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WRITINGS & RECORDINGS
Marek Probosz is the author of two books published in Poland: The novel Eldorado (2009) and his second book of short stories Call Me When They Kill You was published by Latarnik Publishing House in Poland in 2011.
ELDORADO:
One night, a poor old man living in an Andean village is visited by the spirits of the founders of the Inca capital in a dream to show him the way to the legendary Eldorado - a place where countless treasures are hidden. The old man embarks on a long and dangerous journey to gain wealth. However, he must meet one condition - he must not reveal the way to the mysterious Golden Palace, where the treasure rests. But how do you keep such knowledge to yourself when the villagers suffer from poverty? The old man breaks the terms of the contract, shares the secret with poor fellow citizens and... loses everything. But is it really everything? This touching story tells us that there is something much more valuable than gold and precious stones.
In 2013, he recorded the audiobook of The Auschwitz Volunteer: Beyond Bravery, by Captain Witold Pilecki, for Audible.com.
Probosz starred as the Polish WWII hero Witold Pilecki in the film The Death of Captain Pilecki, which garnered the Special Jury REMI Award at the 2007 WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival and has had screenings at consulates, universities and embassies throughout the world. In 2013, he recorded the audiobook of The Auschwitz Volunteer: Beyond Bravery, by Captain Witold Pilecki, for Audible.com. The print book, on which Probosz’s United Solo Festival performance is based, received the prestigious PROSE Award for Biography and Autobiography from the Association of American Publishers and the Silver Award for Autobiography/Memoir from the Independent Book Publishers Association. It garnered excellent reviews from The New York Times Sunday Book Review, where it was chosen an Editors’ Choice, New Republic, Atlantic, Wall St. Journal, and many other media outlets, and has been translated and published in foreign languages from China to Europe.
The Auschwitz Volunteer Audiobook, Interview with the narrator:
The Auschwitz Volunteer Audiobook, Interview with Marek Probosz:
