Paweł Marek Huelle (born 10 September 1957 in Gdańsk, Poland) is a Polish prose writer.
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Huelle studied Polish philology at Gdańsk University and, in 1980, participated in the efforts to establish an independent student organization. He later became a journalist and worked for the press service of Solidarność (Solidarity). After the declaration of martial law, he cooperated with the samizdat movement. He has also taught literature, philosophy and history. He was the director of TVP3 Gdańsk from 1994 to 1999 and has served as the literary manager for the Municipal Theater of Gdyni [pl].
His literary debut came in 1987 with a novel Weiser Dawidek [pl] (translated as Who was David Weiser?), which was made into a film (Weiser [pl]) by Wojciech Marczewski in 2000. He is also a member of the Polish PEN Club.
In 2001, he won the Paszport Polityki Award for his book Mercedes-Benz. Z listów do Hrabala, and in 2008 was nominated for the Nike Award for his novel Ostatnia wieczerza ("The Last Supper").
His wife is painter Ida Łotocka-Huelle [pl].
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