Mariusz Wilk
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Mariusz Wilk, born in Wroclaw in 1955. He was jailed for seven months for his Solidarnosc activities. Journalist for the unofficial press, his samizdat book Konspira, Clandestine Solidarity (1984), had a tremendous impact. In the early 90s, Wilk began to work as a foreign correspondent. He was sent to Moscow for the Gdansk Daily, and travelled the Baltic countries, Ukraine and Siberia, before settling on the Solovky Islands. He is currently living in Russian Karelia.