Piotr Bikont | |
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Born | |
Died | 27 June 2017 Sosnowiec, Poland | (aged 62)
Occupation(s) | Journalist, food critic, publicist |
Piotr Bikont (12 May 1955 – 27 June 2017) was a Polish journalist, publicist, culinary critic and a theatre director.[1][2][3]
Bikont translated Art Spiegelman's graphic novel Maus to Polish. He was a member of editorial staff of the talking magazine Gadający Pies based in Kraków, and the author of a book Jewish Cooking According to Balbina Przepiórko.[4]
Bikont was married to journalist Anna Bikont, co-founder and editor of Tygodnik Mazowsze[5] and Gazeta Wyborcza, with whom he had two children: Maniucha Bikont, an anthropologist and artist, and Aleksandra Bikont.[6] He died on 27 June 2017, in a car accident.[7] He was 62.