40 years afterwards, he served as a lecturer at his alma mater in the Faculty of Journalism and Political Science between 1964 and 2004. Kąkolewski himself, became the subject of a TV documentary produced by Telewizja Polska as well as biography written by Marta Sieciechowicz and published in 2009 by Von Borowiecky publishing house as Potwór z Saskiej Kępy (Hellion of Saska Kępa), ISBN 9788360748121.^[2] He was the author of over 30 non-fiction books with the total circulation of 1.5 million copies, and the recipient of numerous national awards and honours.^[1]

Life

Kąkolewski was born in Suchedniów near Warsaw, nine years before invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. His father was a lawyer, killed during the Siege of Warsaw in 1939. Kąkolewski published his first novella at the age of 48, after nearly three decades of often controversial (from the communist standpoint), but highly popular non-fiction works about events in Poland's postwar history.^[1] He interviewed former Nazi criminals living safely in Western Germany, e.g. Hans Fleischhacker, Heinz Reinefarth, subsequently described in his book Co u pana słychać? published in 1975, 1978, and 1981. His criminal novel based on authentic MO police records Zbrodniarz, który ukradł zbrodnię was filmed in 1969,^[3] as one of the best Polish movies of the time, starring Zygmunt Hübner and Barbara Brylska. Kąkolewski wrote an entire book about the seminal postwar novel Ashes and Diamonds written by Jerzy Andrzejewski and filmed by Andrzej Wajda. He also wrote a monograph about Stalinist terror in the Kielce region, leading to Kielce pogrom of 1946 in postwar Poland.^[4]

Books by Krzysztof Kąkolewski

Książę oszustów, Iskry, Warszawa 1959
Zbawiciel świata porwany, Iskry, Warszawa 1960
Sześciu niewidzialnych, MON, Warszawa 1960
Trzy złote za słowo, Iskry, Warszawa 1964
Umarli jeżdżą bez biletu, Iskry, Warszawa 1965
Ku początkowi świata, Iskry, Warszawa 1966
Dwadzieścia dwie historie, które napisało życie, Iskry, Warszawa 1967
Zbrodniarz, który ukradł zbrodnię, Iskry, Warszawa 1969
Uderzenie, Biuro Wyd. Ruch, Warszawa 1971
Jak umierają nieśmiertelni (about Sharon Tate and Roman Polański), Iskry, Warszawa 1973
Wańkowicz krzepi (wywiad – rzeka), Czytelnik, Warszawa 1973
Co u pana słychać?, Czytelnik, Warszawa 1975
Baśnie udokumentowane, Iskry, Warszawa 1976
Na sto czterdziestym kilometrze w lewo, Wydawnictwo Literackie, Kraków 1978
Biała Księga. Sprawa Dolezalka (cd. tzw. "nazistowskiej serii"), Czytelnik, Warszawa 1981
Notatka, KiW, Warszawa 1982
W złą godzinę, Wydawnictwo Literackie, Kraków 1983
Dziennik tematów, cz.1 – 1984, cz.2 – 1985, Iskry, Warszawa
Sądy i sondy, cz.1 – 1985
Lato bez wakacji, Wydawnictwo Literackie, Kraków 1987
Sygnet z jastrzębiem, KiW, Warszawa 1988
Wydanie św. Maksymiliana w ręce oprawców, Polonia, Warszawa 1989
Sądy i sądy cz. 2 – 1991
Szukanie Beegera. Opowiadania gojowskie, Słowo, Warszawa 1993
Diament odnaleziony w popiele, Trio, Warszawa 1995
Umarły cmentarz (about the Kielce pogrom), von borowiecky, Warszawa 1996
Mięso papugi, von borowiecky, Warszawa 1997
Najpiękniejsze i najskromniejsze, von borowiecky, Warszawa 2000
Generałowie giną w czasie pokoju, cz. 1, von borowiecky, Warszawa 2000
Ksiądz Jerzy w rękach oprawców (about the murder of Jerzy Popiełuszko), von borowiecky, Warszawa 2004
Ukradli im czterysta lat, von borowiecky, Warszawa 2004
Aforyzmy zebrane, Miniatura, Kraków 2004
Generałowie giną w czasie pokoju. cz.2, von borowiecky, Warszawa 2005
Widzę śmierć, Zysk i S-ka, Warszawa 2012^[1]