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Author: Izabela Kołowska | Publish date: 17 April 2023

PAWEŁ SOŁTYS - PABLOPAVO – meeting with the author at the MBP

17 April 2023, Author: Izabela Kołowska

Meeting author's with Paweł Sołtys will take place on April 21 at 18:00 in the conference room of the Municipal Public Library in Ełk. Admission.

Pablopavo, born on March 30, 1978 as Paweł Sołtys, musician, author songs, a Varsovian raised in Stegny, and since the late 90s. living in Grochów, close to him since childhood. He gained fame as one of the three vocalists of Vavamuffin, a band combining Jamaican pulse with Warsaw street pugnacity. As Pablopavo He released a dozen albums, played about a thousand concerts.

One of the first singers singing raggamuffin in Polish. His The specialty is very long and complicated vocal parts based on freestyle. He cooperated m.in with Sindey Polak and Dreadsquad Sound System in Łódź, musically even came into contact with A band from the Village of Warsaw.

Published stories in "Rita Baum" and "The Lamp". Posted As he said, as a teenager, he made his debut only after long exercises.

"Microtics" were published in 2017 by Wydawnictwo Czarne. The book is a collection of prose miniatures in which Sołtys manifests what Listeners may know from his songs – interest in ordinary life, attention to details.

"Microtics" have not only been nominated for Polityka's Passports, but also were in the finals of the Nike Award and guaranteed Sołtys winning the Gdynia Literary Award or nominations for the Conrad Award and the Gombrowicz Prize. They were also enthusiastic about the book critics who appreciated Sołtys m.in. for his ability Condensation.

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