Szczepan Twardoch

Szczepan Twardoch
Twardoch in 2024
Native name
Szczepōn Twardoch
Born (1979-12-23) 23 December 1979
Knurów, Poland
Occupation
  • Novelist
LanguagePolish, Silesian
Alma materUniversity of Silesia in Katowice
Period2005–present
Notable awardsNike Audience Award (2013)

Szczepan Lech Twardoch ([ʂt͡ʂɛpan tvardɔx]; born 23 December 1979 in Knurów) is a Polish-Silesian writer. He has written a series of best-selling novels such as Morphine (2012), Drach (2014), The King (2016), The Kingdom (2018), and Pokora (2020).

The King has been turned into a TV series, first broadcast on the Canal+ network. He has won numerous literary prizes among them the Brücke Berlin-Preis and Le Prix du Livre Européen.