Szczepan Twardoch
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| Native name | Szczepōn Twardoch |
| Born | 23 December 1979 Knurów, Poland |
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| Language | Polish, Silesian |
| Alma mater | University of Silesia in Katowice |
| Period | 2005–present |
| Notable awards | Nike 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.